again, i apologize for my enforced absence from lj. but now, i'm finally back on american soil.

:-D W0000000T!!!!!right now, i'm chillin' in SFO for the next few hrs (think...5 hrs). i must admit, it's damn near weird being back. 10 months to the day of me going over. craziness ( Read more... )

hey, everyone! sorry i haven't updated in weeeeks. it's been damn near annoying when i can't get to lj's main site (and i have to go around the back door which is iffy at times)

in any case, i'm done teaching on 14 june and i arrive back at PHL airport on 21 JUNE in the early am. this'll be after a 10-ish hour layover at SFO. eh...oh well ( Read more... )

sweet jesus, my feet are in their own tiny universe of pain

note to self: take the peak tram up and walk down next time.

in other news: i'm now the proud owner of my first chinglish shirt. sweetness.

crossing the border to shenzhen and flying back to shanghai tom.

6-ish weeks left.

word.

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so i had this great idea that i was going to go to the casinos in macao and try to win enough money to buy a psp or a nintendo ds.

and it failed miserably...

and to make matters worse, i also missed being part of a protest/riot for may day! had i known, i would've loved to finally be in some sort of civil disobedience. ;-D

fight the power!

so thailand is a no-go. this is what i get for waiting this long to try and book something during may week. eh...oh well. at least i get to chill in hk and macao for a week and change. there could be worse places to be... ^_^

i do apologize for my enforced absence from lj. my back door is working-ish. i can update and all, but for some reason, i can't get to friends-only entries. grr says i. i'm in shanghai right now, and flying over to hk tomorrow for may day break. plan a is see about cheap flights to thailand or singapore and hang out there for a few days. plan b is ( Read more... )

god willing this will actually update and typing this will not have been in vain.

in short: livejournal.com is still blocked. and my usual back door has failed. all because the chinese government feels the need to create this "harmonious society" which apparently still involves ass-hat mass blocking of sites. i think the number is something like ( Read more... )

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this is such a nice thing to wake up to...and back in qidong of all places...

stolen from k.m ( Read more... )