vi: what i totally meant to post last week, part one.

Sat 19 Jul 2008 at 1:09 pm  ♥  Filed under Beijing 2008

Hi all, I recently arrived via sleeper car in Shanghai. In less than 24 hours, I’m off to Guilin and Yangshuo1 for the next week! Plans include a boat tour, cave visit, and lots of shutterbugging. When I was packing, it dawned on me that I should probably give an update on the last two [...]

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v: so many lessons learned

Mon 07 Jul 2008 at 3:35 pm  ♥  Filed under Beijing 2008

MONDAY – FRIDAY:
HUAI CHU:1
The Great Firewall of China2: Remember when I was upset at Livejournal and Tumblr and Muxtape and a billion other sites being blocked? Let’s add another to that list: FACEBOOK.3 Of all things that they could have blocked, honestly. Bye bye stalking-at-my-convenience, uploading and tagging photos, and whatever I used Facebook for [...]

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iv: who sleeps during the euro cup final of all things?

Mon 30 Jun 2008 at 1:16 am  ♥  Filed under Beijing 2008

WEEKEND, SPARKNOTES STYLE: First off: I didn’t just climb the Great Wall on Saturday —- I freaking ziplined it. Can I just say, most awesome experience ever. I went to the Simatai part, which was pretty steep1. After climbing for so long, I went on the zipline2, which is a much cooler option than just [...]

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