Posts Tagged ‘Aston’

10 years of Sinopenn!?

Posted: 2nd March 2011 by Eric D in SinoPenn
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Well, not really, but I recently found my old Live Journal & decided to import the whole damn thing here. It now goes all the way back to 2001, from the day before I arrived in China! I didn’t even know I wrote about stuff back then. I even found my original 9/11 post. 10 [...]

Last Thursday I got a call from David Akast. He pointed out an article on the Seattle Times about a guy who just appeared in Discovery Park with amnesia, saying something along the lines of, “I think this is Ed Lighthart.”  I saw the picture, and indeed it was good old Eddie.  I first met [...]

I… will change… a Lightbulb!

Posted: 25th August 2009 by Eric D in SinoPenn
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Oh yes, it’s true. I will CHANGE a lightbulb today. 3 of them actually. Do you know why? Because I CAN! (10 minute dramatical pause during the lightbulb changing ceremony…) Damnit! Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. At least I have the knowledge that the third isn’t the lightbulb, but an electrical problem (which [...]

Xingping Again

Posted: 20th December 2006 by Eric D in SinoPenn
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As I stated before, I would get around to posting these things eventually. Dongying is up, and now it’s time for Xingping. After my two week stint in Dongying was finished, I shot over to Xingping, about an hour away from Xi’an. Well, it just so happens that much like Dongying, Xingping’s city is ALSO [...]

Dongying & the Shengli Oilfields

Posted: 19th December 2006 by Eric D in SinoPenn
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About 4 weeks ago, I spent about 2 weeks in Dongying. This city is primarily built up around the Sheng Li Oil company, named after the oil fields of the same name. There, you’ll find a rather industrial city, complete with large steam pipes up & down the roads. The Aston school there is on [...]

Finishing up Shenyang

Posted: 27th August 2006 by Eric D in SinoPenn
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Shenyang is about 3 hours west of Dandong. It’s the capitol of Liaoning Province & probably the most polluted city I’ve been in. Last November, I spent 2 weeks here. The winter time is much worse. Clouds of black dust rise from the coal factories used to heat the apartment & office buildings throughout the [...]