Six months ago I left China, my home for the past six years. Since then my life has changed so much I don’t know where to start. I have retyped these first few sentences over and over again. The fact that I am a very private person has compounded the awkwardness of giving an update,…
Sorry I havent posted in a while. This year has been busy for me, I have battled with depression yet again, and more recently I have had surgery. It is the latter I am writing about today. This all started years ago when I hurt my shoulder in racquetball. This followed a torn tendon with basketball…
Later today Donald Trump most likely will be elected. This is due to the way the American system is set up, as he lost the popular vote by more than 2 million. He also has the lowest approval rating of any incoming president ever. For me a Trump presidency is a worrisome matter. In fact…
I find myself deeply sadden after an election. Usually I do not care much. Yes things will change but not drastically. However this election is different for many levels. One is that I do worry about what will happen to America Hate America has talked down to so many people. If a man called my…
Chinese New Years is based on a lunar calendar thus the exact day changes every year. This year it started on February 8th and lasted nearly two weeks. Unlike America’s New Years Chinese New Years is caked in mythology and traditions. It is Thanksgiving, New Years, and Easter all combined together with a ton of…
Well it has been a while since I written on my blog. This is due to a couple of reasons, stress, being busy, and slow internet. Where I am at in China does not have DSL but ADSL which is a little slower. It slows down more if there is a lot of traffic like…
So this past November a coworker of mine and his wife graciously invited me and some of my friends to go to Macau with them. Macau belonged to Portugal, but like Hong Kong, was given back to China in 1999. It is also under the “one China two systems” policy that Hong Kong is, which…
Sorry for taking so long to start posting again, I have sick pretty much this entire month. Anyways, I recently made a couple trips to Hong Kong as it is the closest city to Shenzhen where I am currently living. Hong Kong is a harbor city of 7.2 million residents on a small series of…
Well It is a New Year and will soon be a New Year in China (as their New Years is near the beginning of February). 2015 brought about sweeping changes to me in my employment, finance, relationships and friendships, travels, where I live, what I am planning for my future….it seems that pretty much nothing…
A gallery of a trip to the local wet market (aka farmers market)
Sensei Cuso 