Monthly Archives: May 2009

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Last. Night. Was. Ridiculous.  After the entire group passing out at around 9:30pm on Friday night (I slept from 8pm-8am), we decided that we needed ...

 

Excuse me while I eat my words

Excuse me while I eat my words

  So here I was la-dee-freaking-da talking about how everything was going so smoothly and there were no hitches with the trip so far and today ...

 

The Forbidden 7 Minutes in Heaven

The Forbidden 7 Minutes in Heaven

  While I’m sure it wouldn’t surprise you to hear that we’re all playing spin the bottle and making out with each other in closets, that’s ...

 

Best Buy ain’t got nothing on Computer City

Best Buy ain’t got nothing on Computer City

  After our last class of the week, we went to Zhongguan cun—the so-called “Silicon Valley” of China.  There were lots of big corporate office buildings ...

 

Nevermind about the Wudaokou sentiments

Nevermind about the Wudaokou sentiments

Last night we met up with some students from Illinois Wesleyan and went down to Wudaoco to go dancing, and it was RIDICULOUS.  It's a ...

 

Ye Olde Summer Palace

Ye Olde Summer Palace

I'm first going to describe a phenomenon that's been discovered while on the trip.  It's actually more been created than discovered, but the phenomenon is ...

 

Wudaokou? More like Wudao-no.

Wudaokou? More like Wudao-no.

First day of class today-we learned to count to 999, and a little bit of money stuff (though pretty much in one ear, out the ...

 

My, that is a Great Wall

My, that is a Great Wall

First night in China was a success, I can say.  We all went out to the bars and when we discovered that the cabs won't ...

 

A Day Late and a Dollar (or two) Short

A Day Late and a Dollar (or two) Short

I'm writing this on the plane now over the Pacific Ocean, umpteen hours into my flight.  Everything's gone very smoothly so far, and the plane ...

 

Jordan-Hare at Night

Jordan-Hare at Night

In walking back from downtown Auburn last night to my car (it's a long walk!) I found an easy way into Jordan Hare stadium as ...