Year: 2011

new apartment

Just hanging out...on the roof!!

Things have settled down a bit as we have been able to rent a room from an American couple and quit living out of hotels. The internet everywhere we have been has been sketchy and I’ve been unable to log on a VPN and thus, access this blog.  Tons of great interactions and miscommunications have taken place…take place on a daily basis. I can’t spend much on here now because we have to research for a trip we are going to take to Yellow Mountain. One badass thing about our new place is that it happens to be…on the top floor and thus…we can get on the roof!! Check it out! More photos and embarrassing stories soon…

Houston, Chinese Consulate

Thanks, Houston!!

Sitting at a Starbucks in what must be the gayest district in Houston. I love it. We just finished up at the Chinese Consulate, dropping off our passports and paperwork to get visas. There was a line to the street before the consulate…

126 yuan and getting closer

126 yuan...almost a millionaire!

The other morning I went downstairs to scan a map and print it out. Only problem was my dad was at computer looking at tennis matches or finances or something. He started talking…and in general I don’t just interrupt and change…

will to focus

I have been struggling to focus on projects for a long time now. Photography, music, writing. I sit down and get started only to get sidetracked and have more than a dozen tabs open in two different browsers. I have wanted to publish a book of my writings and photographs for years now. I have wanted to record certain pieces of music for years now. Previously I thought I was not accomplishing these goals because I didn’t…