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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [937]
Back to Xuanwu for another day. By now, we're very familiar with Stepping Classroom No. 2. Today, we divide into two groups; mine heads to General Surgery. It could be interesting, although one of my friends groans--she despises the OR. We wend our way ... Read more >
Tags: second week, sichuan restaurant, xuanwu hospital
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [733]
Chinese men smoke. From the age of about 15, Chinese men smoke. It's like a rite of passage. Learning to ride a bike, getting braces, smoking. There's nothing abnormal about it in China, especially in the countryside. Women, who rarely smoke, ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By da_misfit | Views [587]
We were to leave Laos at 10pm to go to China on a sleeper bus. The bus station was a fair way out of town and at a sort of Lao diner. There were 2 other westerners(americans) waiting as well. When we booked our bus ticket the lady at the travel ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [479]
A WWII vet once told me that after a battle, you could have walked from one end of the field to the other without touching the ground, walking on bodies. After Mount St. Helens blew I walked from one mountain to another without touching the ground, ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [491]
It's nearly time to pack away those winter clothes. Today was so pleasant that I actually wore flip flops -- the first time since about October that such a delight has graced my feet. It's no longer too cold to put my clothes in the drying room. ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [426]
Tibet was part of China when Columbus was just a smile on his Papa's face. It is far too early for me to form an opinion on "freeing" Tibet--I haven't even been there yet--but I can and do question the wisdom of basing one's opinions on what ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [442]
Panda pornography has been used to encourage lazy pandas to have sex but now a fresh routine is keeping the threatened species alive. Young male pandas are now taking part in a rigorous "sexercise" program. "We use apples to lure male ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [1058]
Wednesday was going to be special. Today, we were finally going to see some TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, which up until now most of us have only talked about with little knowledge. We arrived at Xuanwu and went back to Stepping Classroom No.... Read more >
Tags: night life, second week, tcm, wanfujing
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By jay2008 | Views [10517] | Comments [43]
foreigner in Shantou? Yes i am a foreigner who live in Shantou There are few foreigners who live in Shantou ,I know some of them- Does any foreigner come to shantou for traveling? I have not met and know a person who visited Shantou for tour ,shantou ... Read more >
Tags: foreigner, shantou
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [643]
Since arriving in China, it's become far too obvious that most of the work done by most of the people is just so they can have a job. There are A LOT of people in this country. A lot of people that need rice to eat. A lot of people that need money ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By jay2008 | Views [5134]
Shantou city, I have been working here for three years, I am not a local and can't speak Chaoshan .Shantou is one of the best place for sea food,cheap-- I think if anyone has a chance to come to this city , don't miss sea food!! Yes foot massage ... Read more >
Tags: china, foot massage, guangdong, shantou
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [871]
Same morning routine, except I gave up on breakfast this morning in favor of trying to Skype with my husband, whom I haven't spoken to for longer than a few seconds since I left. Onto the Doctor Gone, and on to Xuanwu Hospital, a large internal medicine ... Read more >
Tags: houhai, second week, xuanwu hospital
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [811]
I woke up, took a cold shower, had blow dryer issues, walked down the street to breakfast, and back to catch the bus. An Ding is about an hour's ride in the bus, so we're going to eat lunch there. This is the only psychiatric hospital we'll visit here ... Read more >
Tags: an ding hospital, second week
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Photo Gallery
A Beijing Psychiatric Hospital
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By ontheway | Views [423] | Comments [1]
Finally got the trunks and boxes off to New Zealand .. Packed my bag and left Beijing on Friday .Said goodbye to friends and colleagues in Urumqi met up with Cath and arrived in Kashgar yesterday .Although Kashgar is 3,500 kms from Beijing there is no ... Read more >
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