www.HaoHaoReport.com Right, so my little birdy’s left the nest. I’ve just finished moving the Hao Hao Report into its very own domain – www.haohaoreport.com. I’m going to miss having the guy around here, but I’ll visit often… and so should you The Hao Hao Report, for those just stumbling upon this blog, is a little [...]
Archive for 2006
Back To The Future
Ah, Back To The Future. Great Scott did I ever ponder the title of that movie when I was a kid! It completely threw me for a loop. I’d just get to sorting out the direction it was pointing me when I’d hit that last word and all was lost. It is fitting then that [...]
Born To Ride – The Bus
I live in Suzhou, and as such am well accustomed to the pain-in-the-assedness of the seething swarms of scooters that buzz about the city, apparently oblivious to my peripatetic situation. These things are everywhere, and have more than once jutted in front of busses I’ve been on, causing the passengers in the back to intimately [...]
A Palace For The Paupers
With a mere 610 days to go, the 2008 Beijing Olympics are quickly approaching. The nearer they get, the more displaced people can be found wandering around the city wondering where their neighborhood went. Well folks, always eager to utilize form and function, us here at LLW have discovered the solution: Mr. McGroovy’s Box Rivets. [...]
Love China
It would seem we go in phases here at Lost Laowai. We get heated posts about people being beaten, then we move into nerdier territory with computer stuff. Well, I’d just like to say – BRING ON THE LOVE. At Lost Laowai, love is in the air. It’s months before Valentine’s Day, and months since [...]
Building Your Own Computer in China
Well, since my old pandapassport post about expensive real software in China is doing so fabulous on the newly created Chinalyst’s Popular Content page, I thought I’d balance here it with a new post dedicated to helping foreigners shop for cheap hardware in China. Anyway, I’ve been talking to some of my “people,” discussing my [...]
Climbing The Wall
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The Beating Of A Chinese Bus Driver
Now, I’ve said my share of curses towards the lead footed (both gas and break) drivers of the over-stuffed death-traps that are China’s transit system, but man … some days it just doesn’t pay to ask for correct change… Basically, the story goes… two dudes and their tight-panted tag-along get on a bus in Wuhan [...]
Standing In Doorways
I’ve decided that years of having really crap State-controlled TV has taken a huge toll on the populous population of China. It has caused near all 1.3 billion inhabitants of the PRC to view the world around them as nothing but an uncontrollable, intangible source of entertainment. It would seem to me that a numbness [...]
My Dog’s Erection Points To A Flawed Chinese Sex-Ed System?
About 2 months ago, me and my girlfriend got a dog – don’t ask me why, that’s another story. His name is Pepe. “Pepe Q-tip” to be exact, due to the fact that it looks like it’d be really easy to clean your ears with him. Anyway, to get to the point, it seems that [...]
