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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 project I started back in… hmm… June? For anyone familiar …

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 it sits on top this post about the Chinese language in general, and one character in particular.

Hòu, simple enough really. I mean, without anything other than a bit of phonetic Chinese know-how it could bring to mind gardening, Amsterdam or gangster rap… these are all pleasant things - but DO NOT be misled. I suspect that this little innocent looking six-stroke …

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 greet their until-then unknown friends in the front.

However, they’re cheap. They’re relatively convenient, and as most of them are electric, they are certainly better for inner-city air quality. They are also the way many people get to and from their livelihoods, and indeed for some, earn their livelihoods. Which is why I hope the powers that be wake up and smell the green tea and …

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.
These little dandies allow you to quickly, and firmly, connect cardboard in all sorts of fashions. You may remember, previous cardboard cities (sometimes called ‘forts!’) had to be constructed with expensive materials like tape or twist-ties, that just don’t stand up to the harsh Beijing spring winds - not like these babies.
As most hutongs have a small brigade of cardboard …

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 Chinese Valentine’s Day, but that’s not stopping us from launching Hao Hao Friends - Lost Laowai’s friend-finder site. Basically, you sign up for free, check out all the good looking people (and skip past the non, ie. my profile). …