I’ll See You Soon

January 6th, 2009

Hello Readers,

I’m aware of the massive inconsistencies in my posting schedule of late and feel significantly bothered by it everytime I load up my browser. My life over in Shanghai has been consistently pack to the rafters everyday and when I am not studying or going out, I am trying to recover from what seems like an eternal state of exhaustion.

If this all sounds like terrible news to you then don’t let it be. I’ve been learning so very much from my experience away. I feel consistently bogged down in language, cultural differences and personal development that its an effort for my brain to compress it all. Of course, I plan on writing much more about what I have learnt in my two blogs in due time.

It is true, I do have the time and perhaps energy to continue producing articles but currently my head is in the wrong mindset for writing. At he moment, English runs secondary to Chinese in language of choice, combine this with the cold chill of a Chinese winter and the treadmill of everyday foreign life and I would rather conserve my time for rest than attempt to put it to work in my muddled state.

Perhaps the most painful part of all this drama is that I feel as though I’ve finally hit my stride but haven’t had the time to apply it. Most of my time writing here has been a process of evolution; trying to find my respective path. Having been separated from my regulated 2/3 day schedule, I have finally clicked and over the past few months I have mentally formulated a new(ish), more evolved direction of where I was heading.

It’s with this that I am much anticipating my return to regular writing. For the meantime though, I have about 10 days before I arrive back home to the comfortable land of summer. So basically the off period will continue for another short stretch until I get home and began putting bricks to cement again. Thanks for your enthusiasm and patience. If you hadn’t caught on I also use Twitter which should provide a bit more insight.

-Daniel

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Going on A Break

November 17th, 2008

It pains me to write this post, as I’ve be tying to keep the blogging boat afloat for a while but -as life would have it- I’m out of steam. I haven’t had the time to play barely anything in the past few weeks resulting in a complete empty patch of ideas. Like a lot of things over here in China, this is most baffling since I always have so much to write about.

Along with this, Chinese culture is chaffing my brain and the University has booted me out without a real explanation. Well it’s not that bad, the administration just has no idea what they are doing and as such I am left hanging in the lurch until they get their act together. Living here makes it harder to keep this place up to date, so I just need a little time, might be a few days, a week, just to get back up to scratch. Seeya in a little while.

Here is my replacement for the time being, wow, so metaphoric:

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Back in the Chair

September 26th, 2008

That’s right after two failed attempts, the third is a charm! I’m back online and ready to plug away at some more articles for your pleasure. I’m fortunate in that I’ve managed to get in at the right time too, being the Friday before the national festival which gives me a few days off.

I should be back in the swing of things soon enough. Life over here is pretty relentless; be it my classes, catching the overcrowded subway or just trying trying to do the most basic of tasks in a foreign language. The intensive study is banging on tedium, it’s like a slow death - not too enjoyable. So I will try to channel as much creative energy as I can salvage into the blog over the the next few months.

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