And so it begins:

Welcome, all, to my new Chinablog. I will try and post as regularly as I can for the duration of my time in the Far East, though there will be periods while I’m travelling when I won’t have internet access, and (I imagine) times when I’m quite busy with work. Still, my goal is to never let a week go by without at least one post. In the beginning, I want to try for one per day, but that pace might become a bit grueling. Good word, that. A thick, sloppy paste-adjective. Like chewed paper pulp, or oatmeal that’s made, set out for a week, frozen, defrosted, and microwaved.

I want to start off with a bit about why I’m going, what my expectations are; a general explanation. But that can wait for tomorrow, as it’s a quarter after two in the morning. Night!