Archive for March, 2008

crack

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!

quote of the day

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 […]

remind me not to go here

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

i’m home and my blog looks messed

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!

beijing – count down to home

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.

if i shang-had a million dollars

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.

tissues

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 […]

internet cafe

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 […]

trailblazers (a guest post by Lori)

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 […]

And back!

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 […]