Hullo anyone who remembers me ( Read more... )

Hallo all, and thanks to my friends who enquired about me. I have been travelling the last few weeks rather a lot... and will continue to move about until I return to Finland on 7 January. I have been staying in Virginia with the newest addition to the family, Finn, taking care of him for a few months while he is an infant. I was supposed to go ( Read more... )

OK, OK. I'm still here. Events have overtaken me. I have been travelling, I am now settled in Virginia, in the USA, for the duration, until mid-January of next year. I have a grandson!!!! Photo will be forth coming, I've forgotten how to put a photo into this text. I've been spending most of my time in Second Life, you can find me there as Kaela ( Read more... )

Easter Sunday 2008

Today in an ecumenical spirit of community I attended the Foreign Teacher’s Potluck Supper organized by the Xtian missionaries. I agreed to bring various things, which I did. I sang the gospel hymns (I know the harmony and the words from childhood). I helped clean up. I tried to make small talk. At the point where one American ( Read more... )

2008-03-23

CHINA DAILY HEADLINE:

RIOTS AIMED AT DERAILING GAMES:WEN

Premier: Violence in Tibet reveals Dalai Lama’s hypocrisy in peace call

By Zhao Huanxin

The appalling violence in Tibet - in which rioters used ‘extremely cruel’ means to kill and injure innocent people - was aimed at undermining this summer’s Beijing Olympic Games, Premier Wen ( Read more... )

Back in China, safe in my flat. The cat ran to meet me the minute I stepped out of the car from the airport and spoke to the driver... she recognised my voice!!! She didn't let me out of her sight, following me up and down the stairs as I dragged my stuff into my flat. I must say it was nice to come back and be welcomed and find I'd been missed! I' ( Read more... )

My boss took me to an outdoor eating place to have Thai food last night. It was cheap and very, very, very good. We ate off a rickety table... and all the dishes of different food barely fit on the table. We ordered what *looked* like a lot of food until we tucked into it, and then almost all of it disappeared. There was a dish of Chinese broccoli ( Read more... )

Well, I have done something really stupid. I forgot that they drive on the left here, and even though we had discussed this over lunch at some length, on the way back to the office after lunch I looked right for oncoming traffic, saw none, stepped into the street and was knocked down by a car, to the horror of all onlookers, my boss who had taken ( Read more... )

The trip here from PEK went much better than expected, despite the chaos and mayhem in the airports in China. My friends in Second Life (SL) all sent me off with good wishes for a smooth, safe journey, and for my personal well being. When I finally got into the cab to the airport and was on my way, after a short altercation with the driver of ( Read more... )

Her bags are packed and she's ready to go, standing here outside your door...

Hold me in your thoughts, good people. The weather has cleared, but it's still chaos and mayhem here in China with tens of millions on the move, trying to get home for the holidays. Mercurius with me, and Guan Yin!!! The cat has a bed outside my door, and my cleaning lady ( Read more... )