Blogs from XiCheng District, Beijing, China, Asia - page 4

And it’s that special time again, where I write about my life, and people read about it for some reason. And then I do a dance. So last time, I had a Kiliman-fail-o (play off of Kilimanjaro for anyone who isn’t a gamer/mountain enthusiast and doesn’t get that reference), went to An’Yang, and everyone looked at my tall black friend with out being super obvious or blatant about it. Ok, on to what you care about. July 18th: Tucker came back! So he came to chill for a little bit with me and Li Xuan, who’s one of the student directors at CET (also been helping me a ton with my visa problems – thank god), so we went out to a local restaurant, had some chuan’r (kebobs) had a (meaning 1) beer (cause school is ... read more

And I’m back once more this week to spam 6 people’s email boxes. If you want to get in on this spam-tastic fun, feel free to sign up to follow my blog (however you do that). Last time, things got a little up close in personal on the train, gorges were hiked, and bones with words were photographed. To continue: July 15th: So after the temple, we went Wenfengta, which is the home to An’Yang’s famous tower and some weird statues with hilarious faces. And that was basically it (probably why it got a 2 star historic sight rating). So me, Aja (the black girl from UNC), Mark (silent guy from UNC – dad, his lack of convo skills would drive you up and down a wall. Think Eidson when we started driving him to scouts), ... read more

GOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING (insert your city/town here for a more personal connection to this blog) Last time we had a triple threat of Temple of Heaven, embassy “fun”, and then the Summer Palace. And to top it off, I left a little foreshadowing of my hell week to come. And it was hell-tastic. A Fail-tacular if you will (aka: prepare for a lot of whining). Also, I have discovered that one of my fellow CET classmates had discovered my blog (Hello Christina!) Alright, lets get through this. July 11th: Many fruitless attempts to figure out my visa situation. However, my Gong Fu (Kung Fu) class is a nice stress release. I haven’t talked a ton about the class so let me go into a little bit of detail. The style is Wushu, and since that means nothing ... read more

2 blogs in 1 day!!!!!! *Rick Flair* WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! So last time (5 min ago for me) I blogged, I saw the Temple of Heaven, got sick like a boss, and got hit with some hilarious racism (it makes more sense if you don't think to hard about that last part). And now for the "thrilling" *cough* conclusion of what I did friday night: July 1st: Just kidding, I didn't get to talk about the acrobat show! So CET loaded up on some busses and headed to a Chinese acrobat show. The show was rather fun, and they had a bunch of different stuff from tight rope walking (which was probably the best I've seen anywhere), a bit of devil sticks, people that had these things that were two small weights at the ends of some long ... read more

Howdy y'all, So last we talked, I basically whined about my schedule for way too long. That's what happens when you write on a Wednesday and not the weekend, my bad. So now it's time to get back to the fun part, CHINA!!!!! O, and before I forget, pictures aren't going to be posted anytime soon do to a) The really bad internet and b) this blog's photo downloading system, which is fail-tastic. Moving forward! Friday, June 24th: So to make a long story short, I woke up at 4 am to continue studying for my first test at 8:30. Finished the test fairly quickly and got an 83 on it, which is good for the first test I think. Especially since I guessed on all the measure words (see previous blog for measure word description, ... read more