Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

• Catch up on Recent Events

  Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

  I’ve taken inspiration from the latest Star Trek - Enterprise (and the letters that Dr Flox dictates) and decided on catching you all up on recent events in rough date order.
  Semester 2 (Mar-June 2009)
  The semester ended fairly smoothly. We ditched previous ideas of our curriculum and were inspired by getting our army of kids translating […]

• The Autumn Tiger Ran Off

  Saturday, September 27th, 2008

  Check out that temperature drop! Almost 10 degrees in one day! The Chinese call the overly hot Autumn weather the Autumn tiger.. well, he just ran off with his tail between his legs. One day 33, next day 24. Jackets and longs are on the students already.
  In other news of B&B, we have had recent […]

• Low-Carb Diet

  Sunday, July 20th, 2008

  Well we are one week into Tim’s lifestyle hack diet of low or slow carbs and already 3 kgs lighter (both) which is pretty amazing loss for one week. Before you ask, it’s not water as we are both careful at drinking a lot of water (especially as it’s a hot summer at the moment).
  So… […]

• Someone knew, but quake-resistence is too expensive!

  Thursday, June 5th, 2008

  Experts Warned of Quake Risk in China - NYTimes.com
  For decades, Chinese scientists say, they have known of the risk of a potentially catastrophic earthquake along the Longmenshan belt, the area where the Wenchuan earthquake struck, and repeatedly raised their concerns with government authorities. But they say preparations for a quake there were cursory at best, […]

• Quake Repercussions

  Friday, May 30th, 2008

  Would not want to be a Chinese engineer or builder right now.
  China fights quake lakes and probes schools
  Inspectors have taken samples of rubble to see if shoddy construction material was used.
  Lin Qiang, vice inspector of the Sichuan provincial educational department, said collapsed buildings might have been more solid “if we educational officials hadn’t left loopholes […]