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Being Chinese in Britain
(30/07/2008
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I found these two short video clips about what it means to be Chinese in Britain. Sometimes we integrate or appear to integrate so well, that people do not realise that there is a big cultural ... -
Shakespeare - open air theatre at Regent's Park
(26/07/2008
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I cannot remember the last time I went to an open air theatre and certainly the last Shakespearean play outdoors was some more than 20 years at Ludlow Castle and it was Macbeth. I was carried ... -
Congratulations Simon Stevens!
(25/07/2008
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First of all, I would like to congratulate (if he gets to see this post) Coventry's own hero - Simon Stevens who won UK Catalyst award 2008 (community awards for social technology). The ... -
Hastings and the accessible buses which are not....
(15/07/2008
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P/S This incident while frustrating is nothing compared to what my compatriot, Peter Tan, has to face in Malaysia. Read his blog entry. PPS read the response of the manager of the bus company in ... -
Godiva Procession, Greyfriars Road 2008
(05/07/2008
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Its on every year and today, I caught up with the Godiva Procession on my way home from buying fish at Coventry Market. Unlike last year there was a Chinese contingent this year. They were a ... -
London - from the perspective of a wheelchair user!
(01/07/2008
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I am busy researching and writing to create a website to sell and promote London, and Paris and then Strasbourg. In the mean time, I did this video with the images I took of London " from a ...
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Books I am reading
Xiaolu Guo
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
A love story - cultural differences, misunderstandings and yes, I see what she is saying.
Su Tong
Binu and the Great Wall
Binu And The Great Wall is a wonderful myth retold in the words of Su Tong, the author of ‘Rice’. The myth of Binu and how her tears washed away the Great Wall have been passed down through the ages. It is a tale of hardship, brutality and undying love. Su Tong’s version of the myth, brings to the reader the harshness and brutality that led to the constuction of the wall and the terrible effects it had on the common people.