Category: Blog
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Prepping for HSK 4 test on May 15th
So it’s official: I will write the HSK 4 test on May 15th here in Beijing. I need 60% to pass but there is no requirement to do so in order to move on. Even if I fail, I could take the HSK 5 test if I wanted to. However, this is a goal and…
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Eleven years a writer
Another year, another anniversary as I’ve now reached eleven years of writing online. Here’s the very first post I made: That was it. Eleven years on the tally is now at 449 posts: One of the original ideas I had when I started blogging some eleven years ago was to keep track of all of…
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The 4x4x48 – The David Goggins Challenge
So I did something this past weekend that I’ve never done before: I ran an ultramarathon. Not all in one go, of course, but I was running four miles every four hours for forty eight hours. Why those numbers? The idea comes from David Goggins, a former Navy SEAL, who runs ultramarathons in support of…
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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…