Hey cool! I can have different pages!
About? About me: My real name is Chris Waugh. I’ve recently acquired the Chinese name 王å?š/Wang Bo- not because I really want it, but out of convenience. “Bezdomny” is that name of a character, a poet, in Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita. It means ‘Homeless’, and it’s a name I always liked, so I decided to start using it in my various blogging ventures. I’m from Wellington, I live in Beijing where I teach English to earn my keep and study Chinese in my spare time because…… well, why the hell not? I mean, apart from the fact I live in China and my wife is Chinese, it’s just interesting. Well, I majored in French language and literature (Otago University, finished my BA in 1998, graduated May 1999), I also studied German language and literature, Russian language and literature, German and Russian film, Russian history….. I guess you could say I’m the kind of guy who love studying languages, literatures, cultures, that kind of thing. So in that respect, living in China is great, never a dull moment, always something to keep me interested.
About this blog: This is the latest attempt to keep a blog on the right side of China’s Great Firewall. I can also be found at:
chriswaugh_bj.livejournal.com
bezdomny.blogspot.com
chrislzh.over-blog.com
wangbo.canalblog.com
But most of those blogs are blocked in Mainland China (I can write easily to the blogspot one, because it’s only .blogspot.com addresses that are blocked, blogger.com is open). Don’t worry, the blocks are not targeted at me. I’m one of the least threatening people I know, and I don’t blog about the kind of stuff that would have people kicking my door in and dragging me off for reeducation. This blog is simply about what I observe and experience in my banal little life. If people find it interesting, cool, if not, there are plenty of other things you can kill your time with. What you can expect to read here is rambling about life in Beijing, my experiences trying to learn Chinese, perhaps some ranting about stuff in the news- but that’s not likely to be of a nature to invite unwelcome attention, I’m more likely to rant about shitty journalism, and just whatever occurs to me to write. Don’t come here looking for profound insights into Chinese language, culture, society, history or anything like that. Explore my blogroll, several of the blogs there are much better at that kind of thing. Basically, I just write about my view from this little corner of the world. That’s all.