I figured since I've been blessed with the internet in my studio today that I would take a tiny break and update about yesterdays trip to Zhou Zhuang. It was our final weekend trip... which means we've got about a month left... about a week until final reviews... and only two weeks before our tour of China! Realizing how little time I have left ( Read more... )

Ok...so as usual I have not updated in a while... which is a shame because I have lots to update about! The past three weekends we've been road tripping... to Hangzhou, Suzhou, and most recently Haungshan (Yellow Mountain).

Hangzhou is a city, maybe 1.5 to 2 hours from Shanghai, that is known for its beautiful West Lake. We decided to spend our ( Read more... )

...never make jokes about having SARS and Avian Flu. SARS is long gone from China and to get Avian Flu you must eat/touch infected chicken, and well I don't eat or touch chickens, so I am in the clear ( Read more... )

So I haven't been updating much. What else is new? I suppose it is because I have fallen into more of a routine, therefore not so many exciting stories to tell. But lately I've been sick with SARs and the Avian Flu, which has caused me much lost sleep, so here I am writing live journal entries and the like in order to pass the time ( Read more... )

I can never think of a good subject line... hence why it says "Spinach!" in Chinese.

I am now pretty much settled in here in Shanghai.  We finally got the internet in our dorm room, though its only one line for the two of us to share.  I figured I would update a bit while I had the chance.

School has been going well.  Monday we had our Chinese  ( Read more... )

So it is now Saturday afternoon and I have been in Shanghai for a couple of days. My first impressions of the city are not so great, but I was expecting this. It really could be a great place; it’s just that we were all so spoiled by Hong Kong! Shanghai is not nearly as efficient, or clean, or even comparable in good weather. The streets are ( Read more... )

Entry 7:                                    2/14/06-2/15-06

I wrote most of this entry while on the train ride.  It was pretty uneventful.  I had a nicer bed than the one in the hotel so I slept very well.  Other than that I finished reading my book and had a few meals in the dinning car.  On the very tiny menu there were at least 4 vegetarian ( Read more... )

Entry 6:                                                2/13/06

Today was another free day.  A little more uneventful though as we spent much of the day on our own working on our projects.  Later in the day we met up with the group to take the peak tram.   The weather was the worst it had been since we arrived in Hong Kong, cloudy and cool.  We ( Read more... )

Entry 5:                                    2/12/06

The next day was again a free day.  Emily and I finally set off on our own.  Previously we had all been following Walter blindly through the city and still had no idea how to get anywhere.  It was actually pretty easy once we tried.  With our trusty map in hand and only a few mistakes on the ( Read more... )

Entry 4:                                                2/11/06

Today was another free day.  We decided to head over to Lamma Island, Hong Kong’s 3rd largest island I believe.  We were interested in going when we found it had no cars, great beaches, and good seafood, with the latter of no interest to me.  So we took a ferry to the island on an ( Read more... )