Introduction

Chances are you found this blog through the Facebook link. Therefore, you probably know me, what this blog is about, and why I am doing it.

So, now to introduce this blog, what it's about and why I am doing it. Being roughly 6,438 miles* away from family and old friends, there will be some problems with keeping in touch. I'm not sure why, though. After not talking to family at home, you'd think not talking to them abroad would hardly be a change of pace. Expected even. Nevertheless, here is a blog where I can keep people more informed of how things are going.

*And if you correct this figure, that's because it's hard to load Google here.

At first, I was merely going to use my much neglected Facebook to post updates, but then I clicked on the Get Timeline button under the mistaken impression that newer things are better things. Instead, it was like I stepped on to a user interface designed for the people in Picasso paintings, only even more visually confusing. So, I'm using blogger, which will give me more control over the presentation, and no garbling mess of blue boxes attached to a rope.

This blog will generally have three kinds of articles:

1. Of Place
2. Of Story
3. Of ... Whatever. I'm sure there will be a third kind of article when it comes to me

Of Place will focus on pictures with anecdotes to establish impressions of daily life. They'll help the reader to visualize the setting in which stories will take place, or just be some amusing observation about the odd things that can be found in Harbin. These will be articles like of my apartment, neighborhood, or the street market.

Of Story will be ... that's fairly self explanatory. It'll be a story of something that has happened here. Usually of interest. I do not know why I'd bother sharing a boring story. And if I do share one and you think it is boring, that's because you are wrong. Best stop being wrong.

Onwards and upwards! Or ... downwards. Being in China. You know, other side of the planet, everything that is up is down. Yeah. You get it. you get it.