The Blues - an Oversea's Fans View

Sunday, 20 December 2009 14:10 Last Updated on Sunday, 17 January 2010 07:47 Written by Mark Whitworth

Ni hao ma? Wo hun hao!

This article was written for the Birmingham City v. Spurs match day programme for Saturday 30th January 2010.

Deadline: Sunday 16th August - 13.30hrs. Years had gone by since my last visit to Old Trafford. Of course, the first game of the season meant the first match back in the Premiership for all of us, but it was even more special than that; over the last ten years my fingers and toes allow me to count the Blues matches I’ve attended. This is not for lack of desire; the first decade of the twenty-first century has seen me first living in Moshi, a Tanzanian town under the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, and now in Suzhou, China.

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Getting It Out for the Doc!

Monday, 07 December 2009 22:28 Last Updated on Thursday, 07 January 2010 10:40 Written by Mark Whitworth

Getting it out for the Doc!

Readers of this article must realise that it describes medical problems and surgery relating to a male’s genital area, more specifically my own. Please understand that it is not rude, although it may include terms or descriptions that may offend some, but it is published here with the best possible intentions. It has been written for two reasons. Firstly to provide some reassurance to the many males who suffer from sebaceous cysts on their genitals and to indicate that in some cases these can be treated quite easily. After surgery I viewed some quasi-medical blogs and there are some very concerned individuals out there; if this article persuades only one person to visit their doctor it has been worthwhile. Secondly it is to heap praise on my doctor, Doctor Adam Koh, who has been first rate in every way. Doctor Koh works for SingHealth Medical Clinic in Suzhou Industrial Park; he has medical qualifications from both Singapore and the United Kingdom; I would recommend him unreservedly to anyone.

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The Little Mermaid

Saturday, 31 October 2009 13:13 Last Updated on Thursday, 03 December 2009 23:11 Written by Mark Whitworth

The Little Mermaid to Offer Swimming Lessons in Shanghai

This article was written specifically for the Shanghai Daily who were not interested; it derives in part from "The Economic Wave". The photograph of the Little Mermaid is courtesy of Microsoft Clipart.

Denmark is due to despatch the Little Mermaid to the Shanghai Expo next year; on her return to Copenhagen will they consider re-siting the statue to ensure her tail does not hang in the water? 

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Death Penalty Vote

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 08:41 Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 13:18 Written by Mark Whitworth

CHINESE PUBLIC VOTE FOR DEATH PENALTY ON UK CITIZEN

An online poll of Chinese people registered 99% support for the decision to execute Akmal Shaikh, the British man convicted of smuggling four kilos of heroin.  Shaikh was arrested after flying into Urumqi, in the far north-west of China two years ago. In an unusually protracted case, by Chinese standards, he was sentenced in November 2008, his final appeal being rejected recently and only a decision by the Supreme People’s Court not to ratify the sentence can now save him.

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