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John

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Im an Aussie livin in China and this is a good place to find out what makes the world tick. I thought I would find out quick growin up in Kyogle, a small town behind the Gold Coast, but China really shakes up basic assumptions. Still learnin, and enjoyin that.After been thrown into workin on an oilfield in west China, I realized how much new stuff there is to learn. The economics I had learned did not help much.I am studyin chemistry now and doing a material balance survey of things around me, mainly factories, and whole cities. Chemistry doesnt lie and gives a real idea of basics. Its a good foundation.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Chemists interested in usin what they have learnt to apply to wider issues outside the lab. China is a giant petrie dish, one of my mates commented.Others interested in crossover from econoic issues analysed usng material balance, chemistry, physics.

My Blog

granny gal

No doubt I live in a strange neighborhood.  It is a suburb of inner Beijing maybe undergoing the same pressures as Greenwich Village of New York in the sixties.  There are some strangely dre...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:05:00 GMT

special friend

Yanyun is my family now. Like 3 generations of wisdom rolled into a 21 year old capsule and in a presentable package.  Natural, smart, wise, and to my eyes, ok..  When it comes to Chinese la...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:58:00 GMT

life

I love the mornings.  Nothin fresher than I walk out of some dimsy club, been there apparently all night, and God has given us a new daylight. Love todlin home in the freshness, birds chirpin.&nb...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Lees and me rappin

  Today Lee visited me.  Well almost.  I was sitting at my computer talking to him and seeing him, and he was talking right back.  Sharisse and I were yarning. Wow.  This...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Lifes a river, Ahjings a flood

Lifes a river, Ahjings a flood..Theres a gal called Jing, Chen Jing, with an infectious smile and everything.  She just gushes at me. I was leaning out my window taking a call with a good signal....
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Harbin after 9 years

I am sick of travel and usually turn down things outside Beijing.  But I got invited to Harbin to help on an enviro problem and couldnt refuse. I had lived there 1995-99.  In those days ther...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:08:00 GMT

Real footy

In Australia, one of the football codes is called Rugby League and it is tough tackling and fast running and smashing into guys.  Much better than soccer or gridiron.  And each year two riva...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:03:00 GMT

Thinkin life

My good and wise Myspace pal, Cynthia wrote and mentioned the sandstorm in Beijing, and I wrote back rather bluntly saying it was pollution, and then she replied agreeing and saying she would like a g...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Meeting my Myspace pal

Well well, well.  Linda has been my longtime Myspace pal, and we MET UP.  Whoopee do!  She is great.  Talking to her was just like I imagined.  Even though we are both in BJ, ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Wedding Anniversary

Geraldine and I married May 5, 1974, in Medan, Sumatra. How much in love. How determined to enjoy and succeed, both of us.  And it did.  She was a beauty and strong and fragile all at once, ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:00 GMT