48, er 96 hours in Beijing

In the past few days I’ve felt a range of emotions. I think part of the reason we’ve been so tired is because we’ve had to adjust to an entirely new schedule. But I’ll have to say, being a morning person is not so bad. We have seen a lot of the city, and shared [...]

48 hours and a whole lot of running around.

The last 48 hours of my life can be summed up in the following words that i will list in bullet form, please feel free to comment, give me eprops, elaborate on them.. etc:

dead hamster
one hour
30 years 
dirty feet
amazing view
country accent
chinese moonshine
chinese hackeysack
30cent beer
Nokia phones
buck buck?
< 350 qai 
kill you
complete tardiness
jet lagged
blown fuse
17 degree room
xie xie (regardless [...]

48 hours *hiccup*

First 48 hours and I already have a favorite beer: Tsingtao Beer
There is a nice lady in the small grocery store next to the hair dresser with the kid with insane hair. So far the only words I know are Ni Hao, and Che Che.
I must say the first 48 hours reminded me [...]

48 Hour Mystery

Photo: Joe and Conway at the hotel.
24: During my first hour in Beijing I was laser zapped in the forehead which was pretty awesome. It was an infrared temperature sensor used to make sure no one had H1N1 on our flight (a little too late after we’ve been on the plane for 16 hours together). [...]