Eli’s sports day

Eli and Race, so tightMillieOnce again, a good time had by all.

My column in chinese

Click here to see my columns in Chinese. You can open up any of them and scroll to the bottom. They have a feedback section and I have ton, most of which I can't read (there are some in English). I am going to get some help translating soe of…

More WSJ/Murdoch stuff

The China bureau ends up in the middle of the whole discussion in pretty interesting ways.Check this out. And this.

Beijing bike ride

I went for a bike ride last Friday morning, with a group of neighbors. We basically rode up to the starbucks at Pinnacle Plaza, had a coffee, and some delicious egg pancakes form these little carts in the woods, and rode back. We all go to Pinnacle…

Woodie Alan gig

So we played again Saturday night and it went really well. Mr. Li switched from upright to electric bass, on which he is more nimble, and we added a conga player, Charles K, a Ugandan guy who is Anna's music teacher. He is also the bandleader…

Last column

THE EXPAT LIFE By ALAN PAUL Questions Never Asked For Foreigners in China, Daily Life Is FreeOf Government Intrusion -- Until It Isn'tApril 27, 2007 People often ask…

Jesse Paul, Superstar

My brother keeps me sending me boxscore from the local Wilmington, DE paper, highlighting his son Jesse's baseball prowess. He has right to be proud.Jesse is a freshman and probably in the 5 percentile of height (though his Jewfro may bump him…

Jesse Paul, Superstar

My brother keeps me sending me boxscore from the local Wilmington, DE paper, highlighting his son Jesse's baseball prowess. He has right to be proud.Jesse is a freshman and probably in the 5 percentile of height (though his Jewfro may bump him…

Anna’s Sports Day

Killer tug of WarProud to show their musclesAnna and Lauren, proud to be Flamingos.Mr. Wyatt, running the show, as always.Obstacle courseThey had preschool sports day this morning and it was pretty great. Anna was excited for this all week.

Jetlag

This week has been such a fuzzy headed blur. I am lucky that I have the luxury of being lazy for a while because I have been having the damndest time getting anything done. I find myself staring endlessly at my computer screen. I left home today…