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got my Crackberry unlocked in CHINA now,,wwoooohoooooo

bought 300 American movies for about $15 :))

New Blog

Wow I have not been here forever! Just making a test run to see if I want to use this site during my summer travels here in Asia. In only a few short weeks I will be on yet another 2 month university holiday! Unbelievable!

hhhmmmm,,,,wow this site looks pretty cool! I have actually only used it for status updates in the past! Here is a pic of one of my first trips in China! Taken right down in our very own Pinyao, old city of my Shanxi Province. Not to be confused with Shannxi, location of Xian and the famous Terra Cotta Warriors. That province is about 6 or 8 hours south of me and I hope to swing thru there on my way to Tibet this summer!

bought new Liu Ruo Ying CD today (Together),,Chinese Singer,,,

at market buying lots of veggies to cook,,,

Planning Tibet 西藏 (pinyin Xī Zàng) Trip

watching Zhang Yimou movies (Chinese Director)

saw Iron Man 2,,i could actually understand most of the high brow conversation in Mandarin after a year here,,scary! haha Day 1 I understood zilch!

great night out for Hot Pot! going to have to work that one off tomorrow! hehe

oohhh Saturday Firecrackers was big Spring Wedding Day here in China,,,not holiday,,,hehe

practicing my Mandarin & writing brush (Mao bi 毛筆) Hanzi Characters (Calligraphy) simultaneously--sensory overload! hehe

has no idea why firecrackers are going off again??? maybe for Mother's Day! hehe

studying my "Pu Tong Hua" (Common/Standard Language aka Mandarin Chinese)

awoken by the sound of Firecrackers--almost a weekly occurrence here in China,,,hehe

cooking Italian spaghetti

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!

making a western omelet for dinner! hehe but eating with fork & not chopsticks this time! :)

at Wal Mart buying new frying pan, shower curtain, food, and computer speakers! :))

on Wu Tai Shan (Mountains), Shanxi China,,temples, warm w/ snow covered peaks! absolutely beautiful!!