Beautiful, cold day.  Spent most of it indoors, and am adjusting to jet lag.  Still don’t have my laptop hooked up to the internet.  That’s not so bad, though—I’ve read more books in the past few days than I have in the last month.  … [Read more...]

I’m here, I made it—I’m finally in China!  I left on the 3rd, and 24 hours later I landed in Beijing.  I hate flying, but I’m not going to complain too much, since I’m really comfortable now.  Eating lots of good food, and enjoying … [Read more...]

One of the great things about preparing for a trip to a country like China, is the pre-packing drugstore spree.  We in America take pharmacies for granted � over-the-counter drugs can be found everywhere, in varying forms and prices, no matter where one goes in this … [Read more...]

After having made an attempt to keep some sort of online journal—and failing to ever make an entry—here I go again!  Actually, this will be good for the little news updates I plan to make regarding my site.  I’m going away again to China for the next … [Read more...]