Category: Blog
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February finished, music didn’t
Hard to believe that it’s the end of February 2021 already and we’re now into the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese zodiac. I wrote at the beginning of the month that I wanted to finish up with the tracks I’d made for Jamuary 2021 but, here we are at the end of…
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Spring Festival 2021 – The Year of the Ox
It’s here again, the Spring Festival, China’s celebration of the lunar new year and the change from one animal’s time in the zodiac to the next. This year we move from the Year of the Rat to the Year of the Ox. Previous New Year’s blog posts: Chinese New Year 2015 – The Year of…
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Things are (strangely) quiet this year
Looking back over the years it seems that, around this time of year, I usually write some sort of post titled “Things are getting quiet” in Beijing. The strange thing is, although I’m writing another one this year, things have been quiet for a while. If you haven’t seen the news as of late, China…
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Well, that was cold
Beijing hit -20C this past week in what was said to be the coldest day so far this winter. It doesn’t help that Beijing is notoriously a windy city and that, unlike cities like Winnipeg or other “cold” places, there is always a slight wind that robs you of your warmth. Sure, the barometer might…
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Looking forward to 2021
This post is a bit of a cheat because Beijing is 14 hours ahead of Winnipeg yet I’m writing this (and hopefully publishing) this after the clock has rolled over. Since my website is set to a different time zone, it’ll probably pop up as a December post. I’m okay with that, lol! 2020: The…