http://andrewstrauss.net My Adventures in Shijiazhuang, China 2005/2006 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:12:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well.....Chinese New Year is here once again. I want to wish you all the best in the year of the pig. This year it was very difficult for me to decide weather I wanted to spend Spring Festival here in China or not. There are a lot ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2007_02_22-happy-spring-festival/ I just wanted to take a few minutes to wish you all a Happy New Year. I had a rather relaxing new year at home and didn't do too much celebrating. The Internet here in China was severely impacted by the earthquake in Taiwan. I still have tons of ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2007_01_11-happy-new-year-internet-problems/ I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone 圣诞快乐 (Merry Christmas) from China. My posts have been lagging quite a bit lately, and I just wanted to let all of you know that you are in my thoughts and that I miss you. Things here are going quite ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2006_12_24-happy-holidays/ The last race of the Formula 1 season took place this weekend in Brazil. It was quite tense as the championship had not been determined. Fernando Alonso had 10 more points than Michael Schumacher, but if Schumacher took ten points with a win and Alonso didn’t earn a ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2006_10_27-f1-closer/ It has been a while since my last post. I just wanted to send out a quick update. I am still VERY busy, but things are starting to lighten up a bit. I will write more when I have a chance. I want to wish everyone a ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2006_10_25-national-holiday/ I got an odd message from my dad the other day. Turns out the FAA had called him a bunch of times about an accident involving my old airplane. Apparently the registration had not transferred to the new owner and they still believed the airplane belonged to me. ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2006_10_01-pull-up/ Getting back to China turned out to be nowhere near as bad as my journey from China to the U.S. Both of my bags were slightly over the weight limit, but the lady at the airline check in counter let me slide. There weren't many people at the ... http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2006_09_22-coming-back-to-china/