Archive for January, 2007

Just read that the Yankees are in China working with local officials on starting some sort of baseball academy here. Appears they’re the first MLB team to venture onto the mainland. I think that strategically, this is a huge move for them from a promotional and marketing standpoint. It gives them a leg up on [...]

I’m not a wonk by any means, but I do have more than a passing interest in the happenings of the political arena in my home country. Now that the the heavy hitters have already tossed their hats into the 2008 U.S. presidential election ring, it’s not too early to start drizzling some of my [...]

I work on the 7th floor of an office building, and we enjoy something that none of the other floors have: a cute little common area with 6 round tables and a hideous red couch in the corner. This tiny slice of corporate heaven came into existence when the powers above realized that there were [...]

As an epilogue to the previous post, I’d just like to update you all on the outcome of my eventual decision NOT to ditch work and watch the AFC championship game. I actually was able to see most of the 1st half as I was showering and scrambling to get ready to add my valuable [...]

So the NFC and AFC championship games are about to start in a few hours. I’ll be sound asleep for the Saints-Bears game, but I have the option of going to work late and watching the first half of the Pats-Colts game if I want to. It’s clearly the marquee match-up of the season, and [...]

It was sometime right before lunch yesterday when I received Mike’s SMS invitation for dinner at his house that night. As a committed practitioner of SMS RSVP etiquette, I politely asked him if he needed me to bring anything. The following is a rather embarrassing account of our exchange, embarrassing primarily because, in hindsight, it’s [...]

What’s better than paying 500 RMB a person to get totally smashed with your best friends to some great music at a hot new club? What about paying almost nothing to do it at a much smaller club that is cool simply because you are there! Ladies and gentlemen, what a great way to start [...]

I’ve been wasting spending a whole lot of time getting my blog set up with its new look in its new home, which is strange considering that the only person who reads this is Steve when he’s bored and locked in the bathroom. Still, I did want to make an actual improvement to the previous [...]

Where else to celebrate Christmas Eve other than The Temple itself? With friends and loved ones all around, it was time to celebrate China style; forget the trees and the carols, bring on Johnny and Summer and let the fun ensue!