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October 2004 - Posts

Satan Frog

Posted Sunday, October 17, 2004 5:44 AM by will
I have to write briefly about Satan Frog. I have lived for nine years in Singapore , a place with year-round ninety-percent humidity. In Singapore the relentless humidity slowly destroys everything you own: Cameras, photographs, books, clothes, buildings, Read More...
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Your Papers, Please

Posted Sunday, October 17, 2004 5:43 AM by will
Now that I am living here, I have had to deal with a few formalities. I had to open bank accounts. Many people have heard me recount the story of opening my first bank account in Singapore , an experience that involved letters of employment, letters of Read More...
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Goodbye to All That

Posted Sunday, October 17, 2004 5:42 AM by will
After nine years in Singapore I have relocated to Beijing for at least two years, perhaps more. While I was doing my language course I began discussions with the Beijing office of a big, global PR firm. They offered me a job and I took it. I had wanted Read More...
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So you want to study Chinese in Beijing…

Posted Saturday, October 02, 2004 5:25 AM by will
The pros and cons of Worldlink Education Last spring, for selfish personal reasons, I quit my perfectly good job in Singapore and abandoned my wife for three months to come to Beijing and study Mandarin. I am now living and working in Beijing, along with Read More...
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