China.org.cn sent me over to the Olympic Green last Wednesday for free. Impressions: The Bird’s Nest seems really small from the inside. The track and field were covered up from the concert the night before, so it was hard to imagine how they fit 10,000 athletes on it. The Water Cube is the cutest little […]
It’s really two tales, and one of them is about multiple photographers. Who are blind. The other story is just about a famous one.
Perhaps some of you will remember the first real press release I worked on, the one about turtles and magnetic homing that actually got picked up by a fair number of (biggish) news outlets. It was turned into a short piece for UNC’s research magazine, Endeavours, which apparently got me mentioned in the dean’s blog. Yeah, so […]
Today is the 88th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. It’s kind of a big deal because Chinese people love the number 8. (Last year the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics started at 8 p.m. Aug. 8 – 8-8-8.) I was lucky enough to experience how one place is celebrating, but not […]
Or so I was told by Emily. It logically follows that a world without MJ cannot be as awesome as it was with him. Here’s my two cents on him, my assignment for work this morning: Michael Jackson was 50? I didn’t know that; did you know that? Probably not. Why? Because Michael Jackson is […]
This sentence was too good to pass up: “Local governments at all levels have cudgeled their brains trying to solve the problem of water shortage.” First, it implies that governments have brains. Second, it implies that there are multiple layers of government at the local level — a dizzying amount of bureaucracy indeed! Just think […]
I came across this phrase at work today: ?????????????????. That is: Dang zhenli hai zai chuan xiezi, yaoyan yijing man tian fei le. Or in English, if you prefer: While truth is still putting on shoes, rumor already is flying everywhere in the air. (Sorry for my awkwardly literal translations, by the way). Is there an […]
What a weekend! Work kept us busy with all these fun activities. Thursday night was our karaoke/office “Idol” competition (First #1) — which I am proud to say, my roommate has made it to the final round based on his performance of Stray Cats’ “Stray Cat Strut.” Then Friday afternoon, we boarded a bus to […]
On the surface, China doesn’t feel all that different from the States. Except for the occasional culture shock, I barely notice I’m in a different country. For one thing, my routine is pretty much the same: I wake up, go to work, come home and eventually find dinner somewhere. I ate out all the time […]