Entertainment/Reviews

Rant In Peace TTC

Well, it's happened. TalkTalkChina's reign as the #1 stop for China Expats to go and bitch has come to an end. It's been a good ride, but all good things, as they say. For a year and a half TTC has provided the English language China blogsphere with loads of poignant posts that led to …

November 9, 2006
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A Book For Breakfast

Having recently finished Foreign Babes In Beijing, I decided last night to reload my nightstand with a new novel for my wake-up reads. I consulted my big pile of books I brought back with me from Canada and settled on one I had nearly forgotten about: The Coma by Alex Garland. Garland, for those that …

November 6, 2006
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Foreign Babes In Beijing

I just finished reading Rachel Dewoskin's Foreign Babes In Beijing, a memoir of the author's life in China's capital during the mid to late 90s. For any just coming to or arriving in China, the book is a great supplemental read to your standard collection of guidebooks; and for those of us that have been …

October 31, 2006
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Linktastic II

That’s right, I’m using Roman Numerals… what of it? So, I’m going to make this Linktastic thing a permanent habitue (yeah thesaurus!) of my blog. He… or She, hell… She will drop by once and again and tell us where to go – she’s a lot like a few of my ex-girlfriends in that regard. …

October 10, 2006
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Linktastic

With not much time to write anything, here are a few links that I’ve been meaning to mention. Hotel Ninja: You may have noticed the link to Hotel Ninja on my sidebar. This is my newest sponsor and as they’ve done me the wonderful pleasure of sending me some cash, I figured I’d suggest you …

September 19, 2006
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This Is The End, My Only Friends… ribbit!

Alright, that sounds a bit morbid… but it’s fitting. Maggie and I just finished watching Friends. Not like an episode, but the whole damn series. All 10 seasons down. It took us the span of our entire relationship (until present, of course) – but we did it. I originally thought that I’d buy Friends (man …

August 29, 2006
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Firefly – Entertaining Chinese Lessons

I stumbled across a show last night that is just fan-frigin’-tastic. Now, like a lot of things, I have a feeling I’m coming late to the game with this and am generally braced for a bunch of “get with the program, Firefly is SOOOO three years ago” comments … but here we go. I remember …

August 17, 2006
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Update: China’s Banned Films

UPDATE: According to a People’s Daily article, the Da Vinci Code has officially been removed from theatres to make room for domestic films this month. They have however allowed Ice Age 2 and Poseidon to continue playing. The article additionally clears up what’s going on with Mission: Impossible 3. Apparently an edited version will be …

June 11, 2006
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Post 9/11 Blues

Watch this video – it’s hip. Yes it’s perfectly acceptable for me to use the term hip. Yes, I know it’s 2006. Yes, “hip” is not “hip”. But let me tell you, as hip goes, hip is a pretty hip word. So there. And it works backwards too…. if you don’t like it… pih, what …

May 29, 2006
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South Of The Border, West Of The Sun

I finished reading South of the Border, West of the Sun this morning. What a fantastic book. It was loaned to me with high expectations, as Rick touted it as an amazing book from one of his favourite authors. I had heard of Murakami’s Norwegian Wood before, but had not had opportunity to read anything …

May 28, 2006
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