Tibetan food at the DAWA restaurant. The beer brewed onsite is excellent. Continue reading DAWA Tibetan Restaurant
Monthly Archives: May 2015
The choice is yours
Even the wise struggle with understanding the mysteries of the way. Rather than telling you what is right and wrong, it simply provides a roadmap for you to follow. Continue reading The choice is yours
Green and Clean
What impresses me most about the industrial park in Pudong where the VIA Shanghai office is located is how green and clean it is. Continue reading Green and Clean
Going to extremes
If you push people to extremes, they will eventually lose their fear and rise up against you. A wise leader stays in the background and lets people get on with their daily lives, intervening only when it is necessary. Continue reading Going to extremes
Questions and answers
It’s far better to admit that you don’t know the answer to a question even if you feel embarrassed about it. People are bound to eventually figure out that you’re faking it. Continue reading Questions and answers
Xintiandi
Walking through the gentrified environs of Xintiandi (新天地), it’s very easy to forget that the area was once a revolutionary hotbed and the site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading Xintiandi
A lone voice
Laozi is said to have written the Daodejing after retiring from his position as the chief court librarian for the Eastern Zhou Dynasty out of despair at the decadence and corruption he saw around him. Continue reading A lone voice
Parking the bus
For all the criticisms Jose Mourinho receives for “parking the bus”, there’s no denying that this an extremely effective strategy for winning soccer matches: remain calm and patient, let the opposition come at you, and when they make a mistake pounce on it. Not very pretty perhaps, but it’s the result that counts. Continue reading Parking the bus
Retracing my steps
Not exactly the wildest Saturday night I’ve ever had, but an enjoyable one nonetheless retracing my steps down Suzhou Creek. Continue reading Retracing my steps
Defense: the best offense
Defense is the best offense: let the enemy make mistakes by rushing into battle and outwit them by remaining cool-headed in the face of their attack. Continue reading Defense: the best offense