Life has been normal and busy lately that I’ve forgotten all about the typhoons (tai feng).
Until of course about 4.00 pm just now when the sky suddenly darkened and I had to turn on the hall lights. I was in the middle of research for my next article…
Instead, I quickly un-hooked all our clothes blowing [...]

NOTE: Kindly refrain from suggesting that I try this or that unless you can send them to me. We are in provincial China where Western-type medicines, materials and products are either NOT available or extremely expensive due to protectionist trade policies (add 100-150% to retail prices). Thank you.
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As I’d blogged earlier, life with the four [...]

When folks heard that we’re moving to China for a few years, one common comment I heard is,
“Wow…so fun! You get to experience the four seasons!!! Not like us here in Malaysia, only hot or rainy.”
Living with summer, autumn, winter and spring is not as FUN as as the media would have you believe.
Now that [...]

I hate the heat. It’s STIFLING hot - 34 deg C. I have a slight case of heatstroke - headache, nausea, tiredness. We’ve been having this heat for the past one week. Instead of the typhoon, we got the “autumn tiger”, which is a heat spell before the cool of autumn arrives.
I hate being at [...]