- July 06, 2008
Wrote Beijing 2008 drawing closer, Chinglish going stronger
- June 16, 2008
Sort of lost track keeping this diary. So many things, so little time. Met Marc van der Chijs in Amsterdam. Marc is a very successful Dutch internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Tudou. Casual meeting.
- September 28, 2007
PICNIC 2007 Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
I gave a presentation during the partner event “China Language Bridge”
You can also watch my one minute elevator pitch during the main conference at the following link (it starts at 29 minutes):
mms://mediafarm.hosting.nob.nl/nob/picnic/bb.picnic_20070928_7.wmv
- September 14, 2007
Release Chinglish 2.0
- August 25, 2007, Papendal, 30 year anniversary VNC
Olivier made a nice picture with Erica Terpstra, chairwoman NOC NSF, who I hadn’t seen since I stopped teaching her Chinese about 6 months ago. I also met 徐金泉 ,photographer for Xinhua stationed in Brussels. He knows my former classmate 曾祥雪, editor-in-chief at sina. It’s a small world. Afterwards we had dinner in Arnhem.
- Trip to Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing
June 17 – July 4, 2007
- May 2007: recording Chinglish.com versus chicken egg (It’s magic)
- March 14, 2007
I still have a job and there is enough capital to survive 2007. I am a 高兴man.
- Feb. 16, 2007, Hilton Amsterdam, KLM event, talked to James Mc Gregor, former The Wall Street Journal China bureau chief/businessman/author, and Caroline Straathof, former Volkskrant and NOS Television correspondent in China, now working for Mc Gregor
- Jan. 23, 2007, The Gravensteen Building, Leiden University
Presentation of Chinglish.com entitled “Convergence Across Language Boundaries” at the European Union sponsored project ROAD\iBROM on digital convergence between China and Europe.
- 2006
Co-authored Dutch-Chinese language guide Wat & Hoe
Taalgids Chinees
Samengesteld door Van Dale Lexicografie, Kosmos Uitgevers