Musings in Hong Kong and Shanghai

I am sitting in a coffee shop near my Shangahi apartment, after a leisure day of researching properties in Hawaii, yoga practice, and lunch ...

I am getting quite neurotic these days.  A friend is staying with me, returning to Hong Kong after a year away in London.  We are now lookin...

Looking back, it had been a year since I started the blog, hoping that I could meet that special someone through methodical determination.  ...

I had lunch with an old college friend who moved to Hong Kong in the past year.  A young Chinese transplant like myself, she grew up in New ...

I escaped the smog in Shanghai, having experienced a terrible day last Friday in a mostly dreamlike cloud atmosphere, except your throat and...

Two separate topics: First, my grandmother passed away today. She was 88 or so.  I think the end of a life can involve quite a lot of suff...

I am resting in Maldives as we speak, trying to work on a few things for work.  The resort island is beautiful but also quite expensive.  Ge...