Freelancer Needs Time Off

[kaizor]

(Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, July 27 2004) - Sitting in his shabby room at the Fenghua Hotel in this satellite city of Ningbo, freelancer Kaiser Kuo reflects on his desperate need for a vacation. "I’ve been running myself ragged lately and it's not been any good for my health of that of my new little family," says the paunchy aspiring journalist as

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awww... poor kaiser

[immortaleve]

actually, that was highly amusing to read. you managed to whine (a rather urbane lj function) but to do so in a really funny/entertaining manner ;) kudos to you.

anyhoo, my advice is to raise your expected salary/pay. its easier than making yourself say no, as hey, the more opportunity, the better, right? But it will keep people from wasting your time. I now charge 200 kuai/hour for teaching private English classes just to prevent people from tempting me with offers ;)

[mylifebeforeart]

Do what I do. Drink a lot.

you beat me to it

[bokane]

...and then sign all your pieces "Written in drunkennes, the night of geng-yin, Guo Yiguang."

Don't worry

[mylifebeforeart]

Hey, relax - bit of tweaking and this entry will do nicely for that's. There's one problem solved.

Roddy

Wow! Kaiser Kuo! No Way!

[anonymous]

Hi! I just stumbled across here. I can't believe that I'm actually reading the blog of Kaiser Kuo. I was a foreign student at a university in CBD during the first half of 2003 and I used to read your stuff "That's Beijing" every month. I began my freelancing while in Beijing. At this point, though, my delusional journalistic dreams far outnumber my published works, but I did score one movie review for "That's Beijing" at the end of the year.

I enjoyed your post very much. I read today's post and I read your draft of your speech for BISS. I almost cried reading your speech when you wrote about missing Beijing because I have been back in New York for a little over a year--missing Chaoyang District, missing Beijing-accented Mandarin...missing the freakin' party, man!

Anyway, I hope you get some good rest when you go on vacation. It Definitely sounds like you need it. Your family needs your love and attention.

ontia@hamilton.edu

[niubi]

hey kaiser! i wish that you all had been playing for the very short time i passed thru beijing. i had just talked about you guys with the manager of speakeasy in kunming which is a recent connection for me. but, what was the kicker for me was that one of my old, old friends in kunming used to be the singer of kuafu....his name is zhao haizhou. you probably know him.

Don't stop Beijinging

[anonymous]

Hold on to that feiling

Hey Kaiser. Joe here - the daneng. Stumbled across your blog while looking if there was any new stuff in "Ich bin ein Beijinger". I was surprised by all the matches that were not Kaiser-related.

And with that other guy stealing your Kundera allusion (or was it a Day-Lewis allusion), I thought I'd help you out with some bad puns in addition to that really bad Journey pun.

how about the Stooges:
B-A-B, B-E-Bay, B-I Bicky Bi B-E-I Jing

Nursery Rhyme:
Beijing Around the Rousi (Roushi? Roupi?)

I'm just brainstorming! Beijing is tough. I've got another Journey reference but that wouldn't be very fair. How about this: No Peking!

Remember this?: You can lead a gift horse to water but you can't look at it in the mouth.

Enjoy your vacation!