The Psychic Scone

We (Ken Gordon and Zeb Ahmed) signed up to sleep outside on Sat 9th December in Edinburgh along with a lot of other people to raise money for SocialBite to help eradicate homelessness in Scotland. Details of how to join us and sponsor us are at the bottom of this page.

We are making a series of podcasts abo...

We (Ken Gordon and Zeb Ahmed) signed up to sleep out on a cold winters night on Sat 9th December in Edinburgh along with 8998 other people.

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The money raised will be focused on eradicating homelessness in Scotland within a 5 year period. And it can be done, read this Heriot-Watt University report ht...

Welcome to all of the eight episodes of “My Dad’s Kilt went to China” together in one omnibus edition.

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year and from the moment I landed and the plane taxied at Beijing airport to returning to the same airport to return to Scotland, I recorded sounds and noted my adventures.

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Heading to the airport i had time to reflect on how much I had experienced and how interesting everything was. One of my final conversations was with a Swedish engineer who hates working in China. I managed to compress a lot into a few days. The resources I used were the kindle versions of the Lonely Planet Guide to beijing, ...

Freezing cold from 5 hours of sightseeing, I head to a restaurant called RBT for food. Was my understanding of menus correct?

I discover sweet dumplings at breakfast (difficult to tell which ones are sweet and which are savoury) and see stars trying to suck yoghurt through a straw.

My first time seeing Red Gu...

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

In Beijing I found my sleep was synchronising and I observed cleaning time.

I finally converted to chinese breakfast and after the business meetings I crammed a...

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

My insomnia meant that I noticed nothing was moving in Tianjin city in the early hours. I mean nothing. Traffic lights changing on their own .... because they can.

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I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

In this episode with the guidance of my valued colleague Simon Poulson, we take some time out from meeting Chinese businesses and head for Tianjin city centre on t...

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

In this third episode I visit the Tianjin Eye, a wonderful circular ride built on top of a bridge. Walking along the riverside with my colleague Jiri, we he...

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

In this second episode my first morning breakfast options included dried meat floss bread. At the big meetings I discovered the ladies of perpetual Jasmine te...

I was lucky enough to go to China at the end of last year. and the experience (and sound recordings I made there) have been compiled into a short series of podcasts.

In this first episode as the plane taxied at Beijing airport, I watched the firemen in chains from the window. The drive to Tianjin took 3 long hours and e...