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Jumping out of the stream–a week off Facebook 29 Jul 2013 | 09:08 am
Habits. Like some vine, creeping ever so slowly up the brickwork, habits seem to form at an almost imperceptible rate. The nature of my job has me in front of a computer a solid 8-12 hours a day. Als...
Canada Day home-made burger buns 1 Jul 2013 | 03:14 pm
Being in China, a lot of holidays from home slip by rather silently. Easter, Thanksgiving, Labour Day, Victoria Day… if it wasn’t for Facebook updates from my fellow Canucks, I’d completely forget to ...
Hainan Tropical Garden of Wild Flora and Fauna; a.k.a. Haikou’s other zoo 2 Jan 2013 | 10:59 am
To kick off 2013 (Happy New Year BTW), we headed just outside of Haikou proper to another Haikou zoo yesterday (map). As I’ve said before, I’m always apprehensive about going to Chinese zoos, as they ...
Simple home-baked bread 30 Dec 2012 | 12:14 pm
I’m still getting my feet wet with home-made bread making, but am quickly falling in love. After experimenting with a couple ways of preparation, I think I’ve gotten down the method I like the most. D...
Review: Upside Down — no amount of fictional science could right this film 27 Dec 2012 | 06:56 am
Watched Upside Down last night. I can’t go so far as to say it’s a terrible movie, but it’s a nearly terrible movie. I’m disappointed, as it has so much that I thought I would like. Sturgess, Dunst, a...
Home-made Bagels 17 Dec 2012 | 01:53 pm
I recently bought an oven. It’s not my first in China, but the first since moving to Haikou and first since I began delving deeper into cookery as a hobby. Despite it essentially being an over-confide...
Haikou, Hainan Style… 26 Nov 2012 | 10:33 am
The other night I came into the living room, and the wife was watching the evening news. The segment ended, and what proceeded was proof that the whole Gangnam Style meme had most definitely jumped th...
Things Done Well: On The Anatomy Of Thrift 19 Nov 2012 | 07:38 am
The following three videos are a series put together by Farmrun, a creative studio that is working to capture the "burgeoning agrarian renaissance by producing beautiful media for agricultural enterpr...
Visiting Wenchang’s Tongguling / Yunlong Bay 24 Sep 2012 | 03:06 pm
I’m embarrassed to say that after living in Haikou for a year and a half, it was only this past weekend that we finally got out of the city and explored a bit more of Hainan. I could blame a lot of th...
Home-made sausage 30 Jun 2012 | 09:26 pm
Two and a half months since updating my blog, it’s fair to say I’m in a bit of a blogging drought. It’s not that lots hasn’t happened since mid-April (there was a trip home to Canada, Casey’s 2nd birt...
