Tomorrow I’ll head out to Hong Kong to see my cousin William, his wife Kim, and their new baby boy Aidan whom I haven’t met yet! I’m looking forward to spending a few days with family again.
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On Sunday night I went to meet up with Dennis, a family friend of Uncle Oen’s. The subway ride over to where he lived was a pretty fun experience – every time I go abroad it always seems like public transportation beats the pants off of that in America! There was of course [...] Just woke up. Must shove last things into suitcases and then drag those away. Will tour the Forbidden City with the large group today, then jump into a provided shower and then tango with the Beijing Train Station. They say it’s a pretty crazy place. Will be on the train from [...] I just went for a solitary jaunt through the surrounding Haidian district by myself, trying to reconnoiter the closest subway station. I missed it by a good 700 meters and found a different one – that’s what I get for asking guards and shopkeepers for relative directions as I go (“Excuse me, where’s the [...] The internet goes on and off here – the wireless connection that my roommate and I had been jacking into has been missing since noontime. Posting could be infrequent; I’ll try to continue writing on an offline blog and update in the sporadic chances I can. I was reading something today about culture shock and culture [...] I’ve been awake since 3:00 AM on August 2nd, and considering that it’s 8:30 PM August 3rd right now that makes me pretty tired. Most of the time was spent sitting on my ass in a plane, though, with ample time to think and ruminate on the implications of travel. The reality of leaving America finally [...] |
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