Comments on: Variable Flow

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:45:40 +0000

Dave! I’ve just got to know you’re living in China. Sent you a twitter message, but it seems you won’t be able to read it.
I’ve been quite disconnected for some months, and this has been a great surprise. I hope the best for you and your family and look forward to reading more posts.
As for the traffic, if you ever come to Buenos Aires, your experience in China will be of great help when crossing the streets!

By: Brian Mull

Brian Mull — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:12:24 +0000

I remember when I lived in Okinawa as a boy, all the Japanese wanted to take pictures with my sister and me. I also remember that all the Japanese seemed to have massive telephoto lenses. I would kill for one of those. Well, maybe i wouldn’t go that far.

By: Paul Aitken

Paul Aitken — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:48:45 +0000

Hey Dave,
Re: Traffic Flow and Life Flow
I found that Facebook was periodically working when I was in Shanghai. They did shut it down after the riots in Orumji (or however, you spell it.)
I know what you mean about the taxi though – my driver in Shanghai almost hit three pedestrians and one cyclist in a thirteen minute cab ride that was more like an amusement park roller coaster.
I didn’t complain about the food though. Never went to Pizza Hut or anything like that though I tend not to have a problem eating anything – even got to try turtle at one meal in Shanghai.
Language is also a barrier – I think the only things I learned to say were no thank you, cold beer and hello.
Sounds like you are having a great time though, keep us posted.

By: Daniel Romano

Daniel Romano — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:16:34 +0000

It’s very interesting how you can define everything on a one way flow, specially when it comes to a personal life experience of learning a language, a culture, etc.

Good luck on turning the one way road, into a two way flow… when possible of course.