I had heard several Tsinghua foreign exchange students mention this site, but I assumed it would be all in Chinese. This is not the case and it seems to be perfectly usable in English. I’ve decided to book my hotel in Nanjing using it. If it works out well, I will also use it to plan my trip to Chengdu which is where I may go next…

It is more than a Haruki Murakami novel title. To quote Johnny Depp in Ed Wood, “This is the one. ‘This’ is the one I’ll be remembered for.” I had a most interesting day, truly blog worthy, alas at the end of the day, the internet was down Wu Dao Kou wide. At least that is what the guy seemed to be telling me at the second internet cafe I went to…

Today, or should that be yesterday, Hyemi and I went sightseeing. We wanted to go to Beihai park but it and the other park nearby were both under renovation due to the Olympics…

Having talked extensively to Julia on this subject and having listened to her conclusion that neither Salina nor Danna takes particularly good photographs, I hope this posting proves once and for all who takes the better photos…

Today I went to Cava for dinner, something I meant to do yesterday. Cava bills itself as a coffee house, but it also has food and a surprisingly vast selection of imported beers…