Day Trip to Laoshan

Sunday I was invited by my landlord to go see Laoshan Park, which is this large park type tourist trap by the famous Laoshan Mountain about an hour and then some outside of Qingdao. Of course in preparation for the day, I had to get tanked the night before so that I would be in […]

Glorious Feast in Honor of the Dear Leader

My day began shortly after my 3pm wakeup call from a friend who I normally don’t talk to all that much but was pleased to hear from. He invited me to have dinner with a classmate who I also don’t normally talk to, but also glad to hear from. Being someone who always enjoys random […]

On Top of Qingdao

I was going to write a clever little introduction to this nabe in Shandong, but I’m too busy concocting plans to infiltrate and overrun the government with hello kitty robots. I’ll leave that for a following post, but instead I come bearing these photographs from two different elevated vantage points. Ironically enough these photos […]

Golden Weekend in Shanghai Day 3

Despite taking it easy the night before, I didn’t wake up till 2pm. So having wasted most of the day already I figured I’d spend what was left of the day just walking around absorbing Shanghai. I was hungry enough to eat a whole maternity ward of babies, so I headed to a little place […]

Golden Weekend in Shanghai Day 2

Today was a mission. Well actually, every day in China is a mission. But today’s specific mission objectives were to acquire proper gear to wear. In Qingdao, it is impossible to find clothing with any style. The mentality here is to only wear what other people are already wearing, or a very basic derivative of […]

Golden Weekend in Shanghai Day 1

My adventure begins, when I’m made aware of the fact that I will have 10 consecutive days off for the Golden Week holiday starting April 27th and running to May 7th. If you aren’t in China, you’re probably wondering what this is all about. China, you see, has 3 weeklong national weeks peppered throughout the […]

Shanghai Beckons

more to come…