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 weeks. For details, ask or infer. 
July 4th onwards: Rained out, American food for the fourth’s sake, flooded Tiannamen at night, non-flooded Tiannamen in the morning, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Beijing opera2, Client live3, terrible service at McDonald’s4, fell asleep shopping, KFC covered in plastic bags, last5 big splurge at Pizza Hut, yet another week of classes, a visit from the parents, Quanjude roast duck and fried scorpions6 going swimming for the first time in months, visiting the National Operahouse7, visiting the Bird’s Nest and Watercube, shopping in Wangfujing, buying all the Chinese HP books, Houhai, my brother’s birthday, another week of classes, getting Olympic tickets, and getting horribly ravaged by a midterm.
Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the Shanghai Internet connection makes me want to bash my skull in. And I’m definitely not counting on Internet for the next few days, but I do promise photos when I get back to Beijing! Now I must post the rest of the entries and take a long-overdue nap, for I have a terrific headache.
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footnotes:
1: I highly, highly suggest that you look up Guilin photos on Flickr (or even Google images). Osmanthus blossoms and reed flute caves, hello.
2: The thought of Chinese opera hurts my ears, but not once did I break out that iPod like I thought I would.
3: I was serendipitously reading my friend’s Beijinger and noticed that Client happened to be DJing at a nightclub that same night. And so plans were set!
4: No, really. Since when do you get ketchup packets thrown at you?
5: Hah, yeah right. And forget about any Western notions of Pizza Hut, because it’s actually a legit restaurant.
6: Supposedly the best roast duck restaurant in Beijing, but then again I don’t have much to compare. And fried scorpions are tasteless.
7: Site of the Olympic Opening Ceremony
Mann the past two weeks you’ve had sound AMAZING.
Lovely pictures. <3
And aww. I hope you feel better! (I’ll reply to your Facebook comment soon, I promise!)
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