So, in my last post I alluded to this. On the way home from Fuping, I was looking at the sun and thinking “that looks a bit strange.” at first I shrugged it off as my eyes going a bit funny… but then it started to look more and more odd, until I realised… it’s an eclipse

A few weeks ago I took a trip to Fuping county with some Chinese friends. One of my friends has a business exporting dried persimmon to Korea. In fact, I had no idea what a persimmon was, so I was quite intrigued…

Okay, so this post is now 25 days old, but; better late than never and all that…

Say ‘hello’ to the latest iteration of the QQ. This is where normally I’d tell you if it’s the QQ2, or the QQ3 or the QQ4…but, the internet isn’t even able to clairfy. Probably because I search in English, and this car is pretty much unknown in the English-speaking world. Well, apart from it’s original ancestor. There’s an interesting tale behind the original Chery QQ, it’s basically a carbon copy of the Cheverolet Spark (The Daewoo Matiz) to Europeans, but with zero agreement or royalties to Cheverolet. Welcome to the land of copying…

So, it’s somewhat of a tradition that I spend every Christmas holiday in the garage working on some sort of car-related project. I think it’s a great tradition, and there’s nothing like sitting at the Christmas dinner table with your hands and even your face covered in oil. So, I wasn’t going to let being in China stop me…

In fact, I can’t take credit for this one. This was snapped by Beryl, on her new Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS. (Which I adore by the way! haha.) You see lots of kids going around like this, I think they look adorable!

“Random Snap” is a new category/feature on the blog for when I just have one thing I want to share, and doesn’t quite merit it’s own blog post. The quality of the photography may also be lacking and even from *gasp* a camera-phone!

So, in addition to my previous comments about Christmas in China, one other random aspect of a Chinese Christmas was in the evening, when everybody was setting off Chinese wish lanterns. They’re like mini hot-air-balloons, but powered by candle. You make a wish, then set it off. Here you can see some floating away high in the sky from a window in my apartment building. (Not the local prison, honest!)

“Random Snap” is a new category/feature on the blog for when I just have one thing I want to share, and doesn’t quite merit it’s own blog post. The quality of the photography may also be lacking and even from *gasp* a camera-phone!

For 23 years I have sat on Christmas morning and opened Christmas presents with my parents. This Christmas was to be no different…well, that’s a lie. It was the most bizzare Christmas ever…

Christmas Eve 2009. Well, I’m finally starting my catch-up posting, beginning with this one, Christmas Eve. The above image perfectly symbolises Christmas eve. Drinking. Lots of drinking…