I saw this Dao De Jing quote, and thought of what we were talking about the other day ( Read more... )

Again, not much updating. This has been a pretty good summer. I didn't really get much done that I wanted to get done, but I've reconciled that, because really, I've had a good time. The highlights really are ( Read more... )

So, I haven't updated in a long time. On the fourth of july I went to the fireworks in boston. It was a pretty good time, although not too much particularly happened. I ended up hanging out with Evan alot of the time b/c kels was hanging out with this girlfriend. The fireworks themselves were amazing, but i wasnt' as impressed with the choice of ( Read more... )

It's been quite awhile since my last entry. Damn, almost 2 months. A lot has happened, I've been to Tibet, to Mount Everest Base Camp, seen buddhist monks drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon and stumbling around. I've spent some great nights drinking wine and getting noodles and beer at 3 AM, not to mention all the runs to the convenience store around the ( Read more... )

So, this is going to be an all encompassing update. 2 weeks ago i went to Hangzhou with CIEE. It was amazing. It is very green and has a large lake to the west of it (called "west lake") and mountains surrounding. It is very beautiful and a great spot for a romantic vacation. Last week, I had my two finals, on the same day, and I did poorly on both ( Read more... )

So, it's 4:45 AM. i just got back from an amazing show by DJ Tiesto, one of the best techno DJs in the world (literally, I'm not just saying how much I like him). It was expensive, but still cheaper than the states, and completely worth it. I went with my friend Peter Kane, and we met some pretty cool americans who are studying at the beijing ( Read more... )

I have a widget that gives me a random Dao passage every day, today's is the reason I want to become a diplomat ( Read more... )

Holy shit. What a weekend. So, this friday night a group of about 8 of us boarded a train headed for Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. We arrived saturday at 7 am and started our day. We got a tour guide, got some food, and headed out of town to the steppe. We ended up staying in this camping type spot in a small village (I'm not sure it was even a village ( Read more... )

So after a couple of hours, I found out that they're not offering chinese civ at all, nor are they offering any asian civ class this semester. So i've replaced it with my category IV GE. Here's the final schedule rundown ( Read more... )

You know what I love? How USC likes to suddenly close classes that I need to graduate on time. That just makes my day.

Well played USC. Well Played.

Oh yeah, it turns out I am going to inner mongolia this weekend. ROCK! Well, sand, but that doesn't sound as good.