Went down to the lobby, and the cab driver I had taken was still around and offered to drive me to the mountain tomorrow. We discussed it for a while, and I hired him for all of tomorrow to take me to the mountain, the hanging monastery, and the wooden pagoda tomorrow for $50. Probably… Continue reading June 12th Part 2 – Town
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June 12th Part 1 – Getting Out
I left off while I was waiting for my flight to beijing. This plane was much older – still discolored from smoking inside, and with old crt TVs that dropped down from the roof. The flight was uneventful if a bit bumpy, and we made it to beijing on time at 11:40 pm. They separated… Continue reading June 12th Part 1 – Getting Out
June 11th – Getting In
Woke up at 6 am, and got to the Seattle airport at 7 am. Went to the american airlines counter and got told to go to alaska. Their terminals weren’t working, but after going through their attendant line, I got by ticket to los angeles. Since China Eastern isn’t their partner, they couldn’t reserve my… Continue reading June 11th – Getting In
Refresh
I’m heading back to China tomorrow morning and spending the rest of the summer there. I’ll be working at Microsoft research for most of the time, with a couple weeks for travel at the beginning and end. First step is a 24 hour plane trip which starts tomorrow and gets me to beijing at midnight… Continue reading Refresh
Itinerary Week 1: Beijing
+ 14th + Arrival + Dinner around hotel + 15th + Old Summer Palace + Beijing University Campus + Lunch on campus + ZhongGuanCun + Dinner With Prof. Wang in haidian area + 16th + Tiananmen Square + Mao-soleum + Forbidden Palace + Lunch + Capital Museum (Tickets Reserved) + Roast Duck Dinner + 17th… Continue reading Itinerary Week 1: Beijing
Essay Progress
Status: 7+/20 Spent the morning coming up with a thesis. Spent the afternoon at the library reading books on copyright law. Spent the evening figuring out stuff about travel plans (like that hiring a car was much more expensive than trains). Had a lovely dinner. talked with my host mom for a while. Wrote a… Continue reading Essay Progress
Got all of my classes!
Spring Term 2009 – Undergraduate Program Course Sec Title Instructor Campus Building Room Days Beg End CHIN179 HM 01 Visualizing China Tan, C. HM PA 1264 -M-W— 01:15p 02:30p CHIN051B PO 01 Intermediate Chinese Yao,H PO MA 2 -M-W-F- 10:00a 10:50a PO MA 2 —-R– 08:10a 09:25a CHIN013 PO 01 Chinese Conversation, Advanced Bashaw,RB PO… Continue reading Got all of my classes!
Start of the homestay
The homestay so far has been really fun. I really like my host mother, han lihong. She’s a lawyer dealing both as an adviser for companies, and has some experience in dealing with corruption of officials. The food has been delicious and there’s always too much of it, which is custom. I biked back to… Continue reading Start of the homestay
Hilton Food & Wine Experience
I’m going to write as much of this as I can remember this evening before heading to sleep. I met up with Jeremy, Max, and Rebecka at 4pm out front of our complex. We took a taxi to the subway station to our east (an easy bike ride, but a long walk) and then took… Continue reading Hilton Food & Wine Experience
Last Week of classes
got through reasonably unscathed. The last lesson didn’t go terribly well, but we were never tested on it, and the final went quite well. I might review it on my own time. Yesterday was the final in the morning, and then we had a thanksgiving dinner in the evening. That was a lot of fun.… Continue reading Last Week of classes