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By Rachie87
September 6th 2008

Update

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Begining
Getting ready

Well its been a while. I have to admit there have been alot of downs and when it goes back up it doesn't go very far or last very long. Maybe eventually I'll get more ups then downs. I am sick of feeling down. I like this place yet i hate it as well. bah I dunno about anything anymore. Things with Emily got bad. seriously do not wanna discuss it but all who matter know I guess. We got our new apartment. when we move in I'll take some photos cause its super cool. There are a few problems with [View Full Entry]

By ned210
September 4th 2008

Shandong

Asia » China » Shandong » Qufu

Dai Miao

Thursday, August 22, we left for our class bonding trip in China's Shandong Province. It's a six hour bus ride from Nanjing. We arrived to Tai'an city on Thursday. On Friday we visited Dai Miao, the temple of the god of Mount Tai. After lunch we climbed Mount Tai (泰山: Tài Shān) It was a hard walk up the steps but beautiful at the top. On Saturday we woke up at 5AM to watch the sunrise at the top of the moutain which was beautiful but crowded (as is everything in China). Then we moved onto Qufu, another city in the [View Full Entry]

By Rachie87
August 24th 2008

Kings Club rules!!

Asia » China » Shandong

Lady
Buyoung happy cause she looks so elegant in Emily's clothes

I had the best time last night. It started out a bummer. We went to Alibaba first and that is just a pool hole because the bar is closed til friday cause a few months back some chinese guy stabbed and killed 2 Russians. It was the Russians fault and yantai is mellow as. U here of killings like once a year and its usually a pub fight. Anyway we were there for a while but because the bar was closed there were no pool tables left so we left and started walking to the centre of town. Its a nice [View Full Entry]

By KungfuChina
August 24th 2008

Peking Express

Asia » China » Shandong » Yantai

De laatste paar minuten in Brussel
Ik stond net op het punt om te vertrekken, maar had nog genoeg tijd om een familie kiekje te nemen. Op de achtergrond het douanehokje met het poortje waar ik door zou verdwijnen na nog een paar keer g... [more]

Het is 5 uur ´s ochtends. Ik maak me klaar voor mijn grote reis, naar het Oosten, het land van de reizende zon en de Olympische Zomerspelen van dit jaar. Ik heb het natuurlijk over China. Mijn reis begint in het kleine maar gezellige Fijnaart, waar ik ben geboren en getogen. Om ongeveer half 7 vertrekken we naar Brussel, waar mijn vliegtuig naar Helsinki in Finland, de eerste stop op mijn reis, vertrekt. Om ongeveer 8 uur komen we aan op Brussel Zaventem, het vliegveld vanwaar mijn vliegtuig vertrekt om 10 over half 12. Mijn laatste uurtjes met mijn ouders en [View Full Entry]

By Rachie87
August 23rd 2008

First Entries on the first week in Yantai

Asia » China » Shandong

Brisbane
My birdseye veiw

I hope this works it was written in word Writing at 6.10pm AEST on the 11.08.08 This is really really hard. I knew it would be hard but it is so fucking real when u feel pain like this. It’s hot as fuck over here. I was looking forward to it being summer but none of these stupid air conditioners work here. I’m alone. I know it will be an early night for Rachie. I can’t stand this I just want to be at home. I want to be near mum I want to be near dad and I want to [View Full Entry]

By Rachie87
August 23rd 2008

Walmart

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moi
me in our downstair lougeroom

Ok I finally got off my lazy ass and created a blog. now all I gotta do is remember to write in the bastard. lol. Its slowly getting better here. I dont get on with my boss but shit happens ey. i just gotta sit this out for another 5 and half months haha. knowing me I'll stay longer. we'll see. I first have to get my visa extended but they wont do that til after the Olypics. So work is hard but what can I expect. there is 1 positive. 10 times less paperwork I love it haha. The kids [View Full Entry]

By ShellandTurk
July 17th 2008

Confucius' village

Asia » China » Shandong » Qufu

Qufu is famous for being the birthplace to the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius. It also houses the tomb of Confucius and as a result, plans to build a train station in the small town were scrapped on the basis that trains would disturb his tomb. Let me start with a bit of an introduction to Confucianism. Whilst Confucianism is not really a religion and more a philosophy, he is described and held in a similar kind of regard to the more religious figures. His philosophy in a nut shell describes the role of individuals within a larger group and guidelines on [View Full Entry]

By ShellandTurk
July 16th 2008

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside..

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

The end of the pier

Our next destination was a good old fashioned, traditional holiday destination. We were headed for the coastal town of Qingdao, which is famed for three things; it plays host to a number of China’s best beaches (for those of you who love watching sailing on TV{who doesn’t?} the Olympic sailing is taking place here), it was formerly inhabited by German’s and finally and most importantly, it is home to Tsingtao, the largest brewery in China. We arrived at the nearby train station and realised that due to China’s strange train ticketing policies (you can’t get a r [View Full Entry]

By lonelybiker
July 9th 2008

9 Days Later,I Can Travel Again.

Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao

Cramming
My roommate study hard before the exams.

9 more days,I have booked my ticket to Chengdu on 18th July.Before that I gotta cram for the exams!And then my summer vacation will begin! I have dreamed the last moment for the whole yaer,but I am really stressed when the moment coming.It's like a gamble,you gotta pick and choose areas of guess and focus what will be on the exams.It's always a gamble actually.What's more,it's will add more stress to study at the last moment!To add mroe stress I have spanish to learn. I gotta say that it's next to impossible to balance the exams and my spanish.Me gusta Espanol,speaking [View Full Entry]

By tye zai zhongguo
June 17th 2008

Week 3 update

Asia » China » Shandong » Tai Shan

"You're been spending your time/Thinking about why you think so much/If there was ever a time/now would be time to see your time is limited "Everybody here is a cloud/And everybody will evaporate since/You came up from the ground/From a million little pieces, have you found where your place is?" --Cloud Cult 6/13 12:15PM beginning of bus ride Every place is the same place until you force yr insides to change Vaporize the parts that try to change things Killyrself so identity can re-burst peeking newborn Cocoon children finally running naked around new place All the city si [View Full Entry]

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