Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
yesterday night i discovered that the glass on my lens filter is totally cracked. what’s weird is i have NO idea how it happened. and since it doesn’t seem to be screwed in properly, i can’t get it off either. sigh. i guess that means a field trip to henry’s!
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
In my view, entrepreneurial judgment is the ability to tell the difference between a situation that’s not working but persistence and iteration will ultimately prove it out, versus a situation that’s not working and additional effort is a destructive waste of time and radical change is necessary. –Marc Andreessen And thanks to Aran for pointing […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
but i’m lazy so not going to fix it right now. maybe over the weekend. after i’ve organized my 1000+ pics from the trip/wedding. edit: fixed!
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
having fun in beijing. here’s a lowdown of the highlights: staying with marielle and fred. minus the mosquitoes beijing duck with suzannah bar hopping and pole dancing three hour hike along the great wall now, for the grand finale of my trip: the silk market. gotta make my mama proud.
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
i would buy pumas from shanghai tang (okay, i nearly did). i would buy a $1000 dress by yoon hanii. i would stay in the grand hyatt. i’d be rich.
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
in china, tissues are your friend. i mean, i’ve been dependant for a few reasons: my nose is runny (and i’m not into blowing it onto the street like locals) they don’t give you napkins at restaurants many washrooms don’t have toilet paper fancy stores give you tissues so your makeup doesn’t come off on […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
i’m in an internet cafe that is bigger than a gymnasium with row after row of computers. it’s 3RMB (less than 50 cents) an hour, and each computer has a big set of headphones and a web cam. there are even private rooms. everyone seems to be gaming, except for lori and i (the only […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Hey guys, I am back from the 2-day Tiger Leaping Gorge trek, safe and sound in Xian (and slightly sunburned). Despite an inauspicious start to our first day (I fainted onto the bathroom floor of our hostel) and beginning the hike when the sun was the strongest, Schachter and I still managed to ascend the […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
we’re back from two days of hiking. there’s 35 minutes left of hot water at the hostel, and trust me when i say i need it! so i’ll make this short. highlights: my mini panic attack on thursday. nothing a mickey mouse plastic bag couldn’t fix though! lori fainting in the morning before we left […]
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