Mannerisms

Probably the best thing China could do was done this week, with the announcement of free schooling for university students.

Between glugs of iced pink wine, the odd nap, and the occasional dip down here in the South of France, I read the debut novel of Gene Wilder, the famous American film director and actor.

The Nintendo Wii changed the games market forever, according to J.J Yamaguchi, a board member at NEC Electronics which supplies the graphics controller for the Wii.

The sheer breadth of American eccentricity is breathtaking, as you discover after a few days tucking into the newspapers over here.

“Microelectronics is not unrelated to nature. Of course, it is not a product of nature, but it is a product created by the natural creativity and inquisitiveness of man”, writes Tsuyoshi Kawanishi, former CEO of Toshina Semiconductor, in his book Chip Management..

After nearly three weeks in America I’m asked what was the best bit, and it has to be breakfast at Kokomo's Surfside Grill on Huntington Beach.

Well it’s Monday morning again and, if you want something to make the world seem a better place, read Gene Wilder’s new novel: ‘The Woman Who Wouldn’t’.