Hello fellow dorks of the global blogdom!

Just wanted to let you know that I have not yet been involved in any fatal accidents on the roads of Shanghai (2006 - present), nor did I drink myself to death on Tuscan wine (Dec 2008), nor have I been mowed down by the Viet Cong (Jan 09), nor did I plummet to my death from 华山 (Mar), nor was I flattened by any cross-country 18-wheelers (Jun), nor did I fall out of any openable train doors and get trampled by stray cows (Aug), nor have I been bombed by any Israelis (nor shelled from the Golan heights for that matter)(Sept), nor have I been licked for chewing gum (Dec) nor have I gotten my tongue stuck to any ice sculptures and frozen to death (Jan 10)... no... I am still very much alive and kicking. Although, in my old age, my knees are starting to "hurt" in these cold winter months. Oh gosh.

Oh. My new company insists that we single space after full-stops. I say fuck them!!

OK. A year in pics.