it’s a Beijing Spring and it’s starting to feel like it…I’ve been busy doing all kinds of things…consulting English pronunciation for people like Nokia, going to the gym to exercise, writing the music column for the 21st Century, and working on some projects…some related to radio, some English training, and some totally different…I will travel [...]

Been cold lately in Beijing…I like that though. Outside in the cold sometimes and then back indoors for warm coffee…I still wake up before the sun, a habit I have had for years. Don’t want to miss a minute of the day! Some people think this is crazy! Here’s my view from my living room [...]

38-Grammy Nominated  
The 50th Grammy Awards will happen on Feb 10th. It is the most important music award in the world, but actually I am much more interested in the nominees than the winners. It is like the Academy Awards where we are introduced to some excellent nominated movies that we may have never heard [...]

Yesterday was very cool…cold actually! Love it when it snows…which is fairly rare in Beijing. Looked out the window and watched the flakes fall…and this is what it looked like…in Wang Fu Jing…

Wow! Started 2008 with a bit of excitement! Went to a club in Beijing and at midnite they had a small fireworks display…Turns out that as everyone was hugging and kissing in the club, the fireworks triggered the smoke alarm and then water came from the ceiling to put out the fire! The people in that [...]