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 […]

“Same Old Lang Syne” –Dan Fogelberg (1951-2007)Every year at this time we hear so many Christmas songs like I wrote about in my last column. The radio waves and stores are filled with Christmas music. But then there is the period after Christmas, like now. There are few songs that really spring to mind about […]

well, it’s 5am, Dec 10th, and it is my usual time to get up. Love to wake up before the sun. And it’s a special day for me because it’s my Birthday!. It has been quite a year…I was visiting San Francisco a year ago. And making preparations to leave CRI end of Feb ‘07. […]

Hi…Ni Hao Are You? A bilingual greeting that sounds so familiar to those of Joy FM…It’s a proper way to start this blog. This is my start on the net…great to have a website! But I am still getting used to it.  Anyway, I am here in Beijing, doing all kinds of things…and now we have […]