Chinese New Year

Holy crap! The Chinese really know how to celebrate the coming of a new year. They beat us hands down...it's not even a competition. They have a bit of an obsession with firecrackers at all times but all restraint has gone out the window this week. I've seriously had moments where I thought Jilin was under attack. This morning I woke up to the tintinabulation of explosions outside my window at 7am and they didn't stop until 10am. Not even for a moment...it was constant explosions. Even now at 3:45p the explosions are still going. New Years Day was 4 days ago! I'm in awe.

Vacation Synopsis

As I was lounging in Cambodia I took to writing to pass the time. I've put together from these scattered thoughts a rather detailed description of my trip that I would like to share but it is too long to post here. It also contains some sensitive topics so I need to screen who reads it. (how mysterious...!) So, if you're interested then pop me an email and I'll send it your way. duncanjohnharvie@gmail.com

Cambodia Pictures

Hello ladies and germs. I'm back from my vacation to Cambodia and have posted some pictures if you care to see them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44196127@N04/

The trip was amazing and I plan to have a description posted in the not too distant future, but the pics will have to suffice for now.

In other news, I've returned to find the internet is even more restrained than when I left. Sites I used to go to are now blocked, sometimes the site pops up but the pictures don't (ex - Wikipedia...I can get the text, but no pictures). It's pretty bad. So far gmail is still operational but I fear that sooner or later the internet (and things like my blog) will become too restricted to function properly.