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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By osiris | Views [1000] | Comments [2]
Writing this blog using the world's slowest connections is not easy. Finally after an hour I have come this far. My previous work crashed along with this ancient machine which should actually be in a computer museum not here in Guilin. At least I managed ... Read more >
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [866]
I went to the Cambodian Embassy today. And it was quite an adventure.
One of my students helped me find the address online because I couldn’t figure out the Chinese after many, many hours of fighting with online “type in Chinese” programs. ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [751]
The lesson on “Imagine” in my text book led to an idea for
my final quiz. I ran it by Mario and
Ilan to make sure I wasn’t insane. With
a confirmation that it didn’t seem to hard, I plunged into it, really excited
about the idea.... Read more >
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [963]
Mario is leaving soon, so he decided to go to a few more
places in China
before his visa expires. We made plans
to have dinner and watch a movie on his last official night living in Beijing.
But these plans didn’t work out because ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [703]
I had a completely boring day. Class.
We were doing the activities in the book. For some reason, the last activity was
basically explicating “Imagine” by John Lennon.
Chinese people LOVE The Beatles, so I figured they’d enjoy this
assignment.... Read more >
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By travelheart24 | Views [1011] | Comments [1]
This has got to be the least eventful trip I’ve ever run! No crazy stories, no near death experiences, how very sad… doesn’t mean I wont still write though! ;-) I had 3 days off in Shanghai before the start of the trip, oh joy. Shanghai is quickly ... Read more >
Tags: work
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1065]
One of the last things I still hadn’t done in Beijing but desperately wanted to do was Bei Hai Gong Yuan (North Lake Park). I was waiting for pleasant weather, and accompaniment (it’s hard to get motivated to see touristy things without someone ... Read more >
Tags: bei hai park
Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [750]
No class tomorrow in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival. Several different articles on wikipedia yielded no real understanding of why this is celebrated. However, a day of rest is always appreciated. The actual festival is today. In its ultimate ... Read more >
Tags: dragon boat festival
Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By leanne | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [486]
Beijing is big, and suprisingly clean and shiny - in fact more than most of London right now I'd say. Unfortunately I managed to coincide my visit with a bank holiday weekend, so I got to meet most of China's 1.3 billion citizens at the Forbidden Palace ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [469]
Got last minute tick borne encephalitus jab before I left Tokyo, and was assured at the clinic that I'd be able to get shot #2 easily in Beijing. So, armed with a list of Beijing hospitals courtesy of Yukiko (thanks!) and at the lst minute the British ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1210]
Tonight, Mario, Bo, my couch surfer, Frank, and I went to the Beijing Film Festival. It was much antipated. It was also interesting that such an event presented itself in a city like Beijing in a country like China. Most of the films were foreign ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By eri | Photo Gallery
Xian - ancient capital; terracotta warriors
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Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By sarah_freedom | Views [745] | Comments [4]
Okay sorry its been ages since i updated this and I'm a few countries ahead of China now...oops. Its just all gone very quickly and i hardly have time to stop to write. However Im now in Cairns with a nasty cold and very pi**ed off as I cant dive!! ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [691] | Comments [1]
A morning of packing, drinking coffee, and saying goodbye to one of the best friends I've found in China has me looking leaving straight in the face. I have less than a month left before I will no longer have to deal with the subway at rush hour. ... Read more >
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