A lot of times it's easy to forget what I like about china. Day to day my life is pretty much the same as anyone's life: I get up, I go to work, I do a job that is really less fulfilling than you figure it ought to be, I go home and I either amuse myself in my home or call a friend to go out (it's almost inconceivably rare that a friend will call ( Read more... )

Yibin is the first place in which I've understood and really related to the old saying that "everything changes and everything stays the same." I went walking last night down nearly every street in the city, the same as I used to do when I first arrived here. I was amazed at how most of the shops I didn't recognize: they were different than they ( Read more... )

we went camping here the other day

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I recently received more than one complaint that people didn't really know what I looked like any more! An easy solution to that is to check my photos page, but that's way harder than me doing the work for them! So here are four recent pictures.


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Hi everybody. Long time no see ( Read more... )

Evidence confirming that Taiwan is a "historical and inseparable part of China ( Read more... )

In Chengdu, go to First Ring Road, Section two. Find the Army base on the North side of the road. Facing the army base, walk three stores to your right, and go down a small alley. You'll see some stairs. Go up the stairs to the second floor. You'll be at an intersection of halls that go straight, left or right. Go right, you'll be in a sort ( Read more... )

Here may be seen the contents of one day of shopping in Chengdu.  We finally had money again, and, yeah, maybe we went a little nuts.

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From an email to my mom ( Read more... )

Following the trend of Ross-kun and the suggestions of many people who are apparently too lazy to look at my photos page (tools!), I've decided to begin detailing a few of my own ridiculous adventures, using the almighty ( LJ-CUT!! )