Anarchocyclist

I’ve felt a bit of pressure to blog lately, so i’ve been purposely ignoring it. It used to be something that just came out and i felt fine posting it here, but somehow it feels like too much of a “thing” now. I think i was worried that each blog post had to [...]

hey all. i just posted something the other day, but then today a friend said “dude, why are your comments turned off?”. A quick inspection showed that my most recent article had been replaced by penis-enlarger pharmaceutical spam.
luckily, i had already started doing an upgrade in december, so i had a site backup [...]

It was my birthday today, and also “Guy Fawkes day” to some, where they either celebrate or pretend to burn the man who tried to blow up the English parliament a few hundred years back. I’m not much for birthday celebrations, so i tried to keep things quiet and have a couple people over [...]

Sheldon Brown, July 14, 1944 - February 3, 2008
From Harris Cyclery:
Dear Harris Cyclery friends and customers,
It is with heavy hearts that we convey to you the news that Sheldon Brown has passed away. Our thoughts go out to his family at this time. The cycling community has lost one of it’s most passionate members.
Sheldon [...]

hey all, i’ve been a bit busy since i got back to china. i’m signed up in full time courses, and trying to organize some extra time with my chinese friends where they can hopefully critique my speaking abilities in exchange for me helping them with english. Right now i’m not totally convinced [...]

ahh, so good to be back. I’m at my parents’ house for the next 2 or 3 weeks, enjoying all that is Vancouver. Presently, i’m enjoying a multigrain flax pita with some artichoke and jalepeño dip, and i just had a nice big glass of fortified soy milk. Last night i had [...]

hey all, sorry for the lack of updates. I’m busy with chinese courses until my final exam on august 10th, then i’m coming back to vancouver for a short vacation starting on about august 15th or so, until september when i return to china for 5 more months of classes. back in vancouver [...]

I’m currently wondering why there’s so little information about china on the politics sites that i normally read. There’s always plenty of first-hand information about the politics of south america, and a lot of second-hand chatter about the middle east because of its huge importance (except for a couple of people like Robert Fisk [...]

我们的学期完了差不多。 下星期是最后个星期， 然后我们考试。 虽然我们快要有期考但是我不担心， 因为我近来努力学习所以觉得会考得很容易。 几个星期以前我学习很少， 所以我该复习那时候的课了。 除了那些课以外， 我确信能够成功。
考试以后我们可以休息一会儿。 在暑假的时候我们有另外的课， 所以有特短的假。 我比较喜欢这个情况因为我现在对汉语集中精力所以最好继续。 我十二月希望达到HSK6， 现在有大概HSK4， 所以会要有困难。
对了，今天的天气很有意思。 近来较热， 昨天下大雨， 闪电很多。 那时候我的朋友们在市区逛商店， 他们听见雷声忽然下大雨， 他们浑身湿得像只落汤鸡。 邱甲伟的护照仍然湿。 从温哥华来的人不习惯这种天气。
我刚才觉醒现在十点半， 我应该睡觉， 明天有很早的课。
加油骑，自由骑

Lately it feels like i have nothing to write about since i’m just doing the same thing day in and day out. This week feels a bit transitional, though. Thursday i finally got my passport; the canadian passport offices are swamped because we now need to have a passport in order to enter [...]