QUIRKE: A Day in the Year of a Nobody

Nicholas Quirke was not happy that his day, Fathers Day, started with such drama on 20 June 2021. With temperatures set to climb into the high 30s the last thing he wanted was for his feathers to ruffled. He set off for his lesson in the sunshine and an accompanying soundtrack filling his ears through […]

Nicholas Quirke was the proud owner of a new GoPro 8 on 9 April 2021. His Hero 7 model had been returned for repairs but it seemed they could not fix it and were going to replace it but they no longer stocked the 7 and they didn’t know when they would get one. They […]

Nicholas Quirke was determined to get some rest on 24 January 2021 and chilling out in the cinema seemed the ideal way for him to pass the time and remain inert. Peng was lunching with his parents and as he made his way west, Nicholas took a different route to the Broadway cinema, located at […]

Nicholas Quirke was spending the day working on 15 January 2020. He only had two classes but the work day was dragged out as there would be a long interruption due to an unfortunate lack of organisation from the school. It was pointless for him to go back home and he promised himself he would […]

Nicholas Quirke was looking out at the teeming rain on 18 November 2020, described in China as ‘Middle scale Rain’ (zhong Yu) and felt reluctant to go outside. Sooner or later though he would have to venture into the drizzle as he was having to teach that evening, having rearranged his timetable to accommodate a […]

Nicholas Quirke was impressed to see that the National Art museum of China had completely changed their exhibitions and that the organisation seemed to have returned to a normal schedule on 14 November 2020. He had survived Friday the 13th which slipped by almost unnoticed if it hadn’t been for explaining the western superstition to […]

Nicholas Quirke was treating himself to some relaxation time and was getting in some trips to the cinema and by 29 October 2020 he had been to the movies twice and in the process broadened his knowledge of Chinese culture and history. His failure to see the classic films at the archive had given him […]

Nicholas Quirke was treading a familiar path on 23 October 2020 as he legitimised his current extension to his stay in China by collecting his passport from the Exit/Entry bureau and registering with the police. He made the trek to the office via walking to the subway at Changchunjie and taking Line 2 to the […]

Nicholas Quirke was aware that after his weekend he had got out of sync with his blog and seemed to be two days behind on his posts on 14 May 2020 and as the last couple of days seemed to be relatively uneventful he decided to combine the two into a collage of his misspent […]

Nicholas Quirke was ruminating on the days in the years of a nobody. It was the end of an Era and time to account for the stories and life he has shared over the past year and half. Thanks to everyone who has tuned in and shared the days.