http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter about things that interest and intrigue me Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to that American-born panda, Tai Shan. http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter/2010/03/i-was-on-tv/ After a month in quarantine since being returned from the United States to Bifengxia Panda Base in China, American-born giant panda Tai Shan came out of quarantine today and was moved to his new home on Leopard Mountain at the Base in a special "Tai Shan Moving House" event that ... http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter/2010/03/in-pictures-tai-shans-big-day/ I am currently in China, and have discovered the "Great Firewall of China". Yup, no access to Facebook and Twitter in China. I feel "offline", altho I have Internet access in my hotel room, and brought along "H", my Asus eeePC 1000H, so I am online, just not on Facebook or ... http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter/2010/03/offline/ Even when it's a leap year. And that's why it's now already March. Simply because February is the shortest month. Don't mind my silliness. Earlier today, I saw a note from a friend on FB about getting together a reading group for A S Byatt's Possession. I thought I was so ... http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter/2010/03/february-is-the-shortest-month/ On the third day of this Chinese New Year (16 February), Jen my sister went visiting. This was a rare occurrence because previous years, she and family would be away (a lot of people go away during festive holidays), but this year, they couldn't find anywhere interesting so they went ... http://www.chetscorner.com/chatter/2010/02/grandmas-4-poster-bed/