Archives for “shanghai”

12th July

We had our 20 week scan this weekend. The first pregnancy was slow, drawn out and painful. This one has rattled along and we are ...


The Long Goodbye

Where am I? I am in a hotel and I can see the Bund and the Pearl Tower and the glistening lights of Shanghai. The ...


too much too young

What am I doing? I am sitting here alone in my flat. A flat that was once busy with life now silent and empty. My ...


The Time Of Your Life

Please excuse this rather self indulgent post but I want to just record the things that have happened to me as I don't think they ...


The End

That was the two weeks that was. Two weeks in Bahrain and after a shaky start I have to say I'm quite attached to the ...


Tea In The Sahara

I flew out from Pudong on a cold, quiet Tuesday night. I said goodbye to my colleagues in the day and my wife and son ...


Death Of A Salesman

So that’s it then. Well, not quite but it looks like my cards are marked here in Shanghai. It’s all over for me bar the ...