Amiram’s Observations

Two and a half years, thirty months, nine hundred and twelve days.  Tons of “Gong Bao Ji Ding” (chicken with peanuts) and even more “ji dan chao fan” (fried rice and eggs).  One Olympic event, two if you count the Paralympic Games separately.  Countless beautiful tourist attractions, temples, palaces, monuments, markets, and one really Great [...]

I have learned quite a few lessons in the last few months following the interesting developments in the global economy.  For one, the analysts’ guesses about the future are as good as mine, as yours and as fortune tellers, witch doctors and Nostradamus followers.  That does not prevent them from showing up on TV newscasts [...]

How does one know that it’s time to go home?

The mind is a wonderful yet mysterious element.  It observes, collects data and impressions, analyzes, concludes and takes action.  Constructs behaviors.  Forms relationships.  But it also uses some forms of deception, and it finds alternatives and replacements.  It learns to live with missing things, missing people.  [...]

My wife, the curator, bought a leather bag.  In the bag I found a fancy ticket, stating the following: “The materials used have been selected from the best existing ones.  Care and quality of the highest level are guaranteed im enery details of workmaship iln case of wordemanship defects please sirectly contact the boutique wher [...]

For almost two years I have been writing the My China Experience weblog.   wrote steadily, continuously, about current affairs, about China, about family and philosophy.  I tried to express my viewpoints and ideas.  As it turns out, quite a few people tuned in.  I’ve been asked lately, by many, what happened.  How come I write [...]