tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49641597129248398572024-03-13T11:01:29.652+09:009,915 miles away."If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." Lewis CarrollUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-91879422290471699502011-01-18T07:50:00.000+09:002011-01-18T07:50:57.360+09:00Sayonara, blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLP0ZA7WTR0nfBTyZ52PHUihM7afrUcPp2mU3OWAASmiHBVHhKD9j-HW9EiqsqSBztjPBMFROuXHFPrmWi3Mr5B-bdPrv_57WBV0oqEy73DXPI3SREX9QaErfr-R59rnrqkalhuv2e6aM/s1600/IMG_0477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLP0ZA7WTR0nfBTyZ52PHUihM7afrUcPp2mU3OWAASmiHBVHhKD9j-HW9EiqsqSBztjPBMFROuXHFPrmWi3Mr5B-bdPrv_57WBV0oqEy73DXPI3SREX9QaErfr-R59rnrqkalhuv2e6aM/s320/IMG_0477.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I found a vintage typesetter's drawer while I was down in Asheville visiting Mary & co. These are almost all the treasures I acquired while I was there. I shudder to think how much money I spent...<br />
<br />
Anyways, that's it for this blog. But dry those eyes, and bookmark <a href="http://www.meredithamock.blogspot.com/">this</a>, and be sure to keep up with what I'm doing over in Australia!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-63476963681785254662011-01-03T17:55:00.002+09:002011-01-05T07:41:12.046+09:00中国<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s200/IMG_9819.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing says "Welcome to China!"<br />
like blueberry flavored potato chips.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>First things first: I sincerely apologize for the delay in posting this. I went to China back in OCTOBER, and it's now JANUARY! I am such a slacker.<br />
<br />
Without further ado, may I humbly present - China.<br />
<br />
<br />
Please be advised all captions are short and sweet (sorry), and there will be a brief recap of what I've been doing since I've been home, along with a preview of 2011's plans at the conclusion of this post. There will also be time allotted for Q & A.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69iy2ucHeUag6-NhI-L3GQewW5rUHr2Cz9vMtcixysKcFuq_88BRSQxNTNsT6kp8T5lJEiNR5MQkyqfOvjKKc_M6gEcu8h-uomPETyoplUUyc50ayJLLVcoEP0F7lZ_w5eYKU6HrPQWPX/s1600/IMG_9825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69iy2ucHeUag6-NhI-L3GQewW5rUHr2Cz9vMtcixysKcFuq_88BRSQxNTNsT6kp8T5lJEiNR5MQkyqfOvjKKc_M6gEcu8h-uomPETyoplUUyc50ayJLLVcoEP0F7lZ_w5eYKU6HrPQWPX/s320/IMG_9825.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Downtown Shanghai, the entertainment district. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFXfBtdpdSFfmzZo9ZlxsriQYzr1T8Sg48BxK0sIGzp4IS8tGwKG_0Nar18HtZbx9RnFtS8MBMUyupL7CUEOW1npdMx5Bh14f-R7Ze1_mypTfpV_iiuD8ZKkF_UPRDjjDCtqlNgu5zago/s1600/IMG_9836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFXfBtdpdSFfmzZo9ZlxsriQYzr1T8Sg48BxK0sIGzp4IS8tGwKG_0Nar18HtZbx9RnFtS8MBMUyupL7CUEOW1npdMx5Bh14f-R7Ze1_mypTfpV_iiuD8ZKkF_UPRDjjDCtqlNgu5zago/s320/IMG_9836.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2010 World Expo in Shaghai, China. Beautiful weather!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVdH3r2-chC10qaR2Zpuk4nq7zBOd0PNQg-a2I7-2cbHRy-carhTkTZe1a81g1P8-8Lt_VhBFLPUoyjCg7Da6o6FzTLWRJYgv3up2vL5S7cMzl2skPqmTrdZwutxwRo6AZUxYMaV21OtI/s1600/IMG_9950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oyGJf73DLWpnbstMTprLJ6xmfWKcHZx9bMZJwWFarITjfR-PrHw91LYPEA7hK2s3BDpDvVI2oqpqsN24KCTcia_qfhZgGa98BPCzRaa2QjYq9ZCjOsvvshgcmfuGyRnPxw33M-nGh1z2/s1600/IMG_9841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oyGJf73DLWpnbstMTprLJ6xmfWKcHZx9bMZJwWFarITjfR-PrHw91LYPEA7hK2s3BDpDvVI2oqpqsN24KCTcia_qfhZgGa98BPCzRaa2QjYq9ZCjOsvvshgcmfuGyRnPxw33M-nGh1z2/s320/IMG_9841.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where's Mere? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMgwIk4Ad7SJSJIFhKgV79zOy6d6mlWtphmDekBOmWGIewkGVfcJr1u41v4kcbfWdudm9whTgjmzQAi3V0a6WBRu7-5S69QUX7ekFMUEzQZhhPsyQU9FgmUdXgkvSOc4YXkVjt6CqSyrZ/s1600/IMG_9844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMgwIk4Ad7SJSJIFhKgV79zOy6d6mlWtphmDekBOmWGIewkGVfcJr1u41v4kcbfWdudm9whTgjmzQAi3V0a6WBRu7-5S69QUX7ekFMUEzQZhhPsyQU9FgmUdXgkvSOc4YXkVjt6CqSyrZ/s320/IMG_9844.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First pavilion - China!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50qPLVfhiUuylTSRjKEJyrJmZ2kLSuVwKhna-hQuqsjQ7A_D4BeVFvNgo8NO_dMzH1rbkIGH2kCMbdwxgWfb6QfP-0szFItSzbX7TsUYe5wMEtrXvB5dtoJYU-wH9xwTXLWOqA5PG4vxa/s1600/IMG_9846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50qPLVfhiUuylTSRjKEJyrJmZ2kLSuVwKhna-hQuqsjQ7A_D4BeVFvNgo8NO_dMzH1rbkIGH2kCMbdwxgWfb6QfP-0szFItSzbX7TsUYe5wMEtrXvB5dtoJYU-wH9xwTXLWOqA5PG4vxa/s320/IMG_9846.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The closest I will ever get to Tibet, I bet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrVr7ShNqusY5omRws9tTfrjF2ka1HlAfZlofQDbtbsPmX3MIhZa0jvtZRJm2G9GMqJTWFhxPV79vfN3Fyx8ucZ4hh-_ZjqSzUu-sR2_rMNQDWeMEKGkTVnYrisgL_cAGV9wM8s9c_Qs4/s1600/IMG_9848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrVr7ShNqusY5omRws9tTfrjF2ka1HlAfZlofQDbtbsPmX3MIhZa0jvtZRJm2G9GMqJTWFhxPV79vfN3Fyx8ucZ4hh-_ZjqSzUu-sR2_rMNQDWeMEKGkTVnYrisgL_cAGV9wM8s9c_Qs4/s320/IMG_9848.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEW_xybzN7m47uAhUtDyRPa0Yp6ApjxixuFAoHZ79utllTg75jtiLJfAAB9OYh86W6sm6OjDm15NTenT2V9WZUBlzFXGQT1EMHaF4819XugMtBfAcExC2rews9UKBTRuYGIcE4UditJ6V/s1600/IMG_9849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEW_xybzN7m47uAhUtDyRPa0Yp6ApjxixuFAoHZ79utllTg75jtiLJfAAB9OYh86W6sm6OjDm15NTenT2V9WZUBlzFXGQT1EMHaF4819XugMtBfAcExC2rews9UKBTRuYGIcE4UditJ6V/s320/IMG_9849.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wWPmY2eTR2P1WPQVNWU_xlArDf2HGfWYAlcAB86L_TsgGFwFUzWzL2ZZ2EFp2mPLwZPcmwoTNiRdUE8h7n9ECKpazjjQH8Ub-NFnapjVae8Y7iAFVPo37-G5uRqkl_quuypFY31U9Fie/s1600/IMG_9850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wWPmY2eTR2P1WPQVNWU_xlArDf2HGfWYAlcAB86L_TsgGFwFUzWzL2ZZ2EFp2mPLwZPcmwoTNiRdUE8h7n9ECKpazjjQH8Ub-NFnapjVae8Y7iAFVPo37-G5uRqkl_quuypFY31U9Fie/s320/IMG_9850.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Shaanxi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RDuG_qROidnnbGcwRLckJHlgFsctkIyfUIB3sBsfcHGtZd8py4mNX0J56yqW0Lo9MCTKA4emo1DW6QfHWBHsdBBeicO_7QNCM4vv8gqXHPBONgXAB-6IWrPcm9oJPz7WenQ1xqNHNkGh/s1600/IMG_9852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RDuG_qROidnnbGcwRLckJHlgFsctkIyfUIB3sBsfcHGtZd8py4mNX0J56yqW0Lo9MCTKA4emo1DW6QfHWBHsdBBeicO_7QNCM4vv8gqXHPBONgXAB-6IWrPcm9oJPz7WenQ1xqNHNkGh/s320/IMG_9852.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yunnan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pQs-3VmCu-FV5Gxy7v59UX8GkoS_rY9LGwelUiI8WJ4XvK3qv6GPgXz_99Q8V1uaXKrFW8w1Vzh6HW8qYnKaTaPPWivTSuuzcPXLiSc_BiEceb8ZMMWQGPginzkaEJpY0WyeUGqY-TyU/s1600/IMG_9947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfT_JXpXfSYa9BOzFmSzb4fnFqqEV1Yum-wagpyzXxwE86-YJFzJcpshSZUlmy-E7iNYH03cDt4a7SjHNNmVk1SkTNtmvKIW8rA7vfOqh4UQ7gHnga4I6D46o44ccx5NVF5iaXEwcy0Y4/s1600/IMG_9853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfT_JXpXfSYa9BOzFmSzb4fnFqqEV1Yum-wagpyzXxwE86-YJFzJcpshSZUlmy-E7iNYH03cDt4a7SjHNNmVk1SkTNtmvKIW8rA7vfOqh4UQ7gHnga4I6D46o44ccx5NVF5iaXEwcy0Y4/s320/IMG_9853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beijing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_B5XGuSLnEKOm-zvUHP73rxGHlP1BGGKhUmJH8WcR5hUy4MebLKnKD0FvteCMsMqXgRqhRrI7fQD5RT5z5irmB6JubbJkExQ96x3OsWc2Swh-8gA7_0VH8yu3nf9_7ctrP8uevLzRCRQj/s1600/IMG_0552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFO6LvsVu89l310XcNY26F3_cXCkVesX7oNal_YGVrcvWM_RC3xD8ZEg88Kl73GVSt4FhkWQEYawVLA6JCwoT-MSxTF7xQCBtcbBdcMSUcx1exMpSTvJp6sbda0qd2H2rG_GfoHpl8K2i/s1600/IMG_9855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFO6LvsVu89l310XcNY26F3_cXCkVesX7oNal_YGVrcvWM_RC3xD8ZEg88Kl73GVSt4FhkWQEYawVLA6JCwoT-MSxTF7xQCBtcbBdcMSUcx1exMpSTvJp6sbda0qd2H2rG_GfoHpl8K2i/s320/IMG_9855.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Inner-Mongolia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKWD7Z_wRyfoA_rkRDD2Ew2SzUSLU5-iWlR-dXFZU4gjbdKPTXtIFEEkUoOWAA0bJ9frjASryOyp3OkNbG822t2TNhXSi-GHIWimWibnrsksRhMwFF7bp2tKFhnxpcQwaLngSZTK0ZV65/s1600/IMG_9857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKWD7Z_wRyfoA_rkRDD2Ew2SzUSLU5-iWlR-dXFZU4gjbdKPTXtIFEEkUoOWAA0bJ9frjASryOyp3OkNbG822t2TNhXSi-GHIWimWibnrsksRhMwFF7bp2tKFhnxpcQwaLngSZTK0ZV65/s320/IMG_9857.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know the provence, but the little white statues remind me of the wood spirits from a Japanese classic anime called "Princess Mononoke".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3L2pQHfKXiDhZJvuzO6X5RiipakPWdoHT-di_FRqRdGqA_K0CidTdhquDurem3rpK7SBsCVHEAGCKVuzlwuQLT7MiQEvvBnho6kD5bkrG6DQ6DpdKQg7TKSKLMaGyCgbwFik45QuLZ27/s1600/IMG_9860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3L2pQHfKXiDhZJvuzO6X5RiipakPWdoHT-di_FRqRdGqA_K0CidTdhquDurem3rpK7SBsCVHEAGCKVuzlwuQLT7MiQEvvBnho6kD5bkrG6DQ6DpdKQg7TKSKLMaGyCgbwFik45QuLZ27/s320/IMG_9860.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Next country - New Zealand!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJbGEtw5bm4vpySC0o7Md5M6KsKD0XCe3eE6okZzc-5FIieKzgpT41v82dkk_-NhT3Vu2bTlxa_qRBZ7yRprx9XpYRJQPW4k6QYkW3sX5HRBIpysKpE87pjVS15gkUFYlj5BB3QaYewud/s1600/IMG_9862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJbGEtw5bm4vpySC0o7Md5M6KsKD0XCe3eE6okZzc-5FIieKzgpT41v82dkk_-NhT3Vu2bTlxa_qRBZ7yRprx9XpYRJQPW4k6QYkW3sX5HRBIpysKpE87pjVS15gkUFYlj5BB3QaYewud/s320/IMG_9862.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Kingdom of Cambodia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviDqs5m6RMavMhbZFVY3W4cZytN29swOoGQsqSXJhLtxXpXcRDw7FJ0_e6kotyBYkCjAYWknGGFpNOyojPVIhy4U9nCHNFtWWED0CANQmZw8eBC3nhwemiCS6qXoZBu07smsRA5d2Wp_b/s1600/IMG_9863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviDqs5m6RMavMhbZFVY3W4cZytN29swOoGQsqSXJhLtxXpXcRDw7FJ0_e6kotyBYkCjAYWknGGFpNOyojPVIhy4U9nCHNFtWWED0CANQmZw8eBC3nhwemiCS6qXoZBu07smsRA5d2Wp_b/s320/IMG_9863.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Maylasia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlp_n7MSfOcvIE0U4RLYmemoM2puNR6UfmV4bh3jCXSHlhpX5f2wTP6BO2yWanYaT_apLtK9M8iIVOeVTQ-EHtHSYmCbUbhm9bTYkpVJKaIpxljo0hEUHYaa4yF5uPTEX12TYw7-Fq1Z9/s1600/IMG_9864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlp_n7MSfOcvIE0U4RLYmemoM2puNR6UfmV4bh3jCXSHlhpX5f2wTP6BO2yWanYaT_apLtK9M8iIVOeVTQ-EHtHSYmCbUbhm9bTYkpVJKaIpxljo0hEUHYaa4yF5uPTEX12TYw7-Fq1Z9/s320/IMG_9864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Singapore</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLuhSQ3kgd2ywM5CdzN8gqEW_x8noxZFoQo5S83-8cXbAXv2ldLCIjPoNv2LIIUhOG1oD3_b75Defm5xSaUyes1sHN7nJd25b5rbQj1rl2XL_lFDnMfxel2xYOxCQjiPocaOq_VrEGHbW/s1600/IMG_0553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmzD6G5gx4ZLPxRfjHR-asTPuQr7N7sUIs3CBQzbTOMKzy_6bpecqPi-39pW_YhwefEVkErXjaRUKu5NZbh0V8epAU3T54NHC-wCb5aE6vajZEyPdCGoNXZOaHsw-DB3wJ0LiTVLnojpV/s1600/IMG_9865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmzD6G5gx4ZLPxRfjHR-asTPuQr7N7sUIs3CBQzbTOMKzy_6bpecqPi-39pW_YhwefEVkErXjaRUKu5NZbh0V8epAU3T54NHC-wCb5aE6vajZEyPdCGoNXZOaHsw-DB3wJ0LiTVLnojpV/s320/IMG_9865.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Phillipines</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIE_NPLI7EKuBPAO7RcEn_bEK7nWkeI2C7ojoomH7nOznZqDgZ7LvideLuLOkNfRL0e-Fxbk_DuhWfADyfKX945NF04pY-H4KlkcRjBsB31WIyAxICfm7QzXD0SL49jR5A1IXXj6iClug/s1600/IMG_9866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIE_NPLI7EKuBPAO7RcEn_bEK7nWkeI2C7ojoomH7nOznZqDgZ7LvideLuLOkNfRL0e-Fxbk_DuhWfADyfKX945NF04pY-H4KlkcRjBsB31WIyAxICfm7QzXD0SL49jR5A1IXXj6iClug/s320/IMG_9866.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Thailand</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge84_bFYAJaO40EIS7HLVDnmiaBhIlusWQRYC2K1n2Qt48b7MJe5q_rp9yDI-3wAgoLgGXu_qajyMWEG-fzHKoDqYmpaPYAbPmQUUzxOmPTiqHYkSLRmGe3MYR3egER6t7wiVPmbC_7eW1/s1600/IMG_9867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge84_bFYAJaO40EIS7HLVDnmiaBhIlusWQRYC2K1n2Qt48b7MJe5q_rp9yDI-3wAgoLgGXu_qajyMWEG-fzHKoDqYmpaPYAbPmQUUzxOmPTiqHYkSLRmGe3MYR3egER6t7wiVPmbC_7eW1/s320/IMG_9867.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> One of the Scandinavian countries. Finland?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWDeWy_elAYF5UQ5a0aNtxq91uKAFlwmjzOAJq2nUe6vLEdl1yxLN-BiyxYqPgK9sPiBGhp2MrNCYNvaQunlOoZVNMeHtJV4156sZ0HPmIdwVtwWFNWT4qKxpjJo7jrOMR_06gJEYkMBU/s1600/IMG_9868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWDeWy_elAYF5UQ5a0aNtxq91uKAFlwmjzOAJq2nUe6vLEdl1yxLN-BiyxYqPgK9sPiBGhp2MrNCYNvaQunlOoZVNMeHtJV4156sZ0HPmIdwVtwWFNWT4qKxpjJo7jrOMR_06gJEYkMBU/s320/IMG_9868.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Latvia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYdnMTKlomL3i4qXUBE_n7WxrMIsK7JMN8gRLER0hlL8rPIzunwF54XN1c_2YWKtVZxG_QtSSuPDlsPR-lKH-6UvPKo0vKZXEs0oiqtR48QmiyyAE0bpYiCPnXqRC-97bd8APCTRnUbA1/s1600/IMG_9869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYdnMTKlomL3i4qXUBE_n7WxrMIsK7JMN8gRLER0hlL8rPIzunwF54XN1c_2YWKtVZxG_QtSSuPDlsPR-lKH-6UvPKo0vKZXEs0oiqtR48QmiyyAE0bpYiCPnXqRC-97bd8APCTRnUbA1/s320/IMG_9869.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Sweden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzqU_uysfLDDXZxIRhKte_vV4vhVSL-5LHbaVpblPjIPkwxt1mSxho17ezQWRA1B2LN4OdAr19QoO3fyMoUPqsYqETTJJkC_y21gj_6oNlTFlOhf7WA8P1JtZKfzZb6DsIxo5PXnTIfLo/s1600/IMG_9870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzqU_uysfLDDXZxIRhKte_vV4vhVSL-5LHbaVpblPjIPkwxt1mSxho17ezQWRA1B2LN4OdAr19QoO3fyMoUPqsYqETTJJkC_y21gj_6oNlTFlOhf7WA8P1JtZKfzZb6DsIxo5PXnTIfLo/s320/IMG_9870.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Iceland</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ohv9NLWd1Gba-yD7PfsWMhX3EWaRTjQJEUkW4SdRu47f2ZEARdgkB0XnMHMwykGt_uVJRSeLLM7wiloLJrjcm8ukWfVW6uRwNZb0LCzVk7k33Nj9UNxYeY0TA4Flg1LWAP1oS2hRyDAs/s1600/IMG_0554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hgnl4XF-YZCWpP7fd4MQ27agmx9__VzTXmlE5wBqhm_lFwoNdcluEQFgmzcrd5WLbVBqIHZuahMpWLaw8lwBXf2vfU5QErh5rpeU_vl5l8cSbA71sUbOzkoqNjrLbLkZgYQnEd9X5pPB/s1600/IMG_9871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hgnl4XF-YZCWpP7fd4MQ27agmx9__VzTXmlE5wBqhm_lFwoNdcluEQFgmzcrd5WLbVBqIHZuahMpWLaw8lwBXf2vfU5QErh5rpeU_vl5l8cSbA71sUbOzkoqNjrLbLkZgYQnEd9X5pPB/s320/IMG_9871.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Turkey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_zoQrlU5EdTXnXdAr402NSdcLSzy52soB8lbKUVS7JUcsPv7nNsJBylutbc_mYlS1eYeBwyusKI8QL1lmbNI1dg8Kz_k7DEtN-FJuRSi8oJ4ACrHom7_JXrijH-AN56evJueWePHMDg7/s1600/IMG_9872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_zoQrlU5EdTXnXdAr402NSdcLSzy52soB8lbKUVS7JUcsPv7nNsJBylutbc_mYlS1eYeBwyusKI8QL1lmbNI1dg8Kz_k7DEtN-FJuRSi8oJ4ACrHom7_JXrijH-AN56evJueWePHMDg7/s320/IMG_9872.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The closest I will ever get to Cuba.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2Mo1nYtd8-gYd2fd0urWvjxPLcvZbjc_Pul13KDyUsfaa_vrRcb_rrLneOv_UB7axVDE0E6jynu8GzcWhfh-n9dI09X6YtObR8Ps3IyNFUvXH8qZjJU6grE0eHtEbx5PrERe_MK3w8c5/s1600/IMG_9873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2Mo1nYtd8-gYd2fd0urWvjxPLcvZbjc_Pul13KDyUsfaa_vrRcb_rrLneOv_UB7axVDE0E6jynu8GzcWhfh-n9dI09X6YtObR8Ps3IyNFUvXH8qZjJU6grE0eHtEbx5PrERe_MK3w8c5/s320/IMG_9873.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">USA! USA!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-WcaDTE1VLKL1mSXNrRqMcfw1UL2nbNepwaxqR1tfuwopCSRg7jkoWlF0omPQbTh_eqTiNqOfFqkQvLZ6h8w8gX7BVChX7iHec1CVSHGWdac6Q_L5-3kNqa7gT9PQ_s-M8hFaZ8-EI1p/s1600/IMG_9876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-WcaDTE1VLKL1mSXNrRqMcfw1UL2nbNepwaxqR1tfuwopCSRg7jkoWlF0omPQbTh_eqTiNqOfFqkQvLZ6h8w8gX7BVChX7iHec1CVSHGWdac6Q_L5-3kNqa7gT9PQ_s-M8hFaZ8-EI1p/s320/IMG_9876.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We watched a pretty moving short, silent film about a little girl who wanted to build a garden in the middle of a run down apartment block. SPOILER ALERT! The whole community helps out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Awwwwwwwww.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitADIry5SClT7tIVBEypH5Cuse_K9ObLlygWJzPZq27autMOhTC6ffCtuWvKv7mSby8HCbx7EQyb2MW7X0o5dbfa4EiiIbY70xtWIba6rCAV9XuxAPlyD9CXOUrvefRFOCo6zWU85c5NS/s1600/IMG_9877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitADIry5SClT7tIVBEypH5Cuse_K9ObLlygWJzPZq27autMOhTC6ffCtuWvKv7mSby8HCbx7EQyb2MW7X0o5dbfa4EiiIbY70xtWIba6rCAV9XuxAPlyD9CXOUrvefRFOCo6zWU85c5NS/s320/IMG_9877.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Sz8EQH8YjqxhamhRtnjjlanpb6UGDcEXMKiQshCMfeiK93NaMwsn9uCpurMZPJ0F6_ZfkoRT84Fc5YhVN2jDjheQJWKxUex2eoZw3XSN7LBv_Im8xd45SeQk6ll9Jq7vFTCVad3XVbnt/s1600/IMG_9879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Sz8EQH8YjqxhamhRtnjjlanpb6UGDcEXMKiQshCMfeiK93NaMwsn9uCpurMZPJ0F6_ZfkoRT84Fc5YhVN2jDjheQJWKxUex2eoZw3XSN7LBv_Im8xd45SeQk6ll9Jq7vFTCVad3XVbnt/s320/IMG_9879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Angola and Nigeria</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswiNZvvBMSSVVXobOUBcZ5VneosgfZ7Jrk4SC1UJY-DRXfkDA8vsRuq5GoAbNSgWtQxEP1RiBmftbWtoBDQKdHW8X1J3fRbkrZDXwme1YbUHkNMjwpyiZFhl-9Q_0VW_aQPmdtZmOTqcU/s1600/IMG_9880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswiNZvvBMSSVVXobOUBcZ5VneosgfZ7Jrk4SC1UJY-DRXfkDA8vsRuq5GoAbNSgWtQxEP1RiBmftbWtoBDQKdHW8X1J3fRbkrZDXwme1YbUHkNMjwpyiZFhl-9Q_0VW_aQPmdtZmOTqcU/s320/IMG_9880.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">AH MOTHERLAND! Russia</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (in case you couldn't read the cryllic on the front)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bQevndHr5BjaONlwvQabGKs03ljX7grW4y53yVAkbtOWGUuchyphenhyphenrDLGHzowYSA9ZuRz81fDKo8DUp6xj2-BU6MCLP_fd4CobIXplbQeOeeDzYIOxiEnO3nrh1XDHQZAtmo06d1Xjd4Mj-/s1600/IMG_9882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bQevndHr5BjaONlwvQabGKs03ljX7grW4y53yVAkbtOWGUuchyphenhyphenrDLGHzowYSA9ZuRz81fDKo8DUp6xj2-BU6MCLP_fd4CobIXplbQeOeeDzYIOxiEnO3nrh1XDHQZAtmo06d1Xjd4Mj-/s320/IMG_9882.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside the Italian pavilion, by far my favorite one. Hence why I took so many photos.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCQ0xkrtYF2S1JJ7VfOQlO6Wu2IEK5a5W4U9ydq-Yj2lDdHPZA0wFtaly9UgqogVIxdMUTmSFgDfSH1FKEbG2q8RtRSFbpm0tuAGAMIp9EATKePMxpL23d0PxXhSewwMGuIihUUxxVUgL/s1600/IMG_9883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCQ0xkrtYF2S1JJ7VfOQlO6Wu2IEK5a5W4U9ydq-Yj2lDdHPZA0wFtaly9UgqogVIxdMUTmSFgDfSH1FKEbG2q8RtRSFbpm0tuAGAMIp9EATKePMxpL23d0PxXhSewwMGuIihUUxxVUgL/s320/IMG_9883.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg771Tvt94ipWc-tSr95dr7grwSG_r71cQxK8_AVPvJIGkmb24U2cC2Nqj-bvAyCb0tSI6QgXn1-uic42ERrcKXw84qGArqGfry8dNTeDelgrukiCR_GxF4XUbPHaaw9Hfe7z2zV9-YuM28/s1600/IMG_9884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg771Tvt94ipWc-tSr95dr7grwSG_r71cQxK8_AVPvJIGkmb24U2cC2Nqj-bvAyCb0tSI6QgXn1-uic42ERrcKXw84qGArqGfry8dNTeDelgrukiCR_GxF4XUbPHaaw9Hfe7z2zV9-YuM28/s320/IMG_9884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chair sculpture/tree</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWltc08t9kv8N6HJH3H4PePt33dBBUIJ1RVG8o1Gvg_vVpS7QGb7ODRWa8AgwYFKxhdUskuDspIHyA2X9HYvaQZTU4c4vzNV1m1acvyzbuDWc6wiA8Uunk7PIMniGmg7vgsH-ilWwIvKy/s1600/IMG_9885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWltc08t9kv8N6HJH3H4PePt33dBBUIJ1RVG8o1Gvg_vVpS7QGb7ODRWa8AgwYFKxhdUskuDspIHyA2X9HYvaQZTU4c4vzNV1m1acvyzbuDWc6wiA8Uunk7PIMniGmg7vgsH-ilWwIvKy/s320/IMG_9885.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A high heel, made of high heels!</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvKFVc46vSIp4LNzGUvomt2pfbpDzhhQaeDydjs4ch377RnUFjeJaU31UoR-KK50AHLG-NMxwWWVkM4P-jNtsFx-0V6yURHHrW8x2ehsECkGU44tNr8wlbG2p2fpKFxhRolRjNTup9xby/s1600/IMG_9886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvKFVc46vSIp4LNzGUvomt2pfbpDzhhQaeDydjs4ch377RnUFjeJaU31UoR-KK50AHLG-NMxwWWVkM4P-jNtsFx-0V6yURHHrW8x2ehsECkGU44tNr8wlbG2p2fpKFxhRolRjNTup9xby/s320/IMG_9886.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U2jw6u6YVy9z2Fuq8CCSsp-FJcSBCtMnWktm2j2fnDDocFvJQ3bFTwQ4ZThokZNZq7SEyoqxAibTNfJndE8gaNQzZ1ajv08daYNlpADPPj1GT-q0ywXmVjLv1REzqJzYTGrPev5v6DIx/s1600/IMG_9887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U2jw6u6YVy9z2Fuq8CCSsp-FJcSBCtMnWktm2j2fnDDocFvJQ3bFTwQ4ZThokZNZq7SEyoqxAibTNfJndE8gaNQzZ1ajv08daYNlpADPPj1GT-q0ywXmVjLv1REzqJzYTGrPev5v6DIx/s320/IMG_9887.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfi9mwNUFDcXh3UqDN8nZXZntpS2RCH-h0aWGla4rFXfb5_WbdosCe7VJKyaI0-nvLm2hU47rBdBOzLW1JeYB-QI3JGJFhQim_gUuySZvZC7n13UdNPVcGP3yu1NMwX3S8WnZ9l4iUjfd/s1600/IMG_9889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfi9mwNUFDcXh3UqDN8nZXZntpS2RCH-h0aWGla4rFXfb5_WbdosCe7VJKyaI0-nvLm2hU47rBdBOzLW1JeYB-QI3JGJFhQim_gUuySZvZC7n13UdNPVcGP3yu1NMwX3S8WnZ9l4iUjfd/s320/IMG_9889.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr0dxFVTqGQQcnusaAnT6TOKb2POPZr8SMIuvf45CxDaV0yJLtX8VTjdN3ebvqNL6v9D3MAleyVOLbJWbZTz-upNzGjoK3eWe1SfUmwtSp7p-GaBgehSzbs2lcTkCqnUzT10B9yhyphenhyphenH56U/s1600/IMG_9890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr0dxFVTqGQQcnusaAnT6TOKb2POPZr8SMIuvf45CxDaV0yJLtX8VTjdN3ebvqNL6v9D3MAleyVOLbJWbZTz-upNzGjoK3eWe1SfUmwtSp7p-GaBgehSzbs2lcTkCqnUzT10B9yhyphenhyphenH56U/s320/IMG_9890.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCX_RnDJOkZE0j7R7B1-oVUMKu7uhvIznxMniWu3DSnqov0_9jNZpmtNWxcqjHopP4v_uZK0wWhjcECZQZ3gt9ytTJQLOC91j9CSS8RLvP03HqFAkkZZJzqZmaRUoZv7inQBR1NB6qRof/s1600/IMG_9891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCX_RnDJOkZE0j7R7B1-oVUMKu7uhvIznxMniWu3DSnqov0_9jNZpmtNWxcqjHopP4v_uZK0wWhjcECZQZ3gt9ytTJQLOC91j9CSS8RLvP03HqFAkkZZJzqZmaRUoZv7inQBR1NB6qRof/s320/IMG_9891.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwzrD-GFL1UeqF2PVVjU2kW0cZ4O4C5eSg_JGhSuNViCO2SAZhXbRgS3YzYpNy21Q795S49hQ1p3Ow9EiTv9P2IZ0BVGojSb8RIOoDkKpsTma_KxGotNvRNWAwR6CckB0woHAtmx5qJM0/s1600/IMG_9892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwzrD-GFL1UeqF2PVVjU2kW0cZ4O4C5eSg_JGhSuNViCO2SAZhXbRgS3YzYpNy21Q795S49hQ1p3Ow9EiTv9P2IZ0BVGojSb8RIOoDkKpsTma_KxGotNvRNWAwR6CckB0woHAtmx5qJM0/s320/IMG_9892.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjBy3IPSGj6GpYQN-hm3qZTT1DvHw_Skb6uNxyasberw0KSwdHQ3Un1NpirDBcwDos_t2B_AaKrB5KWVGLgf849jnXP-ItFdO2Yc0jcMxyHIRMD7RDt0X-7g_Nan2VwcYxF1-tPySN3h9/s1600/IMG_9893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjBy3IPSGj6GpYQN-hm3qZTT1DvHw_Skb6uNxyasberw0KSwdHQ3Un1NpirDBcwDos_t2B_AaKrB5KWVGLgf849jnXP-ItFdO2Yc0jcMxyHIRMD7RDt0X-7g_Nan2VwcYxF1-tPySN3h9/s320/IMG_9893.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ze pasta room.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzYy91ekaPCR_6rFZ_pl3J0VDEdy39y-1daAiM_iJfyCp7Hz5-ZfESqPjhlw8EQ0Q8AY6ONP47nTdhHDXx_QabeH9HZbjO7SV1_ECSKDmxwbl1C5rm2XsdwBpRKUzxAuACprqWAiBlwP9/s1600/IMG_9896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzYy91ekaPCR_6rFZ_pl3J0VDEdy39y-1daAiM_iJfyCp7Hz5-ZfESqPjhlw8EQ0Q8AY6ONP47nTdhHDXx_QabeH9HZbjO7SV1_ECSKDmxwbl1C5rm2XsdwBpRKUzxAuACprqWAiBlwP9/s320/IMG_9896.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The United Kingdom's pavilion, which gives me the overwhelming desire to touch it.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkM3fkXvNUcPOvk3nm87CqGG22o6jm955ryf-fL3Nw40RtqomuHQmkbK6nt0pnF_ODqQvJ4O45bQrJ4kUvlMVjRj9QkvKb_6l4ktnKTY94MeM_vHHrAvs6zr8YAd31QsczKDfEN6RNtJ5/s1600/IMG_9899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkM3fkXvNUcPOvk3nm87CqGG22o6jm955ryf-fL3Nw40RtqomuHQmkbK6nt0pnF_ODqQvJ4O45bQrJ4kUvlMVjRj9QkvKb_6l4ktnKTY94MeM_vHHrAvs6zr8YAd31QsczKDfEN6RNtJ5/s320/IMG_9899.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me in front of the Chinese Pavilion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBNwBr8AeZ7KK6pfLQTB2nDPmvxcmf9hmq5BO9zyQpUGoXV-QilYMlIcHlKAIQllqVcX_VRsDLVQTL-dph2cBfP4AA0OyZsCA6-Xq97iF1wSxnFPue7oYEwZuCOBGwhcRb_oOVHDOKWc_/s1600/IMG_9900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBNwBr8AeZ7KK6pfLQTB2nDPmvxcmf9hmq5BO9zyQpUGoXV-QilYMlIcHlKAIQllqVcX_VRsDLVQTL-dph2cBfP4AA0OyZsCA6-Xq97iF1wSxnFPue7oYEwZuCOBGwhcRb_oOVHDOKWc_/s320/IMG_9900.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nepal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-Zf0U_ZQJkHpw0k0VoJBkCTwa_O-M0p477_cmT_7wA_tapy4Kv8q1UpSYlspZlaGcyNSVz1Bs-rjQjMWPzg3Lf7L3ym8K5s80mjUQ4jO87EqjPUKxQST0WiqlJ5IYPJeZCbhdc8xgrrV/s1600/IMG_9907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-Zf0U_ZQJkHpw0k0VoJBkCTwa_O-M0p477_cmT_7wA_tapy4Kv8q1UpSYlspZlaGcyNSVz1Bs-rjQjMWPzg3Lf7L3ym8K5s80mjUQ4jO87EqjPUKxQST0WiqlJ5IYPJeZCbhdc8xgrrV/s320/IMG_9907.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Indian and Saudi Arabia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24hkt0x4kYL6OC_lhtUpXLealFclG4amnfq9V8hHSLhrrNAuD042rvVcDyukd48mQmoHDy6CulbbqIIGr6OoJysx-QWprlmXTY4wB-ZRXHDHtgAK1kkFCSYh5FW-8nRHFYkmXKufnZ8pX/s1600/IMG_9908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24hkt0x4kYL6OC_lhtUpXLealFclG4amnfq9V8hHSLhrrNAuD042rvVcDyukd48mQmoHDy6CulbbqIIGr6OoJysx-QWprlmXTY4wB-ZRXHDHtgAK1kkFCSYh5FW-8nRHFYkmXKufnZ8pX/s320/IMG_9908.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">South Korea</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AUgw-PUZHWI0G_FcUj5E5mEGzLJ73alRIIye2x2Xk18ItfkfErp28XG9oHmz11CqIILINjkA-QRgG-98IPsEH0FnalfFpwwu9LH21E5aQsZoAhexJY_IGzfpm90HkXfb1EJQvcecUlAw/s1600/IMG_9913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AUgw-PUZHWI0G_FcUj5E5mEGzLJ73alRIIye2x2Xk18ItfkfErp28XG9oHmz11CqIILINjkA-QRgG-98IPsEH0FnalfFpwwu9LH21E5aQsZoAhexJY_IGzfpm90HkXfb1EJQvcecUlAw/s320/IMG_9913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Up close at the side of the South Korean pavilion. I didn't have enough time to check out the North Korean pavilion, which is a shame, because everyone knows 'North Korea is best Korea'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpELLPOUYC08jYqZw6nTauefn2B0l0wA9ElKmGBBnS-i0A-PWfxMMoZmVl3ujJd1pXo-6ilk03JvvAeTGHDXmPVH43aW9FQTOSf1Fn-pf2ncY8yqv2TaeimS4dSffMiXpgebhHT0L_Ycd/s1600/IMG_9914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpELLPOUYC08jYqZw6nTauefn2B0l0wA9ElKmGBBnS-i0A-PWfxMMoZmVl3ujJd1pXo-6ilk03JvvAeTGHDXmPVH43aW9FQTOSf1Fn-pf2ncY8yqv2TaeimS4dSffMiXpgebhHT0L_Ycd/s320/IMG_9914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If I ever get to design my own house, I want my bathroom to look like Uzbekistan.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXpLX2n8xH6sMYEyUkMdVvo1hL9olt58R5IeYFHxD7LOfFhTTRiH2lThspy1aIwK6PwflRo8tn3lHdrR_ZqO87TMgWS_mXOPZ0p3jeWi0qUForj5tcYSoAROlT29gWni8Kp1CK490Jlua/s1600/IMG_9916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXpLX2n8xH6sMYEyUkMdVvo1hL9olt58R5IeYFHxD7LOfFhTTRiH2lThspy1aIwK6PwflRo8tn3lHdrR_ZqO87TMgWS_mXOPZ0p3jeWi0qUForj5tcYSoAROlT29gWni8Kp1CK490Jlua/s320/IMG_9916.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Japan</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKSDJ4n647GNMOjq5QsdFIgXbq7mt-okb-HyvZpaK9fPiz-7sT7puLwcB7-wfa-h01GxP17uS2jIfktWXBTbBtRy0rLYlnjg-td1KPUZlpdERqQD7AP9g9W3x_0tjJg6jUQc3GLesKWrI/s1600/IMG_9917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKSDJ4n647GNMOjq5QsdFIgXbq7mt-okb-HyvZpaK9fPiz-7sT7puLwcB7-wfa-h01GxP17uS2jIfktWXBTbBtRy0rLYlnjg-td1KPUZlpdERqQD7AP9g9W3x_0tjJg6jUQc3GLesKWrI/s320/IMG_9917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hong Kong</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJWFT84CeSAfINLGajS_W-I0N3oKxEXpxZhsEaD-7-ncoB-pjGeKoeSe6KmbdU98_joOdWqmKbkpFlcXLlhSYCb-aoC3QEN-E2sN74BVaGPtRu-E7Ijh4PB-ali1s4nLkA6KB4VtWu_8K/s1600/IMG_9918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJWFT84CeSAfINLGajS_W-I0N3oKxEXpxZhsEaD-7-ncoB-pjGeKoeSe6KmbdU98_joOdWqmKbkpFlcXLlhSYCb-aoC3QEN-E2sN74BVaGPtRu-E7Ijh4PB-ali1s4nLkA6KB4VtWu_8K/s320/IMG_9918.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maccau</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6DSWyuTwN4XxG5X8zAqDOI0z7TJGFbKHkDd3_VGJ-3YYbEaXiT4mTiwox0rXAAGEfQR50y6Feb9N13MDwVlt_8lr57AzPuHqoF5Eh3nQTnRpjrleWO2h6bgXEL47Yz-AG99hBQaJsiu4/s1600/IMG_9919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6DSWyuTwN4XxG5X8zAqDOI0z7TJGFbKHkDd3_VGJ-3YYbEaXiT4mTiwox0rXAAGEfQR50y6Feb9N13MDwVlt_8lr57AzPuHqoF5Eh3nQTnRpjrleWO2h6bgXEL47Yz-AG99hBQaJsiu4/s320/IMG_9919.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chinese pavilion at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And that concludes my time spent at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. From here, I hauled ass back to the flat I was staying at, grabbed my bags, took a taxi to the train station, and literally ran onto my overnight Beijing-bound train as the doors were closing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I only paid around $45 for a one-way 'hard sleeper', which means there were six people to a cabin. It wasn't bad at all, plugged in my iPod and was asleep in no time. The only draw back to buying the cheapest ticket available is that it stopped every 30 minutes (or so it seemed) so it took FOREVER to get there.</div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUrpCRHBugrEEO5hwE5aCw0rslgvRmagReTB0DdMUi3i2L-pampI6IWo4TavlhQelZxEK7nNSRV0OQrgoC1nPZMUovcsWK0HXZtzayRafAl8yt0HkWFfIefg0UH4Ns3aVcE61PRBoPGwO/s1600/IMG_9920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUrpCRHBugrEEO5hwE5aCw0rslgvRmagReTB0DdMUi3i2L-pampI6IWo4TavlhQelZxEK7nNSRV0OQrgoC1nPZMUovcsWK0HXZtzayRafAl8yt0HkWFfIefg0UH4Ns3aVcE61PRBoPGwO/s320/IMG_9920.JPG" width="240" /> </a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snug and secure in the middle bed.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
And now, Beijing!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_B5XGuSLnEKOm-zvUHP73rxGHlP1BGGKhUmJH8WcR5hUy4MebLKnKD0FvteCMsMqXgRqhRrI7fQD5RT5z5irmB6JubbJkExQ96x3OsWc2Swh-8gA7_0VH8yu3nf9_7ctrP8uevLzRCRQj/s1600/IMG_0552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_B5XGuSLnEKOm-zvUHP73rxGHlP1BGGKhUmJH8WcR5hUy4MebLKnKD0FvteCMsMqXgRqhRrI7fQD5RT5z5irmB6JubbJkExQ96x3OsWc2Swh-8gA7_0VH8yu3nf9_7ctrP8uevLzRCRQj/s320/IMG_0552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The front entrance to the Forbidden City.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLuhSQ3kgd2ywM5CdzN8gqEW_x8noxZFoQo5S83-8cXbAXv2ldLCIjPoNv2LIIUhOG1oD3_b75Defm5xSaUyes1sHN7nJd25b5rbQj1rl2XL_lFDnMfxel2xYOxCQjiPocaOq_VrEGHbW/s1600/IMG_0553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLuhSQ3kgd2ywM5CdzN8gqEW_x8noxZFoQo5S83-8cXbAXv2ldLCIjPoNv2LIIUhOG1oD3_b75Defm5xSaUyes1sHN7nJd25b5rbQj1rl2XL_lFDnMfxel2xYOxCQjiPocaOq_VrEGHbW/s320/IMG_0553.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ohv9NLWd1Gba-yD7PfsWMhX3EWaRTjQJEUkW4SdRu47f2ZEARdgkB0XnMHMwykGt_uVJRSeLLM7wiloLJrjcm8ukWfVW6uRwNZb0LCzVk7k33Nj9UNxYeY0TA4Flg1LWAP1oS2hRyDAs/s1600/IMG_0554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ohv9NLWd1Gba-yD7PfsWMhX3EWaRTjQJEUkW4SdRu47f2ZEARdgkB0XnMHMwykGt_uVJRSeLLM7wiloLJrjcm8ukWfVW6uRwNZb0LCzVk7k33Nj9UNxYeY0TA4Flg1LWAP1oS2hRyDAs/s320/IMG_0554.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-JnpUPjTBBluTiWPHRnNsK35xKoFr4iiLsBPa9lq3M6LzpkUk7vjNBnaUUZyI37KZwFbmP21tUaRV3YSOKxpfmxJabomeQ3izaMN14-oLKc7vN2oUqCJSVe_aVZxpO-dRvthKWraj7n/s1600/IMG_0559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-JnpUPjTBBluTiWPHRnNsK35xKoFr4iiLsBPa9lq3M6LzpkUk7vjNBnaUUZyI37KZwFbmP21tUaRV3YSOKxpfmxJabomeQ3izaMN14-oLKc7vN2oUqCJSVe_aVZxpO-dRvthKWraj7n/s320/IMG_0559.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Meridian Gate at the Forbidden City.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I think)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHa3n-etzXV-_vsqk6WVlArDh2TFbu1OscohBiklmGYa0gjevuQKHM3UZ63fFSQZn5k_okdT52yfyrQNRmcbIWqqqGqptoTLNLd_snnCj-ygwSIfth0BjAdUUogqTGK-eoprH-qyOTAOxy/s1600/IMG_0560.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHa3n-etzXV-_vsqk6WVlArDh2TFbu1OscohBiklmGYa0gjevuQKHM3UZ63fFSQZn5k_okdT52yfyrQNRmcbIWqqqGqptoTLNLd_snnCj-ygwSIfth0BjAdUUogqTGK-eoprH-qyOTAOxy/s320/IMG_0560.jpg" width="213" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZtwrouXzP6BuJQxVnFK_kc19X8oxqngv3uV7GfPrZ3YNflBUWhyphenhyphen9I0VnKgy3rMBtqB9mEmDDnQ_6bgBlX1MPwwVSDoGgneEOL_wU1CJ6Alaw0qbsR0j8_FSY10a2on0TlVfIW8IJDs7h/s1600/IMG_0564.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZtwrouXzP6BuJQxVnFK_kc19X8oxqngv3uV7GfPrZ3YNflBUWhyphenhyphen9I0VnKgy3rMBtqB9mEmDDnQ_6bgBlX1MPwwVSDoGgneEOL_wU1CJ6Alaw0qbsR0j8_FSY10a2on0TlVfIW8IJDs7h/s320/IMG_0564.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPItIE_6V6U-VVYkzkGMGkWQZbtmhyphenhyphenlnfJM2pwCcyM1VxEwS9hLMc7TXXud5cr5Obmo1q29qSlV4HMrY6uxz93-ppYSnNDGZw17TIitAh0oXqJcvGM3CNNSh-rZ7k5-DyG5S1f9_R7i1l/s1600/IMG_0575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPItIE_6V6U-VVYkzkGMGkWQZbtmhyphenhyphenlnfJM2pwCcyM1VxEwS9hLMc7TXXud5cr5Obmo1q29qSlV4HMrY6uxz93-ppYSnNDGZw17TIitAh0oXqJcvGM3CNNSh-rZ7k5-DyG5S1f9_R7i1l/s320/IMG_0575.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfQmHU6jXXPbfdflrEX5jVzKVJ0snhM4Vc4Oc-wT1HOcH1NBbiOhHgCDDD1mukT9ek2tuNW-R-gpcYBzbk1uvGWCOmULquGiiJ2Abfby5SiHeer_0Jb91VQcBX18zFtSXlon5uXL2CtBs/s1600/IMG_0576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfQmHU6jXXPbfdflrEX5jVzKVJ0snhM4Vc4Oc-wT1HOcH1NBbiOhHgCDDD1mukT9ek2tuNW-R-gpcYBzbk1uvGWCOmULquGiiJ2Abfby5SiHeer_0Jb91VQcBX18zFtSXlon5uXL2CtBs/s320/IMG_0576.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy14gVPOcqnGyfY_8G0ikImEkMzGpjUImCWaOipu43OEYCIx67se24Bqw8OVxWRC4ruYXED2TGPETKcWLjgBRzxezh7qzE4Vk2pykk5cNPWVM5er2ywa0ABYYvANoq4RzFIkT0wPI-HNfC/s1600/IMG_0579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy14gVPOcqnGyfY_8G0ikImEkMzGpjUImCWaOipu43OEYCIx67se24Bqw8OVxWRC4ruYXED2TGPETKcWLjgBRzxezh7qzE4Vk2pykk5cNPWVM5er2ywa0ABYYvANoq4RzFIkT0wPI-HNfC/s320/IMG_0579.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0uZAY0kAmEQNXa5SHvUu09VzEjjE4NScGb72KILMaNM6KKeODcgKWKqWV1aycP5cx_vPkGGKXGEOdBSO89EmCFYYPXYWc-rvzEDqTgixlWbc-4HBmoPWeYAJjJu_emnuaRS0ullufNjD/s1600/IMG_9924.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0uZAY0kAmEQNXa5SHvUu09VzEjjE4NScGb72KILMaNM6KKeODcgKWKqWV1aycP5cx_vPkGGKXGEOdBSO89EmCFYYPXYWc-rvzEDqTgixlWbc-4HBmoPWeYAJjJu_emnuaRS0ullufNjD/s320/IMG_9924.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA0S_Z8xW0AeHegralQZP8iJyO33XdGD5gFss36cINa43tz7mej5cm0_bu0iyp1ym_PbXg_R9ju6v0tlWaeetlZD08pNI8EZ8DMW1NMoIPe8WHu2NYiaCP-rsKuY7OFLLYwZp7xeoxaF3/s1600/IMG_0580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ccip4QSf-R1oqClVc1sYqddM2C0SM2GwVNF4W48oq6fRXBxOCBWdnVcPsg2wWN5yP3fdgCHU6FCIDkZ2WMdmTJZyE7JDtk6zQLJD1l8DCiDp5oXVA0t6EbL0CctzEQQUUcrHJf-cx_HS/s1600/IMG_0581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsuAXcskQv5Dfi5gnyFX38jvcxTOkZDgkwkFLnqJsDjt1M2yzvBpNVxhIlqn6MaUVHWq-IvK3kYC3Pl9u55M68GeO0ZjOuiZkiYdFiuHZhHU3RfYyP0a1oKZwWzViYEFunIGyEDDG_aVI/s1600/IMG_0584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsuAXcskQv5Dfi5gnyFX38jvcxTOkZDgkwkFLnqJsDjt1M2yzvBpNVxhIlqn6MaUVHWq-IvK3kYC3Pl9u55M68GeO0ZjOuiZkiYdFiuHZhHU3RfYyP0a1oKZwWzViYEFunIGyEDDG_aVI/s320/IMG_0584.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AU8wnPgCwskaxmMQn0R4x4_0Xvi-9MccEyM1-VFNsslzyhVkVPHT9xDpP7jtZW_yfVTIAdPvW6SPkUyu9ixGjkMdOg2MbAGaOZvyHsxdqpyxe1bQ_zEN90cuov0b400Tkfce2v9D2xH2/s1600/IMG_0565.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AU8wnPgCwskaxmMQn0R4x4_0Xvi-9MccEyM1-VFNsslzyhVkVPHT9xDpP7jtZW_yfVTIAdPvW6SPkUyu9ixGjkMdOg2MbAGaOZvyHsxdqpyxe1bQ_zEN90cuov0b400Tkfce2v9D2xH2/s320/IMG_0565.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEWfgEVqVnyWMB1351blyJ0sATh1beopMnvBjD7Ya989C_cmxhY9-wS4KJxWi5pGsnUq2zxdZDIUejHxJUNzfluzEj0NeH446fCreOEbnYiq3NoftblXgZ5N9T8vm53Gi90gMtyHTVuki/s1600/IMG_0568.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEWfgEVqVnyWMB1351blyJ0sATh1beopMnvBjD7Ya989C_cmxhY9-wS4KJxWi5pGsnUq2zxdZDIUejHxJUNzfluzEj0NeH446fCreOEbnYiq3NoftblXgZ5N9T8vm53Gi90gMtyHTVuki/s320/IMG_0568.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ_H5-HWKwr-8X43nT4No1S3Wh0CdyU6ljc3IFmQXpp98gP6BtgWXdAtaUst2uFCejBeqmoHanAMIXWuCArbAxnGCMKT9mfR1FAsfPf0oMCuoy9lg1eihcU94QL0rJgKqc1kX-MzqBBxv/s320/IMG_9926.JPG" width="320" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5GIrs5tkxdXYbdzlmZmd_1NmdKKnKHziuPoOhIY4ISlR8Wpmv0Mz1ojsdONzr3Q7QzvgrH7H6QElTOLzmAvuwOs1eDykf7mW19nk7AbvXACO3G3ZTvld_zwlBD5dJfgVbmYCm9dTbFuO/s1600/IMG_0586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5GIrs5tkxdXYbdzlmZmd_1NmdKKnKHziuPoOhIY4ISlR8Wpmv0Mz1ojsdONzr3Q7QzvgrH7H6QElTOLzmAvuwOs1eDykf7mW19nk7AbvXACO3G3ZTvld_zwlBD5dJfgVbmYCm9dTbFuO/s320/IMG_0586.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBbJd0_V0sTkQlRTib-R8RD2bNgJC-SO09t1xandTJ2m_E5hkQvIKQKA2Z5lmkiORGhubye_yd0XshsuWxl4XtIB_njYdmttCZ9U4_lYLbKbcl5s49HBjKF97w4FI5L2vtlvZjlT55m2g/s1600/IMG_0587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBbJd0_V0sTkQlRTib-R8RD2bNgJC-SO09t1xandTJ2m_E5hkQvIKQKA2Z5lmkiORGhubye_yd0XshsuWxl4XtIB_njYdmttCZ9U4_lYLbKbcl5s49HBjKF97w4FI5L2vtlvZjlT55m2g/s320/IMG_0587.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bronze crane statue.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MtArK9Nz9hvkhB1mBvnUkpaztEc9ASWZC-p0mUktPlioKl2cb8AKLuhqhgP5t65RR2foyTtAYn_A0_8M0SxT_Sbs-4Cgnk1ftzRGrKyK5kCKqC7H11b4CN86T2Lhf2PmSB4gfgfkZk_F/s1600/IMG_0588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MtArK9Nz9hvkhB1mBvnUkpaztEc9ASWZC-p0mUktPlioKl2cb8AKLuhqhgP5t65RR2foyTtAYn_A0_8M0SxT_Sbs-4Cgnk1ftzRGrKyK5kCKqC7H11b4CN86T2Lhf2PmSB4gfgfkZk_F/s320/IMG_0588.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bronze turtle statue.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUnvWXEQmCNM3BYA-tpoCg1zK3XQNE-Qj_5oidC0ocKTfhqApxB9x7AsvoVmiQ0CQ-zP_yJAPNGXfpP57WseZnRtS5bAgwsrcOrVC3HlpzNh6MDdhoXCC4zrlp4tdY5LgdsbFxxv_QaJf/s1600/IMG_0591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUnvWXEQmCNM3BYA-tpoCg1zK3XQNE-Qj_5oidC0ocKTfhqApxB9x7AsvoVmiQ0CQ-zP_yJAPNGXfpP57WseZnRtS5bAgwsrcOrVC3HlpzNh6MDdhoXCC4zrlp4tdY5LgdsbFxxv_QaJf/s320/IMG_0591.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-2OHALF0DzAhZYfdY7TgTpklOD118BKBFALkspk7zT7gRkeKjAirwVDXRvZp5c-SSjhGpTo3j9JJoWssEZFY8SqCNxMsVF4H6bAQVm87NXKJWP5Tynvp-ZGxEJ7DGAQI-Kv93NVGtCsf/s1600/IMG_0570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-2OHALF0DzAhZYfdY7TgTpklOD118BKBFALkspk7zT7gRkeKjAirwVDXRvZp5c-SSjhGpTo3j9JJoWssEZFY8SqCNxMsVF4H6bAQVm87NXKJWP5Tynvp-ZGxEJ7DGAQI-Kv93NVGtCsf/s320/IMG_0570.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZmws2kBI0H12oDsDNv2posbXQ7dlA6MJGLKoWE7F90DHT-zCpqvFPZi4KXEW_QFMgoMhd85lzmR3iNVwTz8piTZJwh_pMCm7051NzV_b2wZd2wuSMOhquGk6a9zfUjTD8uFmKboJKfdn/s1600/IMG_0572.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZmws2kBI0H12oDsDNv2posbXQ7dlA6MJGLKoWE7F90DHT-zCpqvFPZi4KXEW_QFMgoMhd85lzmR3iNVwTz8piTZJwh_pMCm7051NzV_b2wZd2wuSMOhquGk6a9zfUjTD8uFmKboJKfdn/s320/IMG_0572.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBbQqag2UZ7vT-bpI8Pg9-mpeJZmABE3AlLYRmij6Q-IPjHCibtJw0JpOPhZAtZCdauR0N9oEvWV1PClwsN-wsYYWsmIv2xoLs6noLhFTuyXQfklPb4t4sZ2h2IPUJ9aygBhXlyI86GFq/s1600/IMG_0592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBbQqag2UZ7vT-bpI8Pg9-mpeJZmABE3AlLYRmij6Q-IPjHCibtJw0JpOPhZAtZCdauR0N9oEvWV1PClwsN-wsYYWsmIv2xoLs6noLhFTuyXQfklPb4t4sZ2h2IPUJ9aygBhXlyI86GFq/s320/IMG_0592.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0mW8ShyX2Tp5kUGtIFUGadxvy9VQW25haFZiSitEEZcgGZhxuvnSQm21GAX50fs-iwUAprTGwZDQgU9bMynB_fSVywBgUMtmbESSWjiieVL8wzG0cyKhI2cSsVTpdF4Zz7OZ-A2JVMvH/s1600/IMG_0594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0mW8ShyX2Tp5kUGtIFUGadxvy9VQW25haFZiSitEEZcgGZhxuvnSQm21GAX50fs-iwUAprTGwZDQgU9bMynB_fSVywBgUMtmbESSWjiieVL8wzG0cyKhI2cSsVTpdF4Zz7OZ-A2JVMvH/s320/IMG_0594.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrlG-g7qKSmKOXqlUsBzKrnhTOIzjy_lBLTN5bpnQ3bR-TLuiAJs0Z5pyLxUkxmT3QL3D1FD21R89raDqQyT1ehtZdv1SRSimwr_C2DUWrrzaPAK4cJO_SwDjyswfUKg__jei-bUycF31/s1600/IMG_0596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrlG-g7qKSmKOXqlUsBzKrnhTOIzjy_lBLTN5bpnQ3bR-TLuiAJs0Z5pyLxUkxmT3QL3D1FD21R89raDqQyT1ehtZdv1SRSimwr_C2DUWrrzaPAK4cJO_SwDjyswfUKg__jei-bUycF31/s320/IMG_0596.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfN0GZmWjDp5DeUTlhQNRjOtvhz7cZK5BcWGJFfO4xcsOajZXqzJw5wF_cmZMFPS5ylppMz6WH0mK2HVJEpmFopgpmP8jj3BAZunsSCjx_-rdpBdprO4-jyppKi2eMh4yGBHH-tPrXnzX/s1600/IMG_0598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfN0GZmWjDp5DeUTlhQNRjOtvhz7cZK5BcWGJFfO4xcsOajZXqzJw5wF_cmZMFPS5ylppMz6WH0mK2HVJEpmFopgpmP8jj3BAZunsSCjx_-rdpBdprO4-jyppKi2eMh4yGBHH-tPrXnzX/s320/IMG_0598.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4U4rZOhr0jSkkFjqDvqiow5h8rhptTD5wEAZ4CANpsnlfICLfW-F8pIjw-r7y4IAWXsVtn1oO4TXA_CvLEPsXJjx7KS2rtrKTwXQEJodZMk664T0ZqMX1l97EsBOO2ZS_lThm8nmr40b/s1600/IMG_0601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4U4rZOhr0jSkkFjqDvqiow5h8rhptTD5wEAZ4CANpsnlfICLfW-F8pIjw-r7y4IAWXsVtn1oO4TXA_CvLEPsXJjx7KS2rtrKTwXQEJodZMk664T0ZqMX1l97EsBOO2ZS_lThm8nmr40b/s320/IMG_0601.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMLxJzUrH3gs9a_o_Asnb5Voe6SXCxLroB89lSpeftSOOUzs4VJwhdQmhbUZfgRgn8ct8W9lBP6IrKKhtuSG6K7J4ixwAInZ8yIKyegIrvbpKxtVEONEpDiJtOpNWNiImMbJrdsDGhh31/s1600/IMG_0604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMLxJzUrH3gs9a_o_Asnb5Voe6SXCxLroB89lSpeftSOOUzs4VJwhdQmhbUZfgRgn8ct8W9lBP6IrKKhtuSG6K7J4ixwAInZ8yIKyegIrvbpKxtVEONEpDiJtOpNWNiImMbJrdsDGhh31/s320/IMG_0604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeos9cJY2fTYQUFOuGMpn-2kpvEgSVBOvuK7hC7z4Lrc1b88tTEfVHPVEhMSGa_Hu4Lu1XzN_goacl_HDcCUvavCkMZUq83fJ9DT8L8G1Z7WT_utjVGcvK3nn2hck7gfThVrYx_N6c1Oo/s1600/IMG_0605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeos9cJY2fTYQUFOuGMpn-2kpvEgSVBOvuK7hC7z4Lrc1b88tTEfVHPVEhMSGa_Hu4Lu1XzN_goacl_HDcCUvavCkMZUq83fJ9DT8L8G1Z7WT_utjVGcvK3nn2hck7gfThVrYx_N6c1Oo/s320/IMG_0605.jpg" width="213" /> </a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Hill of Accumulated Elegance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbORdLTZLrv7IWtejpqIRWL2BuDQuffgux5_UsnP6KVxuJY3z9iJdsykWCBWNciAdMMQ4AI0sJjf3ZweeurDBu9hiS_HBdSQSVmyLQwMjsz-Hcegyej76r_v9W6CEUdmayxBZmrDgtVjBP/s1600/IMG_9927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbORdLTZLrv7IWtejpqIRWL2BuDQuffgux5_UsnP6KVxuJY3z9iJdsykWCBWNciAdMMQ4AI0sJjf3ZweeurDBu9hiS_HBdSQSVmyLQwMjsz-Hcegyej76r_v9W6CEUdmayxBZmrDgtVjBP/s320/IMG_9927.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Hill of Accumulated Elegance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D0ZMT6HnEvgpeCMUyrFOwp15tUwIe-6EvCPdZCtvVTLgyToAtajLXylPbmmJDCmr5V4hZ-U0QFDddGoKu0nN_jW_LAmxaQbzqS6072kYMcUQtpRifEOVNaRL0cIR1Un-hixFjeS-PreM/s1600/IMG_0607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D0ZMT6HnEvgpeCMUyrFOwp15tUwIe-6EvCPdZCtvVTLgyToAtajLXylPbmmJDCmr5V4hZ-U0QFDddGoKu0nN_jW_LAmxaQbzqS6072kYMcUQtpRifEOVNaRL0cIR1Un-hixFjeS-PreM/s320/IMG_0607.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOpGKKHBuUMrwo4VWc9tlgsTvix6LqDth5AJDSN59IkCrzoHAWYEwEQpjDZNXDTTsxjUBNCmnZptzIw926byN27LgBzedB9c8FqJ0qqBwELXvrFls_Y4VRAdKuuqqU6hwd_YxlX6HRqQ5/s1600/IMG_0608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOpGKKHBuUMrwo4VWc9tlgsTvix6LqDth5AJDSN59IkCrzoHAWYEwEQpjDZNXDTTsxjUBNCmnZptzIw926byN27LgBzedB9c8FqJ0qqBwELXvrFls_Y4VRAdKuuqqU6hwd_YxlX6HRqQ5/s320/IMG_0608.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL9mFAkiZLP00t1-5BceDta-XDtFn8crMAMmg5sgxJRFS-pBhAuqx9j5zGHGB9UipffY4Ep4tg08C7BztHdt3-hiKoausuHBosdFLWPfRA-jVsQ_UUPbf_V5kE_Um7mEl88lrutEacOAg/s1600/IMG_0609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL9mFAkiZLP00t1-5BceDta-XDtFn8crMAMmg5sgxJRFS-pBhAuqx9j5zGHGB9UipffY4Ep4tg08C7BztHdt3-hiKoausuHBosdFLWPfRA-jVsQ_UUPbf_V5kE_Um7mEl88lrutEacOAg/s320/IMG_0609.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-exxjAZnM5Ijp6X0AnJmBIqT-TflD7foKRI-dVU7cyYcRtgOZn8v5RPwgTbA7MHVEyqoBMQk6llx-1my7vrbKDsPe_3IWfUh-H8nvZvdZhjdx9ommAT2f3Ghi8u3NPXUOZCUQxKPI0t6/s1600/IMG_0611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-exxjAZnM5Ijp6X0AnJmBIqT-TflD7foKRI-dVU7cyYcRtgOZn8v5RPwgTbA7MHVEyqoBMQk6llx-1my7vrbKDsPe_3IWfUh-H8nvZvdZhjdx9ommAT2f3Ghi8u3NPXUOZCUQxKPI0t6/s320/IMG_0611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The moat surrounding the Forbidden City.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7U-yEOD9SLqLiSS6OFHZ6iUM1EtDCx5H7H8oULKqg_Oq7RyqXZQz5DXKSmXN1s7lW-ESzFMwsOBQjgmMmBx5Vjv1a7a72z5N91SO-Ay2xaM2D2CaQUDjocr5xlZUXptHq0Hnoo0tukc7/s1600/IMG_0612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7U-yEOD9SLqLiSS6OFHZ6iUM1EtDCx5H7H8oULKqg_Oq7RyqXZQz5DXKSmXN1s7lW-ESzFMwsOBQjgmMmBx5Vjv1a7a72z5N91SO-Ay2xaM2D2CaQUDjocr5xlZUXptHq0Hnoo0tukc7/s320/IMG_0612.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z24RYU89RJA0u4xAsa-1ncAS-rXK-fiKxH2tQU5lVmsQ84MrYH6mm7TxCLgYzs2XDmrfxNMuZ8B7j-PFFN85eHptwdrapHAJ79yosqbM1GNE2gjhnM5J6u0J5VfHiKyDGh8rdSAq24M0/s1600/IMG_0616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z24RYU89RJA0u4xAsa-1ncAS-rXK-fiKxH2tQU5lVmsQ84MrYH6mm7TxCLgYzs2XDmrfxNMuZ8B7j-PFFN85eHptwdrapHAJ79yosqbM1GNE2gjhnM5J6u0J5VfHiKyDGh8rdSAq24M0/s320/IMG_0616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdPTC42vpCYj_zTiABBAod71Bum5kpfj55K7gcMdvbspvKo859pBKR2EJ7tLvUN_A2CQs_kGuGyJD7co_5uPcuWDrHB-9xCynLVLppfuBTI__wUXmCKGMAOlQNhpmv89jrWkhXuzZ9DMd/s1600/IMG_0619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdPTC42vpCYj_zTiABBAod71Bum5kpfj55K7gcMdvbspvKo859pBKR2EJ7tLvUN_A2CQs_kGuGyJD7co_5uPcuWDrHB-9xCynLVLppfuBTI__wUXmCKGMAOlQNhpmv89jrWkhXuzZ9DMd/s320/IMG_0619.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The skyscraper to the left is the highest building in Beijing, and I was staying with a very nice guy who lived quite close to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT48kwcrDIzeYhu-KZSTe2_Y_m_Hdl87_uYafX6aDuAN2M_kssl_HeXDn1AY3ccIL4Ac5vAc3yz-M4V80J-Q6crNNapiD4x7IUEHrLguqpGG4NzWhKOxciZEfwQwvqBZsYbiJ3Jqvdsxe/s1600/IMG_0625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT48kwcrDIzeYhu-KZSTe2_Y_m_Hdl87_uYafX6aDuAN2M_kssl_HeXDn1AY3ccIL4Ac5vAc3yz-M4V80J-Q6crNNapiD4x7IUEHrLguqpGG4NzWhKOxciZEfwQwvqBZsYbiJ3Jqvdsxe/s320/IMG_0625.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnmq-brsR5jVaqrEKksUIYo4qJs79IcZIMNkZNNwq_WMtfjQ-zGUQ__2Z9lZuTSOlPrcC5vwgeO__mJGKUNQdKLAm1e3_JWQTOGNzq8K1_E-h9-DY24LqHG_Zbi5aspZl2br5nxm6Wnx5/s1600/IMG_0626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnmq-brsR5jVaqrEKksUIYo4qJs79IcZIMNkZNNwq_WMtfjQ-zGUQ__2Z9lZuTSOlPrcC5vwgeO__mJGKUNQdKLAm1e3_JWQTOGNzq8K1_E-h9-DY24LqHG_Zbi5aspZl2br5nxm6Wnx5/s320/IMG_0626.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66m2IeQcxOtCe_ILCwTAzQiaSa61XBbIsNI3gRNDTAsy9-KLyPONYHR7dbnC7eOJwc17iSp7Cj9apXY6P7u2mixsAkCTV77i8khXTx9xvh4tXxuPxCS2xQLtWyKn0HvkJPri0Hkvl0tQR/s1600/IMG_0628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66m2IeQcxOtCe_ILCwTAzQiaSa61XBbIsNI3gRNDTAsy9-KLyPONYHR7dbnC7eOJwc17iSp7Cj9apXY6P7u2mixsAkCTV77i8khXTx9xvh4tXxuPxCS2xQLtWyKn0HvkJPri0Hkvl0tQR/s320/IMG_0628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ3n0WR99fFBR1JwFjB4rSrzkOREFIA-KSzixy_sf45VbiA3vy-cyudDhlL9TH2ldVB9raSramj6tXVeyS4zJaqCesZwhdo4_VvlujM7P1fycosKtI0zN1mfcRcGZlQ8mh2oDe7gAMm84/s1600/IMG_0631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ3n0WR99fFBR1JwFjB4rSrzkOREFIA-KSzixy_sf45VbiA3vy-cyudDhlL9TH2ldVB9raSramj6tXVeyS4zJaqCesZwhdo4_VvlujM7P1fycosKtI0zN1mfcRcGZlQ8mh2oDe7gAMm84/s320/IMG_0631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdSfjrIWZC9xs36ucalQvIsuSrWs4pW7ASUBtQfahBwFReWHbVWFBlPXlX8HM70eGoO-cInXKMWUoPs_jQ9BmHSr89FMyGYRhGyzCfyRLjcUCyhITI2aty6ooWMkGBH6HfKHmXmmOuo2g/s1600/IMG_0634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdSfjrIWZC9xs36ucalQvIsuSrWs4pW7ASUBtQfahBwFReWHbVWFBlPXlX8HM70eGoO-cInXKMWUoPs_jQ9BmHSr89FMyGYRhGyzCfyRLjcUCyhITI2aty6ooWMkGBH6HfKHmXmmOuo2g/s320/IMG_0634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC625KOF_aajQfXJKf4elbU1g5jCbsSiuADQihRtJ06feHX8iIrvELM81YHRNDfuJzIj67bslzLmpnrTCkYlVUBLxPAzBRZa9wK8K0agTchuDwU21l_w-arRkNU7TNauDueztSHVhn0-fW/s1600/IMG_0637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC625KOF_aajQfXJKf4elbU1g5jCbsSiuADQihRtJ06feHX8iIrvELM81YHRNDfuJzIj67bslzLmpnrTCkYlVUBLxPAzBRZa9wK8K0agTchuDwU21l_w-arRkNU7TNauDueztSHVhn0-fW/s320/IMG_0637.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivV6i1EhVp8zlv3EW6pnyTzlj9lHY8hKQDtWkgQ-XkAlDO7BQ8e74DljNMJE1NkeOC1mFt5vL0CbNRbLrJ8azOUDR11yN8R-ckb2qvx1Sxw9Q_166wZ3nigzx_4ksaTdR1NI1-mKrxE4cv/s1600/IMG_0638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivV6i1EhVp8zlv3EW6pnyTzlj9lHY8hKQDtWkgQ-XkAlDO7BQ8e74DljNMJE1NkeOC1mFt5vL0CbNRbLrJ8azOUDR11yN8R-ckb2qvx1Sxw9Q_166wZ3nigzx_4ksaTdR1NI1-mKrxE4cv/s320/IMG_0638.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWGUIP2tWK2yUz02t8O5K31xS8SN7ftooKjaoidXMk4QEjeZWdxI-uhBYJxT8f_qkn7v8vtrSEiqLgElwbH5apjI1yF6B7ew_-O91BoDZJrMyt_o1SUAkQ6irgv8jP97G_Zq_CD1b-N79/s1600/IMG_0641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWGUIP2tWK2yUz02t8O5K31xS8SN7ftooKjaoidXMk4QEjeZWdxI-uhBYJxT8f_qkn7v8vtrSEiqLgElwbH5apjI1yF6B7ew_-O91BoDZJrMyt_o1SUAkQ6irgv8jP97G_Zq_CD1b-N79/s320/IMG_0641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hungry? Fried scorpion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj81nzry9AwkL9MW8q8mCVhM-9BAAc28WKP6XrdC4zMfYY7JpN_Nb7371MgoLkiZTLZ30aIIfmNDk65ZPDW3RrFYYd0-d9wqj9UyXZ_jebJGVinCGRGcNX-OavozaPz2ffr8KaRuRsQba2/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj81nzry9AwkL9MW8q8mCVhM-9BAAc28WKP6XrdC4zMfYY7JpN_Nb7371MgoLkiZTLZ30aIIfmNDk65ZPDW3RrFYYd0-d9wqj9UyXZ_jebJGVinCGRGcNX-OavozaPz2ffr8KaRuRsQba2/s320/IMG_0642.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFozC-1UcIH0GeIuQ9tcx8xMuFp_Gpf9NQ3BOzABwvij83ZW5mHxFaq_LqSLWDL28uXweKTIlLJ2ue58fy2P_MZmY0FsjllxUM-WwKUctFTmwNiSCR6sdoHh-w9P2OpsaQ5UfnG_F1FWy/s1600/IMG_0643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFozC-1UcIH0GeIuQ9tcx8xMuFp_Gpf9NQ3BOzABwvij83ZW5mHxFaq_LqSLWDL28uXweKTIlLJ2ue58fy2P_MZmY0FsjllxUM-WwKUctFTmwNiSCR6sdoHh-w9P2OpsaQ5UfnG_F1FWy/s320/IMG_0643.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tian'anmen Square</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6BSYGQAv4zT5rTeHtfuOvh1ntqyPGNfxdKQkQmksDzriweSq81inDD3zG4oBTQB-L6pLPOOHNntLGu4hpZsmgKvuhO6WMWLE-8JGo8zC82NXL08vZDOiSf_VpT0adZDL4ZM9gm1yeGNI/s1600/IMG_0645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6BSYGQAv4zT5rTeHtfuOvh1ntqyPGNfxdKQkQmksDzriweSq81inDD3zG4oBTQB-L6pLPOOHNntLGu4hpZsmgKvuhO6WMWLE-8JGo8zC82NXL08vZDOiSf_VpT0adZDL4ZM9gm1yeGNI/s320/IMG_0645.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1LizouUYxTMCyzFIr-cBr5kD3S4mktIrZwaWn5SGW25SU4iOsNm7CL-NHJf9WoNQRcnPh1UkTBVWoL-Lgtw6EAYdaaGb9zXPBML-Aed1sz479BpbcDHvbQKml3WMpVIrD1lmsKQnI6_j/s1600/IMG_0646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1LizouUYxTMCyzFIr-cBr5kD3S4mktIrZwaWn5SGW25SU4iOsNm7CL-NHJf9WoNQRcnPh1UkTBVWoL-Lgtw6EAYdaaGb9zXPBML-Aed1sz479BpbcDHvbQKml3WMpVIrD1lmsKQnI6_j/s320/IMG_0646.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
After a full day of wandering around "downtown" Beijing, Barry and I ate delicious Chinese food at a mom and pop shop near his apartment.<br />
<br />
Tuesday, I woke up bright and early, and took myself down to the Beijing South Railway Station and bought a ticket to Badaling, to see and walk on the Great Wall of China.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmLfNXr0cegZIQFOLGxir_f35IJ6NIN-6DXN0gf_JtOmbD5AO1p_Oy3jQkmgkqQlNMrapiqFXG2Zb-UpbzSnxOXAzMBaQX6pERrYVmkfSU30ZKploRCe-SHaP6oyOjwz2CHpAoDZUDtVx/s1600/IMG_9929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmLfNXr0cegZIQFOLGxir_f35IJ6NIN-6DXN0gf_JtOmbD5AO1p_Oy3jQkmgkqQlNMrapiqFXG2Zb-UpbzSnxOXAzMBaQX6pERrYVmkfSU30ZKploRCe-SHaP6oyOjwz2CHpAoDZUDtVx/s320/IMG_9929.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from the train </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqMPnwUeK6z15wrvg8KGQemyiEu2-63tjJzjQ5LFtFQY5ENLpVm8SZeexH1SgVyaxaq-_IrmbEcfuQEtRzg-QlvzQApe5Cj63quT0dP6MCXech2rSuqt5Gd-IgPoEz4HxxaIpeBPDr7OL/s1600/IMG_9931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqMPnwUeK6z15wrvg8KGQemyiEu2-63tjJzjQ5LFtFQY5ENLpVm8SZeexH1SgVyaxaq-_IrmbEcfuQEtRzg-QlvzQApe5Cj63quT0dP6MCXech2rSuqt5Gd-IgPoEz4HxxaIpeBPDr7OL/s320/IMG_9931.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pkJoAYO8VrLK6G8S6YWIat3BbeYC42RsiCiGBEDNcptb4WF9CZAk87VSGXpU0rTu4kAR3z1EIuvxiD64pXWpvWjNPD2AXgAkijVAqN7KweQr8FnQjhjftCn50RvL7Eb2PhzOlkgEkVuj/s1600/IMG_9932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pkJoAYO8VrLK6G8S6YWIat3BbeYC42RsiCiGBEDNcptb4WF9CZAk87VSGXpU0rTu4kAR3z1EIuvxiD64pXWpvWjNPD2AXgAkijVAqN7KweQr8FnQjhjftCn50RvL7Eb2PhzOlkgEkVuj/s320/IMG_9932.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0ajii4z2jiA5DE5DBgPgwpt0I2otg1lMU5d4hRDWMGVoCobIUd6KAGUQDOfenf_LV56HBfaxYt2rz6nYs8H0guRvxXncRS6N2gHzZSLvKjpm52sJSnkUvWxVCOn5bKNIIxAdelAR0kWv/s1600/IMG_9934.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0ajii4z2jiA5DE5DBgPgwpt0I2otg1lMU5d4hRDWMGVoCobIUd6KAGUQDOfenf_LV56HBfaxYt2rz6nYs8H0guRvxXncRS6N2gHzZSLvKjpm52sJSnkUvWxVCOn5bKNIIxAdelAR0kWv/s320/IMG_9934.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can start to see parts of the wall that are overgrown or dilapidated as the train approaches the more well-maintained parts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ9In0puXUNS59mSs-5-NLWRxErJSxmKRNLm-t__z75Y29ctzYkt2umlgZxNRjZvtww1rjY8A6FYIZXTqyADEqRFULfK-AZb9E67GPuGeex88wDq-yHzp1voTZQZIm0KFGDQE_MaBaEua/s1600/IMG_0649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ9In0puXUNS59mSs-5-NLWRxErJSxmKRNLm-t__z75Y29ctzYkt2umlgZxNRjZvtww1rjY8A6FYIZXTqyADEqRFULfK-AZb9E67GPuGeex88wDq-yHzp1voTZQZIm0KFGDQE_MaBaEua/s320/IMG_0649.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrDbYrgLT8S8BkPKfhGhQGzUAGso840-KlbAHxyFSGDIqFEiaxxhwaZf4u88X0WinudIezlfocqzhN-tHFOMP1CoyjYUP48C6GBrBUELIv13e1MNc7cZnzBHbsSfdbAIRWL1t-Wa3YsOq/s1600/IMG_0651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrDbYrgLT8S8BkPKfhGhQGzUAGso840-KlbAHxyFSGDIqFEiaxxhwaZf4u88X0WinudIezlfocqzhN-tHFOMP1CoyjYUP48C6GBrBUELIv13e1MNc7cZnzBHbsSfdbAIRWL1t-Wa3YsOq/s320/IMG_0651.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0xZP8Q9ZiPZ8QseJPWtNtyA7xDm24YGOaH2Y3JCUcYbSvkN9LVo4vpIwBioSYrZzqHzXEPVTKlncyV9y5Fc8KRd_ZxJmIXK_nCUxpHGhkz_6HylK0ca1xR1yBHhx3D44R2NJaX1DuQJI/s1600/IMG_0652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0xZP8Q9ZiPZ8QseJPWtNtyA7xDm24YGOaH2Y3JCUcYbSvkN9LVo4vpIwBioSYrZzqHzXEPVTKlncyV9y5Fc8KRd_ZxJmIXK_nCUxpHGhkz_6HylK0ca1xR1yBHhx3D44R2NJaX1DuQJI/s320/IMG_0652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinl1VgJIivtQiOpaV4AAPan5fz8obk1Vo416ATkwAvOXfSxTupRzZB-3YXpCtQU9UomlgNkxfO6b3SDLmV6nkViUsJURb60hpD8l3VTHyejYXmL4TuZe3o8IOR_rLY4DQvutxxvvqTys7M/s1600/IMG_9936.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinl1VgJIivtQiOpaV4AAPan5fz8obk1Vo416ATkwAvOXfSxTupRzZB-3YXpCtQU9UomlgNkxfO6b3SDLmV6nkViUsJURb60hpD8l3VTHyejYXmL4TuZe3o8IOR_rLY4DQvutxxvvqTys7M/s320/IMG_9936.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHPRDqM0AHPJDlT-lg-onkXVJn-AmckJkuXXCqT_hc8DgHE_WM35L5VSW2R3AJVpZTxXzVQl6O3BJGN5mcqPtYIjBut6bxcGeI1VeAWUsF1t5vP0ngZavcYbQZfnl2fXoYaMgaJVSkWkR/s1600/IMG_9937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHPRDqM0AHPJDlT-lg-onkXVJn-AmckJkuXXCqT_hc8DgHE_WM35L5VSW2R3AJVpZTxXzVQl6O3BJGN5mcqPtYIjBut6bxcGeI1VeAWUsF1t5vP0ngZavcYbQZfnl2fXoYaMgaJVSkWkR/s320/IMG_9937.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmstmiDw5FjPR2lMIgapKW68WexJF771BH_clMfdqSAck5zNvMZXux-K_ajuVQ4PqKnxl9xKg2I4L8EUvreGfinyZs-VcWg55qzunZrTcepSMgeW6fLD8YivkXi5INdNIsqszt37jk81m/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlm-LEWYe_X5cstlrdqHxuGWFru_6_HuG4_UFXQWrZuFtfitC37l2k12DmJResGP2tZLLuN2n5Sx94xJ1gTm6JXExPk8X15NBATWKtOK_axLZEgALPhGD_AxdlZK_NVdzqbENoQhCWMQJ/s1600/IMG_0654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlm-LEWYe_X5cstlrdqHxuGWFru_6_HuG4_UFXQWrZuFtfitC37l2k12DmJResGP2tZLLuN2n5Sx94xJ1gTm6JXExPk8X15NBATWKtOK_axLZEgALPhGD_AxdlZK_NVdzqbENoQhCWMQJ/s320/IMG_0654.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXWQF2LT4MudAGDo6qNARzlCeZVu3tdq2FWzH8y_qOAYOT03wQKE1DKa3RegGd2SuCMXbJMyjAYQ4fjFSAmb8pGNYjS2APyGQVYOGMgxhyrfbR50ODPYi95__5bTmAN9L06713ZAQt7r2/s1600/IMG_0656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXWQF2LT4MudAGDo6qNARzlCeZVu3tdq2FWzH8y_qOAYOT03wQKE1DKa3RegGd2SuCMXbJMyjAYQ4fjFSAmb8pGNYjS2APyGQVYOGMgxhyrfbR50ODPYi95__5bTmAN9L06713ZAQt7r2/s320/IMG_0656.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcy9O47aYno6k0QeBPoZ8rWwXPnCVURxRig_SnJUn3YVvQ65zLCTyoxLY81huki2E9S6hNmGqax7-tEBJUOxzqXLwH5FveLqqoISaG69DiT5PVOQfiRC0vC4eFGWsN9Cm1whdsfw-nBtX/s1600/IMG_0657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcy9O47aYno6k0QeBPoZ8rWwXPnCVURxRig_SnJUn3YVvQ65zLCTyoxLY81huki2E9S6hNmGqax7-tEBJUOxzqXLwH5FveLqqoISaG69DiT5PVOQfiRC0vC4eFGWsN9Cm1whdsfw-nBtX/s320/IMG_0657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_-K-HXXOiEEbrJO6Q2aT9fVOvrY7MPuFZ0uUAgLQJsPuS30hW-Ug9ckElseSBEt-OUle71xavHaA4V9eiB_E6GqnDVCMknvGrAx12_i3zb7scXMlrAyp-eLOLmPmDxMSBbWRBqOs4dLd/s1600/IMG_0658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_-K-HXXOiEEbrJO6Q2aT9fVOvrY7MPuFZ0uUAgLQJsPuS30hW-Ug9ckElseSBEt-OUle71xavHaA4V9eiB_E6GqnDVCMknvGrAx12_i3zb7scXMlrAyp-eLOLmPmDxMSBbWRBqOs4dLd/s320/IMG_0658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3utCdYunpJV3RTcWZHERMoCLhQrwQLABGyTxRPDd6d2zUB7UsHrcXTiISDlub-q0sQhZwbpl1ZTykq065aRyc2ziD70u29E9q_xuQfjJIZU87A2Fx1tWaO19Vp7yVfaaAP24CL9jLojm/s1600/IMG_0659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3utCdYunpJV3RTcWZHERMoCLhQrwQLABGyTxRPDd6d2zUB7UsHrcXTiISDlub-q0sQhZwbpl1ZTykq065aRyc2ziD70u29E9q_xuQfjJIZU87A2Fx1tWaO19Vp7yVfaaAP24CL9jLojm/s320/IMG_0659.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdpx26NeQVdC0WJUt5OiSRmGOD68gGtj6Lh1p9f70NVYViE-h-0iocTq8xSqz_Ng9Nd5Yd_VTWD4Aq9LlIKWexdxdeywmKgS0GNuc-MzIgus29ndWHknIP5f3BwzMR8gD1UqBIxkZQxQm/s1600/IMG_0665.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdpx26NeQVdC0WJUt5OiSRmGOD68gGtj6Lh1p9f70NVYViE-h-0iocTq8xSqz_Ng9Nd5Yd_VTWD4Aq9LlIKWexdxdeywmKgS0GNuc-MzIgus29ndWHknIP5f3BwzMR8gD1UqBIxkZQxQm/s320/IMG_0665.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4Ppb9qZNwZNfYbqRcK3U2b9AmG1ZzVqU3sThIXLxWot-FdM6mKcM1YSmYG6Q8PUfUea7UW_1oqRyrT0oqseqqD4S9X9BDluQlPqaprGnyPx39fiKTS7qcbM5k-81HUusjryCqhYrE-YF/s1600/IMG_0667.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4Ppb9qZNwZNfYbqRcK3U2b9AmG1ZzVqU3sThIXLxWot-FdM6mKcM1YSmYG6Q8PUfUea7UW_1oqRyrT0oqseqqD4S9X9BDluQlPqaprGnyPx39fiKTS7qcbM5k-81HUusjryCqhYrE-YF/s320/IMG_0667.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51gjM9QHJHWNfFqWN_TG3nlUSVdyFazgerPa4QQuY1LA6X7Iubwy7DWauIhuhXxuJIUCxyN7s08xvKwAISjXXz-NdyCpyUMP8gq_fl0KsnmJzE65qoeyoSz-b9XDwUDG_zR6EDdRkW2qr/s1600/IMG_0668.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51gjM9QHJHWNfFqWN_TG3nlUSVdyFazgerPa4QQuY1LA6X7Iubwy7DWauIhuhXxuJIUCxyN7s08xvKwAISjXXz-NdyCpyUMP8gq_fl0KsnmJzE65qoeyoSz-b9XDwUDG_zR6EDdRkW2qr/s320/IMG_0668.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_pkdk3SoMYRSYQcVnqudHxuAS7tBx2XYm8npn5rj6hTX4TLDRYSW6OR5hfQ_cGT_JeLwzcXdkl8AR84oHUKoG7wdi5LQ6rOUynuG2wO_5zgp8KDa9NzAmmMEmbMnZeYWpqXdd-G8j8BI/s1600/IMG_0670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_pkdk3SoMYRSYQcVnqudHxuAS7tBx2XYm8npn5rj6hTX4TLDRYSW6OR5hfQ_cGT_JeLwzcXdkl8AR84oHUKoG7wdi5LQ6rOUynuG2wO_5zgp8KDa9NzAmmMEmbMnZeYWpqXdd-G8j8BI/s320/IMG_0670.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn72BKJzAb4n91Ys2Vs7kI7q8mciKnlf1qnOQqJZVsx1LkScDOFgv41nG8QCJmp_4mYB9K7wpSDMxN0CgjD1954Rpv7DMTzGE34zdpC-BQifMS7zBWahXbI56A3u8KyeV2nfo2NcPt15uJ/s1600/IMG_0671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn72BKJzAb4n91Ys2Vs7kI7q8mciKnlf1qnOQqJZVsx1LkScDOFgv41nG8QCJmp_4mYB9K7wpSDMxN0CgjD1954Rpv7DMTzGE34zdpC-BQifMS7zBWahXbI56A3u8KyeV2nfo2NcPt15uJ/s320/IMG_0671.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKmoqkZ4Or39srC02tvu4VI1Wn0ANynBTk6R0FtgkgUha0V_x1zB_YNgXexthEOKQ9Y8kt0YFK-35-9dJoVYztjuxsHhResO_TWJ8coq6qQPEfEXo3EeNih_tDgxr7nfbdfB_9PX7Urh3/s1600/IMG_0673.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKmoqkZ4Or39srC02tvu4VI1Wn0ANynBTk6R0FtgkgUha0V_x1zB_YNgXexthEOKQ9Y8kt0YFK-35-9dJoVYztjuxsHhResO_TWJ8coq6qQPEfEXo3EeNih_tDgxr7nfbdfB_9PX7Urh3/s320/IMG_0673.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG8j_SObKS2GOWDu0aBsI8SQG9W8Uz-1dPImaW74GahHBtVed5HzUyZpuwaPXI32K-O9blJzpcLPGlz_PXUadS9ep22SJXLww1Y796q-G2ynttOuO2OYKQXgjtW6OLCU-t2espHAQ9xDG/s1600/IMG_0676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG8j_SObKS2GOWDu0aBsI8SQG9W8Uz-1dPImaW74GahHBtVed5HzUyZpuwaPXI32K-O9blJzpcLPGlz_PXUadS9ep22SJXLww1Y796q-G2ynttOuO2OYKQXgjtW6OLCU-t2espHAQ9xDG/s320/IMG_0676.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj0305LyarTlw5vCCeGO9E3tk2cOZIvwpteF8a-aUOWVDcNmusz7CvytKdDjwRslk6eRViSnSvMdPMBIwvLT29Qgw0nt-iQ-Xo5V70Co2A2PDZNCBScDIjGlzGw61QRsjXF3ViNAFLoQP/s1600/IMG_0679.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj0305LyarTlw5vCCeGO9E3tk2cOZIvwpteF8a-aUOWVDcNmusz7CvytKdDjwRslk6eRViSnSvMdPMBIwvLT29Qgw0nt-iQ-Xo5V70Co2A2PDZNCBScDIjGlzGw61QRsjXF3ViNAFLoQP/s320/IMG_0679.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9mmSdkPaRJod76E6Kr1omAZedXJqNrjJG6p8Ho-fPcDjH7yK04S9EV9gADWlKycjMQfbDagRc8P-1F6sUurXrrLR7DugmgPLNHwNZMLO6hely5or-qFnMLh8OCIZQJbC_sHwumSk2kKh/s1600/IMG_0681.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9mmSdkPaRJod76E6Kr1omAZedXJqNrjJG6p8Ho-fPcDjH7yK04S9EV9gADWlKycjMQfbDagRc8P-1F6sUurXrrLR7DugmgPLNHwNZMLO6hely5or-qFnMLh8OCIZQJbC_sHwumSk2kKh/s320/IMG_0681.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just to let you know, this wall is deceptively steep.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8JQXv5-NdwVJaUV_kLhX0KfodO8-fAO8-X2AfKo4QSMFpL3Gz3MsWVUV35zKjcqDeY8jN53B6gzuz0J6Hy7UHZjLULqa6x1npX4p50kumWLbSgoIiv7MChL3VscQxRdvu6p1JfEa86B/s1600/IMG_0682.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8JQXv5-NdwVJaUV_kLhX0KfodO8-fAO8-X2AfKo4QSMFpL3Gz3MsWVUV35zKjcqDeY8jN53B6gzuz0J6Hy7UHZjLULqa6x1npX4p50kumWLbSgoIiv7MChL3VscQxRdvu6p1JfEa86B/s320/IMG_0682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdHb3_PXXVaJG-XdErHtI_8WM4oe4TNxcHi551sjM_nyNDBvvQ1w_Ajc3EAMMHV4rb0yoRn3cqI-Mogk1QWzz8bYlnjHVXx7R9wl8SX8xxLe-WKuNYzUbOpEmfUm8ZHGtUbh4LEkJt_Xf/s1600/IMG_0683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdHb3_PXXVaJG-XdErHtI_8WM4oe4TNxcHi551sjM_nyNDBvvQ1w_Ajc3EAMMHV4rb0yoRn3cqI-Mogk1QWzz8bYlnjHVXx7R9wl8SX8xxLe-WKuNYzUbOpEmfUm8ZHGtUbh4LEkJt_Xf/s320/IMG_0683.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1v6axCnGigS1ehXNgADJuPOoaQTGbT1ko1YQEUYoDqf0lBogX9tBKb7ds2Gb2lGVQDQ-WAAnEliBmy1E9R9tMbuTPeuN2RwM0oAQbQYRmis-1JWrYZNSbftgU6dhdd55rPXe03P2SRYe/s1600/IMG_0684.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1v6axCnGigS1ehXNgADJuPOoaQTGbT1ko1YQEUYoDqf0lBogX9tBKb7ds2Gb2lGVQDQ-WAAnEliBmy1E9R9tMbuTPeuN2RwM0oAQbQYRmis-1JWrYZNSbftgU6dhdd55rPXe03P2SRYe/s320/IMG_0684.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzM-F383aiEb9aM8KIWMFeJqzCySeweGSjgtqP652dqGUuYM5nBjJvjnyYVGN5jlCpj8JgHKLa7cfZ12ZBlIEnLf5Hz3pHIFgZchp585X0tPm7IB8ov-CJtnRPN4CuKlzHLvBANyf0VOQ/s1600/IMG_0685.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzM-F383aiEb9aM8KIWMFeJqzCySeweGSjgtqP652dqGUuYM5nBjJvjnyYVGN5jlCpj8JgHKLa7cfZ12ZBlIEnLf5Hz3pHIFgZchp585X0tPm7IB8ov-CJtnRPN4CuKlzHLvBANyf0VOQ/s320/IMG_0685.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg36dxFxITNp7mE12FidAs-sVWimbkO5wr47jMxn-DkL-doUHdWmf4zxuWUCRZKfjch-UIXpWsHl3Qfviu2GtzjqB-L7oaSHo2DssmntNjhmR5RRtIXoq1uEDStubjrOswGtHzZcVL9ZH/s1600/IMG_0686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg36dxFxITNp7mE12FidAs-sVWimbkO5wr47jMxn-DkL-doUHdWmf4zxuWUCRZKfjch-UIXpWsHl3Qfviu2GtzjqB-L7oaSHo2DssmntNjhmR5RRtIXoq1uEDStubjrOswGtHzZcVL9ZH/s320/IMG_0686.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h50yLkr3k-IHShlaT7ErcQsKrfMgE0K6F4SSplLSyBL_LVAefydoWQKSWeLAcxaOAa46hOBU9HmjWvVWiHKPEEcLsX-CpFrnHjOQ4XTBq2bnAZ30nh5_mOAm5L5XOaaXQgpu1mb9o1v_/s1600/IMG_0687.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h50yLkr3k-IHShlaT7ErcQsKrfMgE0K6F4SSplLSyBL_LVAefydoWQKSWeLAcxaOAa46hOBU9HmjWvVWiHKPEEcLsX-CpFrnHjOQ4XTBq2bnAZ30nh5_mOAm5L5XOaaXQgpu1mb9o1v_/s320/IMG_0687.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mu82ARvLkbTLYsRweeFJGGljgL0B_7CtfLRhKLZnAIWHUnngCZDWckmNGCnqF0eR5G9GaHJcpnvNflSMVX9cx7dxLWZ1YzJ7JsnYZDYG-dWThT1LHAB6x8rP5uHCl1Tq5AFW1hDHofTs/s1600/IMG_9943.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mu82ARvLkbTLYsRweeFJGGljgL0B_7CtfLRhKLZnAIWHUnngCZDWckmNGCnqF0eR5G9GaHJcpnvNflSMVX9cx7dxLWZ1YzJ7JsnYZDYG-dWThT1LHAB6x8rP5uHCl1Tq5AFW1hDHofTs/s320/IMG_9943.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxek8J6lX2Y4M8far8cIzwE-3ooXQoLTUJ1URNvoX9oSGpjDfRbZhJwsq3jy0ExD5uxb7QNUIZQ4tSwzq5JYG5rLMkILATxdT3zUzRvy00WWqgtjb2ul7UNHfpX56KBsy94vp6idp_sbh/s1600/IMG_0699.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxek8J6lX2Y4M8far8cIzwE-3ooXQoLTUJ1URNvoX9oSGpjDfRbZhJwsq3jy0ExD5uxb7QNUIZQ4tSwzq5JYG5rLMkILATxdT3zUzRvy00WWqgtjb2ul7UNHfpX56KBsy94vp6idp_sbh/s320/IMG_0699.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TRC7xq_0F07NxHbMD2jjDJ1vH1yC2Dspf4G9bV2-gP9A1qqmFdIGhP3g_8T0KqvhGX9bwhLG3K3SnOSQTC-YwWvOrzrHg1-l3ILgVUzee_62PlRiz7K7nkWOYRdQGypO4Zylg_91g_Z_/s1600/IMG_9945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TRC7xq_0F07NxHbMD2jjDJ1vH1yC2Dspf4G9bV2-gP9A1qqmFdIGhP3g_8T0KqvhGX9bwhLG3K3SnOSQTC-YwWvOrzrHg1-l3ILgVUzee_62PlRiz7K7nkWOYRdQGypO4Zylg_91g_Z_/s320/IMG_9945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barry and I at a mall in Beijing, grabbing something to eat before I head down to Suzhou to visit John David.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRVWj3ivHHEz5dEIY10LCdvYLnFXCleLPngtECnZltmKI3XG9vzNckTQOsG5ZfvZQ04LJOFvocxz86xiUMkLJSLK-Oe1i0gSSwC34_CMEDOxXNQexYFKEscJkhcjyln0Y8u5cDEX0RYLA/s1600/IMG_9946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRVWj3ivHHEz5dEIY10LCdvYLnFXCleLPngtECnZltmKI3XG9vzNckTQOsG5ZfvZQ04LJOFvocxz86xiUMkLJSLK-Oe1i0gSSwC34_CMEDOxXNQexYFKEscJkhcjyln0Y8u5cDEX0RYLA/s320/IMG_9946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beijing Railway Station</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pQs-3VmCu-FV5Gxy7v59UX8GkoS_rY9LGwelUiI8WJ4XvK3qv6GPgXz_99Q8V1uaXKrFW8w1Vzh6HW8qYnKaTaPPWivTSuuzcPXLiSc_BiEceb8ZMMWQGPginzkaEJpY0WyeUGqY-TyU/s1600/IMG_9947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pQs-3VmCu-FV5Gxy7v59UX8GkoS_rY9LGwelUiI8WJ4XvK3qv6GPgXz_99Q8V1uaXKrFW8w1Vzh6HW8qYnKaTaPPWivTSuuzcPXLiSc_BiEceb8ZMMWQGPginzkaEJpY0WyeUGqY-TyU/s320/IMG_9947.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv05Y6_gvZ9uth9isyydDh1h37nBnoakjjmXv2PIoiOqmnyLvRPrqP9CYL5d1FwFeAaT0hkPFqiqniqZLHh1PgKb2aeeppN6gwCfFKcZecaSvosdzwrza3yKFeRhTryNgdxmti1ioytsuc/s1600/IMG_9948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv05Y6_gvZ9uth9isyydDh1h37nBnoakjjmXv2PIoiOqmnyLvRPrqP9CYL5d1FwFeAaT0hkPFqiqniqZLHh1PgKb2aeeppN6gwCfFKcZecaSvosdzwrza3yKFeRhTryNgdxmti1ioytsuc/s320/IMG_9948.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
And now, Suzhou!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69iy2ucHeUag6-NhI-L3GQewW5rUHr2Cz9vMtcixysKcFuq_88BRSQxNTNsT6kp8T5lJEiNR5MQkyqfOvjKKc_M6gEcu8h-uomPETyoplUUyc50ayJLLVcoEP0F7lZ_w5eYKU6HrPQWPX/s1600/IMG_9825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKKy0XkVgF6Z7uW7EJ7t7BUf6YxX_78A-Kc-aDMxTMvlLidlmYBFFspYvhFQTXgAI0g2A1O9DgFkQn4A0m30tll8NqMzplmhgZCMYtKH7xutZ4SwgBJHNHK_Mve5FTG53t-Xfboe0_6yc/s1600/IMG_9949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKKy0XkVgF6Z7uW7EJ7t7BUf6YxX_78A-Kc-aDMxTMvlLidlmYBFFspYvhFQTXgAI0g2A1O9DgFkQn4A0m30tll8NqMzplmhgZCMYtKH7xutZ4SwgBJHNHK_Mve5FTG53t-Xfboe0_6yc/s320/IMG_9949.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">John David's apartment complex, which is next to a Kraft factory, so his apartment always smells like cookies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVdH3r2-chC10qaR2Zpuk4nq7zBOd0PNQg-a2I7-2cbHRy-carhTkTZe1a81g1P8-8Lt_VhBFLPUoyjCg7Da6o6FzTLWRJYgv3up2vL5S7cMzl2skPqmTrdZwutxwRo6AZUxYMaV21OtI/s1600/IMG_9950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVdH3r2-chC10qaR2Zpuk4nq7zBOd0PNQg-a2I7-2cbHRy-carhTkTZe1a81g1P8-8Lt_VhBFLPUoyjCg7Da6o6FzTLWRJYgv3up2vL5S7cMzl2skPqmTrdZwutxwRo6AZUxYMaV21OtI/s320/IMG_9950.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">J Dizzle and his e-bike.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWhik_qziNfX3jk52ugU5OKAhbGH_chcuMU-q6jPN0Uf9dS7P3FmwpVXeVeHaUzQLXEBRyw7wUrZlKwdP-yUbWcAe9h8bOjlihiNzWgsagDJMuZotDISGfNiMFwIXO2-UezpfSxMrOAN7/s1600/IMG_9951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWhik_qziNfX3jk52ugU5OKAhbGH_chcuMU-q6jPN0Uf9dS7P3FmwpVXeVeHaUzQLXEBRyw7wUrZlKwdP-yUbWcAe9h8bOjlihiNzWgsagDJMuZotDISGfNiMFwIXO2-UezpfSxMrOAN7/s320/IMG_9951.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Have you seen our canals?"</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy16lMCQRR5L0_JGHWSdWX2plpnGqRl-ZEjccSoK8NHzBRz83j8E6jXYy9htOTr1E7BgLVpz3uhon_HlP38UV5-5VtHzruQnYxxDDssD0-SB4pES6TMLILHs7Gpwt9bgfhlfWo0GxY-T_9/s1600/IMG_9954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy16lMCQRR5L0_JGHWSdWX2plpnGqRl-ZEjccSoK8NHzBRz83j8E6jXYy9htOTr1E7BgLVpz3uhon_HlP38UV5-5VtHzruQnYxxDDssD0-SB4pES6TMLILHs7Gpwt9bgfhlfWo0GxY-T_9/s320/IMG_9954.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojmQrK_U0UvLA9VKofqOz3d-S3OknuJIE9Epx6l1ELbAfKCVPQOEoQmS6gHqA99LcrqC7hKVCDUy0gPYUsbO6K5TMJxOJJIC3YzYcXCcls0TiQImLADphN8NWKe102aaScL9vMi2vDCJK/s1600/IMG_9956.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojmQrK_U0UvLA9VKofqOz3d-S3OknuJIE9Epx6l1ELbAfKCVPQOEoQmS6gHqA99LcrqC7hKVCDUy0gPYUsbO6K5TMJxOJJIC3YzYcXCcls0TiQImLADphN8NWKe102aaScL9vMi2vDCJK/s320/IMG_9956.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvRGpxLfd1SQp41latUzMI5gM3nwEzjk4vHjagyc5RUULF9VrzFwHvya0vtluDwgirt-9EuaroCRFi6HyiBhwKBborQv5-FTS-ReIpS6l_RrILTSGWA7S6DbRa3Lik-yNf_-zqHbZls-m/s1600/IMG_9957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvRGpxLfd1SQp41latUzMI5gM3nwEzjk4vHjagyc5RUULF9VrzFwHvya0vtluDwgirt-9EuaroCRFi6HyiBhwKBborQv5-FTS-ReIpS6l_RrILTSGWA7S6DbRa3Lik-yNf_-zqHbZls-m/s320/IMG_9957.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">JD and I, touring Suzhou via e-bike.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAmP89NgnoRSbTaUjOrtkQyXl8nZKbTKroPqZ_rJlAAM36ltr5SEfzSUyAJY5kCP9T978mzJihutgrZ8f-KhDRqEuyCfZTlWlumOzH0MW_PEls60B9uf4mjuXk2zi_-9MKsQvLlqZVWc6/s1600/IMG_9958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAmP89NgnoRSbTaUjOrtkQyXl8nZKbTKroPqZ_rJlAAM36ltr5SEfzSUyAJY5kCP9T978mzJihutgrZ8f-KhDRqEuyCfZTlWlumOzH0MW_PEls60B9uf4mjuXk2zi_-9MKsQvLlqZVWc6/s320/IMG_9958.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzvYLvKxHn9uq7bd3K89qlZ06zTueRPRS9dDiU2jJt7hqjaY7NuU8hmdc76L7smiWVw9tmveyRaD8GjArYRqA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbG5t49epuCZQcHi2L99GFtMqU4Wdm73B2A_YayfzQYKBkWLcOawEWD5ybUf17L-ktiAyKdv4VVfzOMf6aMrlJa8wuPoOs2uPrE3f66KfNSZqEy2v4ctk4iTQN5JkYQWuM-mTPuVABgaC/s1600/IMG_9962.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbG5t49epuCZQcHi2L99GFtMqU4Wdm73B2A_YayfzQYKBkWLcOawEWD5ybUf17L-ktiAyKdv4VVfzOMf6aMrlJa8wuPoOs2uPrE3f66KfNSZqEy2v4ctk4iTQN5JkYQWuM-mTPuVABgaC/s320/IMG_9962.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wp5hJCEjjMkHNuetEAkzKxvRPJTo8csZqswRJiWNIPB1zqNzfTHfXofwBrdqHfl7I3AqQAMYRoL7SUf-0l_kWaOXqxvCetqIxhTk8lsll0TJsyldfPzPdiRC7-ZOSVh8k3-KCjMGRo_i/s1600/IMG_9963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wp5hJCEjjMkHNuetEAkzKxvRPJTo8csZqswRJiWNIPB1zqNzfTHfXofwBrdqHfl7I3AqQAMYRoL7SUf-0l_kWaOXqxvCetqIxhTk8lsll0TJsyldfPzPdiRC7-ZOSVh8k3-KCjMGRo_i/s320/IMG_9963.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM5Z5EiWFrExIN36bBIhvYf6BOyv3weRJXrDRxUKh61chHjyZ_ZB97Yf99pB3NcmPXy-K5XU13D0LQzWOFcWOjbGIVrmwUAL4ucqSXGzJn1eMmbsnmZR5KR0Vu34mtZvoIFG07fAokF1B/s1600/IMG_9964.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM5Z5EiWFrExIN36bBIhvYf6BOyv3weRJXrDRxUKh61chHjyZ_ZB97Yf99pB3NcmPXy-K5XU13D0LQzWOFcWOjbGIVrmwUAL4ucqSXGzJn1eMmbsnmZR5KR0Vu34mtZvoIFG07fAokF1B/s320/IMG_9964.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJtK_JAzewquZf3J2TcUhbTjyZleePMxhTsoyfy5Ktdb7uQ2MXq7WPOy6G2EBNNuNPlFXixNdoGQzFYyz4C-V0TmB0yKM0CcEoS8q7i5hGO7SxlAb6l-QmJD97V8hmIWrB8dF4I7E6Nf8/s1600/IMG_9966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJtK_JAzewquZf3J2TcUhbTjyZleePMxhTsoyfy5Ktdb7uQ2MXq7WPOy6G2EBNNuNPlFXixNdoGQzFYyz4C-V0TmB0yKM0CcEoS8q7i5hGO7SxlAb6l-QmJD97V8hmIWrB8dF4I7E6Nf8/s320/IMG_9966.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJ3wdZqllS9jSfJdDj8bDO3ZbMg1I5NVoKfEsqosUjRGhJYFZFNI_uMHFX1O4n_dM87qH3PHxpbZtJhW2iv3iSo2x_Hj9aX0z23Dd1M4b8lD188-BHl9oKdVdadSQb4Ufji6AwpFf3Cl8/s1600/IMG_9967.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJ3wdZqllS9jSfJdDj8bDO3ZbMg1I5NVoKfEsqosUjRGhJYFZFNI_uMHFX1O4n_dM87qH3PHxpbZtJhW2iv3iSo2x_Hj9aX0z23Dd1M4b8lD188-BHl9oKdVdadSQb4Ufji6AwpFf3Cl8/s320/IMG_9967.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6TIH9C7C8MtC_tjBkWgrJtjxu2166SCcfVUKYb-ZokGD6D2o-jD00iv-nD0IP8MgPVPnlYQtadsB7jffkewmpRMb1ehmLACm0aD5qH1g3zv_v0KYHthzD490Vq0Sd8eS_kg7g8lK-2rK/s1600/IMG_9969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6TIH9C7C8MtC_tjBkWgrJtjxu2166SCcfVUKYb-ZokGD6D2o-jD00iv-nD0IP8MgPVPnlYQtadsB7jffkewmpRMb1ehmLACm0aD5qH1g3zv_v0KYHthzD490Vq0Sd8eS_kg7g8lK-2rK/s320/IMG_9969.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, I convinced JD he NEEDED to buy the drum kit for Guitar Hero.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65JB6RNOG9lGSKJgadIW4IJ80A3IPn3wmgv38hvrIohrqL5PoBIL2KTGZVSeHF5QdbPe58ARe6Nj42Lt4WhkSbh7mrd7l-5Y-lmXFyrO47CGb3r3jSxJmofmlBEJePB8SQGf2gELv0N2U/s1600/IMG_9981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65JB6RNOG9lGSKJgadIW4IJ80A3IPn3wmgv38hvrIohrqL5PoBIL2KTGZVSeHF5QdbPe58ARe6Nj42Lt4WhkSbh7mrd7l-5Y-lmXFyrO47CGb3r3jSxJmofmlBEJePB8SQGf2gELv0N2U/s320/IMG_9981.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Autobots - Roll out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYCJt5oI4dMd82qyVafysGgK5tTnfC8mBjNW-R_sSl8eR6slhHCcoXDafrM7-kQ36-EsVvVxO06Y5e-opjBYMgObeDiAcQtofpgmm8hH5RwwbV-iePzq1xVU4fQd0bZJxX6ku57zV6cMk/s1600/IMG_9982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYCJt5oI4dMd82qyVafysGgK5tTnfC8mBjNW-R_sSl8eR6slhHCcoXDafrM7-kQ36-EsVvVxO06Y5e-opjBYMgObeDiAcQtofpgmm8hH5RwwbV-iePzq1xVU4fQd0bZJxX6ku57zV6cMk/s320/IMG_9982.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzAYMNdeWsclDcz7Hx5JYi5JaygSr4lstyC587YeNaVgLULUMgOB1Qu88X_atVnr3DvcF4nwgXAiL697-qLqZjI1TAMBDdKY2FECDVbw6uRzBMkVb9aADCSe08W6ho9KrNw-CC_X4Akm8/s1600/IMG_9983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzAYMNdeWsclDcz7Hx5JYi5JaygSr4lstyC587YeNaVgLULUMgOB1Qu88X_atVnr3DvcF4nwgXAiL697-qLqZjI1TAMBDdKY2FECDVbw6uRzBMkVb9aADCSe08W6ho9KrNw-CC_X4Akm8/s320/IMG_9983.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilc3DPDT-1e8CPO5Pak5-rgWs2rzpKfMPXl-r-rKmaIvfkDcxXLQijHahjPZ1NY42_1sPDzEpbf0vVeEtCde8_FA0nyEoPvYbVDELAASTL2FooQLKPdX0T6naPvF1huaeEDOABH3YxrOR-/s1600/IMG_9984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilc3DPDT-1e8CPO5Pak5-rgWs2rzpKfMPXl-r-rKmaIvfkDcxXLQijHahjPZ1NY42_1sPDzEpbf0vVeEtCde8_FA0nyEoPvYbVDELAASTL2FooQLKPdX0T6naPvF1huaeEDOABH3YxrOR-/s320/IMG_9984.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY671aCPQc6PFia8vK_rhPBpMKMhD8iYqtrBOTkeuXRpsKuwtrmyCDDnA_ABzhK3Zye_i06EFOAWvqauNfykUfFhHcLsofmIShsYcnyY6535Dd4hqZiepGpbxMuYVnxkOcIWjOHJER_NF/s1600/IMG_9985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY671aCPQc6PFia8vK_rhPBpMKMhD8iYqtrBOTkeuXRpsKuwtrmyCDDnA_ABzhK3Zye_i06EFOAWvqauNfykUfFhHcLsofmIShsYcnyY6535Dd4hqZiepGpbxMuYVnxkOcIWjOHJER_NF/s320/IMG_9985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg5TXxQdp3QwDd53EYXTNe140Ld5vPXD8GaltWJLhD1A-Jivh7uXyAQprCNdzEuPT_r8bNxlD7LyKDcU9Qr_bGBj78tXmHwETj2Z88ILCHxWnYjIuD6FmChEWzXlFmAaw9-0JvZ35mdz_/s1600/IMG_9987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg5TXxQdp3QwDd53EYXTNe140Ld5vPXD8GaltWJLhD1A-Jivh7uXyAQprCNdzEuPT_r8bNxlD7LyKDcU9Qr_bGBj78tXmHwETj2Z88ILCHxWnYjIuD6FmChEWzXlFmAaw9-0JvZ35mdz_/s320/IMG_9987.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx88Q9Sq6cIp-BdTjZHrqKFwGa6f3USvLs7mzNQpu-xVOrkzDv30o8Bx_HkkcJxZAvxH3eAaaWg0P1X3Nd4EIDl5uKUaPzTFuW_ike_A_AzdBVJnuAoWqKB4kqCEXa4uR1iC0Eie-e5rZ/s1600/IMG_9988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx88Q9Sq6cIp-BdTjZHrqKFwGa6f3USvLs7mzNQpu-xVOrkzDv30o8Bx_HkkcJxZAvxH3eAaaWg0P1X3Nd4EIDl5uKUaPzTFuW_ike_A_AzdBVJnuAoWqKB4kqCEXa4uR1iC0Eie-e5rZ/s320/IMG_9988.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t1jRcNwOJVsLU3YW42yQ5rRJYNIFGTsLDZs4nt3hp-Xv3MYYe0SMPi2p76x2r8UAFiwoRc1LPrHF7yWJDy3jSb5VtgNXXxZKCWtPfbFZlt4sptO9NGtK3mCPhxKBFh-LuFm78-2_stIZ/s1600/IMG_9989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t1jRcNwOJVsLU3YW42yQ5rRJYNIFGTsLDZs4nt3hp-Xv3MYYe0SMPi2p76x2r8UAFiwoRc1LPrHF7yWJDy3jSb5VtgNXXxZKCWtPfbFZlt4sptO9NGtK3mCPhxKBFh-LuFm78-2_stIZ/s320/IMG_9989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hunter and Tucker betting if they could fit through the well opening and land safely on the table below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J5K_-ugaXfeUU-gaxR0uC-pCie8lWgjUknHiC7r5R_1IkbuwdThpXGqLQHbRGmfSoL3b96JYmFieMgMvpLOBzzfaoLa8RtEzgYnvnX4tMg_xc5e27zTTMYl4kzgiIhY41iqCALVM2RQk/s1600/IMG_9990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J5K_-ugaXfeUU-gaxR0uC-pCie8lWgjUknHiC7r5R_1IkbuwdThpXGqLQHbRGmfSoL3b96JYmFieMgMvpLOBzzfaoLa8RtEzgYnvnX4tMg_xc5e27zTTMYl4kzgiIhY41iqCALVM2RQk/s320/IMG_9990.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnsZnTgu6LfZ9bifzQYUVnJSNfrE7DKHgWhMhhSCOanTb_peBDlVH6BIVBYPL0_ooy7oN0lhni72Zq2wRIGeP-sGWoIWnY25OhlY5DSWx3KZlLi5Avnht1HMOgO0uxHWHRUPjtj_gstzf/s1600/IMG_9991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnsZnTgu6LfZ9bifzQYUVnJSNfrE7DKHgWhMhhSCOanTb_peBDlVH6BIVBYPL0_ooy7oN0lhni72Zq2wRIGeP-sGWoIWnY25OhlY5DSWx3KZlLi5Avnht1HMOgO0uxHWHRUPjtj_gstzf/s320/IMG_9991.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCegW1QIW6Ll05U8WwaEzPbxyvUXizNlbm_HalqjT8pFOOv-IJaNb-KeTVdGTgPK0dXRcgJatVZrtLd3lmh53TIl-BdIEijl6XG__okNQdfs_UV01g0-ZuKIoZvHvlOXhTEwXZAxtZMX4/s1600/IMG_9993.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCegW1QIW6Ll05U8WwaEzPbxyvUXizNlbm_HalqjT8pFOOv-IJaNb-KeTVdGTgPK0dXRcgJatVZrtLd3lmh53TIl-BdIEijl6XG__okNQdfs_UV01g0-ZuKIoZvHvlOXhTEwXZAxtZMX4/s320/IMG_9993.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-BbvfUVfLdGBtJ-CJsdqPwzlNYrVZiza90kLBRFQKv4oB98LFLgCGot_iQFUwxc3Wow6ftPWu6d21oXtmvJIVNjNdnQUba9wOveTFaUERLOCGviMLkNVd4qWIQexyGe82YGS7mo1_pVz/s1600/IMG_9995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-BbvfUVfLdGBtJ-CJsdqPwzlNYrVZiza90kLBRFQKv4oB98LFLgCGot_iQFUwxc3Wow6ftPWu6d21oXtmvJIVNjNdnQUba9wOveTFaUERLOCGviMLkNVd4qWIQexyGe82YGS7mo1_pVz/s320/IMG_9995.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kBatE5jFw8ap_usfhtp6wsoikfi2aCYpcIz_A20iPS9AKPHg7Gd8lsFiSrCUp2_6-GoY3maquOoGuk6ofNKCi479dT5Jr_urFciXxgTpLTxPscveZbDZWZJZQRdATLLq3x4b3-N_AcW/s1600/IMG_9996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kBatE5jFw8ap_usfhtp6wsoikfi2aCYpcIz_A20iPS9AKPHg7Gd8lsFiSrCUp2_6-GoY3maquOoGuk6ofNKCi479dT5Jr_urFciXxgTpLTxPscveZbDZWZJZQRdATLLq3x4b3-N_AcW/s320/IMG_9996.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUSwZkeiJqyiUgTf9SVsq6oaM_YhO9ZlE3VQy-OXL8swWt90cjx9YuBYi493ufqHcpp2bs18vvCl4gBwrZsI3EAxDiEf5tLBbvHoVJ3ncRtC1HLzW_c_dRo0FQLgTJh_cCFg2lNHAT138/s1600/IMG_9974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUSwZkeiJqyiUgTf9SVsq6oaM_YhO9ZlE3VQy-OXL8swWt90cjx9YuBYi493ufqHcpp2bs18vvCl4gBwrZsI3EAxDiEf5tLBbvHoVJ3ncRtC1HLzW_c_dRo0FQLgTJh_cCFg2lNHAT138/s320/IMG_9974.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nightly light/water/techno show at the man-make lake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWGQiZ4TJU769vDSrUsez5ihGgcqLZ-soPgLaWaB-IlJWzcMSwtMHGB3e37KUFJsK9D8a-R5FLhYSjOhTMUipTHeC3T6YLThqmGwqFH_X6meX35RCTUGkE9Lx4oa2rEqFdfwThrk1eNkN/s1600/IMG_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWGQiZ4TJU769vDSrUsez5ihGgcqLZ-soPgLaWaB-IlJWzcMSwtMHGB3e37KUFJsK9D8a-R5FLhYSjOhTMUipTHeC3T6YLThqmGwqFH_X6meX35RCTUGkE9Lx4oa2rEqFdfwThrk1eNkN/s320/IMG_0004.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCAsED5ZkQ_xco0Up1UCvmke07Hq7aDOmVdLikDJ9Zt_LGkrSTfq6AD_enTrFmTh6dZ3jHEXUnP9q4vlJp-We7RmrM3XnejDJZHvodvQrA9VW7J_qhyeD3NSJu1RH8Au3pMTIhO7_zY6f/s1600/IMG_9971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCAsED5ZkQ_xco0Up1UCvmke07Hq7aDOmVdLikDJ9Zt_LGkrSTfq6AD_enTrFmTh6dZ3jHEXUnP9q4vlJp-We7RmrM3XnejDJZHvodvQrA9VW7J_qhyeD3NSJu1RH8Au3pMTIhO7_zY6f/s320/IMG_9971.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSXfYTY7w3vzuiz-mDTrQza3JJzI0Pwj2NNHAvEhoDPS2VXMez4hkLrp2S5HTnfWdC4tHMudikSqgvHynf9q6P57r5XKoG76Pyuy5A77I_iP9WtV0JYsyLoPrr3uAsm2JHT5i8Tc0jIbc/s1600/IMG_9999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSXfYTY7w3vzuiz-mDTrQza3JJzI0Pwj2NNHAvEhoDPS2VXMez4hkLrp2S5HTnfWdC4tHMudikSqgvHynf9q6P57r5XKoG76Pyuy5A77I_iP9WtV0JYsyLoPrr3uAsm2JHT5i8Tc0jIbc/s320/IMG_9999.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbWE5HTpjIRnwJ5CfNZ_apzHzy2t0TERmPN-GZhYbZRNLlOLARnZjTAjklvwdBIszCjInwVQwPLQjh-il1HUAho33K5cx-b3oB4QbnARmo8AhYQbxCD5R_sn1uXbdZLX5Ei1RNBEwfEm8/s1600/IMG_0023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbWE5HTpjIRnwJ5CfNZ_apzHzy2t0TERmPN-GZhYbZRNLlOLARnZjTAjklvwdBIszCjInwVQwPLQjh-il1HUAho33K5cx-b3oB4QbnARmo8AhYQbxCD5R_sn1uXbdZLX5Ei1RNBEwfEm8/s320/IMG_0023.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">K-Phu's birthday party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g9q5zDnto7Md8Q2hhwqg_2RmTqFu8-t1k04djXDMy1llT1jvQ9O6B1meCVdfrAyJiUniYviv62IxUWjzBzLs3Q3MmxetRNtt12BIdc-RWMYH3JafBstPYXXCn7j3HZocidsPSB8b55zj/s1600/IMG_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g9q5zDnto7Md8Q2hhwqg_2RmTqFu8-t1k04djXDMy1llT1jvQ9O6B1meCVdfrAyJiUniYviv62IxUWjzBzLs3Q3MmxetRNtt12BIdc-RWMYH3JafBstPYXXCn7j3HZocidsPSB8b55zj/s320/IMG_0051.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Yes, there is really a bar in Suzhou, China called the Drunken Clam, and yes the sign works. Amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that's all for China. I have a million pamphlets/papers/brochures if you want details, but it's taken this long just for photos, so it'll have to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NOW! Since I've been home, I have:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eaten lots of American food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Seen most of my amazing friends and family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Played with my nephew</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Driven whatever car I can steal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for future plans, yall get ready for another new year, and another blog, because I'm moving to Brisbane, Australia February 1, 2011.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why? you may ask.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why not?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-54176920320308706352010-10-18T07:10:00.003+09:002010-10-18T07:17:33.454+09:00"It's called a wicket..."I don't know what's up with the blog, but I still can't upload any photos. I can't make promises, cause I'm busy and that's also not how I roll, but I'll try to post about China soon. At least words.<br /><br />Ok, that's done, so, TAKATSUKI! I moved to Osaka, and have been teaching at Takatsuki school for two weeks. It's good, the staff and students are super nice. I don't have to take a train to work, just walk, and the weather's been beautiful. The new teacher's here, he's a cool guy, Alex.<br />Yesterday, me, Abrahm, Lamika and Alex met up to go to Matt's for some playground fun. Matt moved into a nice, new apartment, and he lives very close to a pretty big park. Matt, being Australian, taught all us Americans how to play cricket. IT. IS. AWESOME. But probably because<br />1. We're really bad at it<br />2. We were running around on sand in flip flops, therefore sliding quite a bit<br />3. A 8 year old student was kicking everyone's ass<br /><br />After we thoroughly mangled that game, we taught Matt how to play baseball, which is crazy, because he's from Australia, not Mars, they know how to play baseball, right?<br />Matt: "I've seen it on TV once."<br /><br />Get outta here.... It was all in good fun. We ran around for about 4 hours, then went back to Matt's for snacks and watched some British comedy shows. "Little Britain" is truly a test to my English listening skills, and apparently, I suck.<br /><br />So today I'm cleaning, packing, buying shinkansen tickets to Tokyo to visit Miho next weekend! And generally PREPARING TO COME HOME.<br /><br />I'm excited. You should be too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-80257954123012983022010-10-10T18:43:00.002+09:002010-10-10T18:43:39.979+09:00Technical DifficultiesI'm having issues uploading photos to the blog right now, so once I get that sorted out, I'll have all the photos and stories from China up for your viewing pleasure.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-13481598019767295452010-09-23T09:27:00.005+09:002010-09-23T09:36:16.838+09:00Elephant Cafe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wtLc3bkVjl4LhoKmCsGVr7qdSydyEYMu13G-XoAproEKRWs-I_en9a-aubysaGFuKuWbzkUF_LH5kEGj4LeyQ4y9tXtnIAWLBbXSOgG_21_rVmfd65_Inv5Fn2f_trEcv0ympzDpsziC/s1600/IMG_9814.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wtLc3bkVjl4LhoKmCsGVr7qdSydyEYMu13G-XoAproEKRWs-I_en9a-aubysaGFuKuWbzkUF_LH5kEGj4LeyQ4y9tXtnIAWLBbXSOgG_21_rVmfd65_Inv5Fn2f_trEcv0ympzDpsziC/s320/IMG_9814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519900586474076290" border="0" /></a>Wednesday evening, I met up with a student, Tomoko, in Osaka to grab dinner. Tomoko is going to graduate school for art therapy, and her undergrad degree is in photography! We have a lot in common. She's coming to visit America next summer, and we're going to road trip from Seattle to New York.<br /><br />She took me to Elephant Cafe, which has a lot of Indian, Asian, and Spanish influences. The food was fantastic! I think Mom would love this place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYeP_I_fn5XTqxpHzrW9QYTgg1kFqe1GIkFYTW3U_r6GlUKWWn1OfbZoZ53UYAhDmS9Q5fPFeiLEZ9mhv3VeqZ1XDxBfb97SCABIRorQ4fyZeiPM8I7-oWkcx1DdqRop_rQtB0WvpNqnk/s1600/IMG_9814.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIpCoKJpNK3ZpSwmXvR32TsJ4L5aqSRvtsKQwujnpU9ZKx3lqvN9Mpubs5L1NPPmPeO82YkZ9wt2cewit8iWa-SM2hulAxOt4X7aWKS5TTi9ZTA6tI1MMOBPqgOluqFHRjDWa5dWPC4nl/s1600/IMG_9815.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIpCoKJpNK3ZpSwmXvR32TsJ4L5aqSRvtsKQwujnpU9ZKx3lqvN9Mpubs5L1NPPmPeO82YkZ9wt2cewit8iWa-SM2hulAxOt4X7aWKS5TTi9ZTA6tI1MMOBPqgOluqFHRjDWa5dWPC4nl/s320/IMG_9815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519900031335939506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUCfrVzgynhpNyFrx__V96UyhlCADqXoNbfNLTUswy8RC5UFhO329oOyrpDEUcq0IvU8fCRUqg3u2HV9tc-yOzQ7YStIPCrPCMBW0fxCAmzm7GWqn-Nu2NM664MsHonGA3DY61t_c1KWB/s1600/IMG_9816.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUCfrVzgynhpNyFrx__V96UyhlCADqXoNbfNLTUswy8RC5UFhO329oOyrpDEUcq0IvU8fCRUqg3u2HV9tc-yOzQ7YStIPCrPCMBW0fxCAmzm7GWqn-Nu2NM664MsHonGA3DY61t_c1KWB/s320/IMG_9816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519900029803906402" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-85378416134766919882010-09-20T22:47:00.003+09:002010-09-20T22:50:59.146+09:00Mark your calenders...... because I'm coming home.<br /><br />Oct. 26. I expect to be greeted at the arrival gate with a PBR, Taco Bell, and your smiling faces.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-32962045857145570652010-09-20T10:15:00.003+09:002010-09-20T10:20:31.091+09:00Moving to Takatsuki...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JzNt-lRyuySopfJx7Sw8qZyHhVgVB5QKuf_8WV4bk7-wZiS0WfN7AmVbWAnD6PmqdjjXZURv18wcs1fMGCrsvjbUqghfzvVVO0Wa15gxUr-EPSoFHGY7ahU78F-wruGQAn09TRjJt-BX/s1600/IMG_9813.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JzNt-lRyuySopfJx7Sw8qZyHhVgVB5QKuf_8WV4bk7-wZiS0WfN7AmVbWAnD6PmqdjjXZURv18wcs1fMGCrsvjbUqghfzvVVO0Wa15gxUr-EPSoFHGY7ahU78F-wruGQAn09TRjJt-BX/s200/IMG_9813.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518798567464778450" border="0" /></a>I finished work on Friday, and spent Saturday cleaning and packing. Shipped my things to Takatsuki, then went out for dinner with a few teachers from Myodani school.<br /><br />I'm all moved into Takatsuki, and I'm going shopping for a few things today. I'm also watching a fascinating Japanese show that follows a young guy around as he eats local specialties, and interviews the people who supply the ingredients. I wish I could understand what they were saying though.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-47919023641941948212010-09-12T17:30:00.011+09:002010-09-12T18:10:13.971+09:00Sayonara, Mere Chan!Saturday was my birthday, my farwell party, and the new teacher Chellsea's welcome party! We were very busy. For Saturday students, it was my last class. Some students brought me presents! They are all super nice.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLB9gJRchIjKowxDxHe0R1SUylsNh-x-MO0rWllzSdw9REcsQDqLSL4oEkyo3_F1fUYcOuOr5NXBoR1SLbYSV23UaVSFr-SA0ufPkfy51jpnSZdZsrQOlBSN5qk88zIvrGSXvJS9oKb4A/s1600/IMG_9708.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLB9gJRchIjKowxDxHe0R1SUylsNh-x-MO0rWllzSdw9REcsQDqLSL4oEkyo3_F1fUYcOuOr5NXBoR1SLbYSV23UaVSFr-SA0ufPkfy51jpnSZdZsrQOlBSN5qk88zIvrGSXvJS9oKb4A/s320/IMG_9708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515948052750587906" border="0" /></a>Asuka, me, and Daisuke. They're about 7 years old.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD6QcTRzLWkzUZZzr1fW3KlRltlHv4HYQcZsk4zgQM8b8ecrQ-Gv-yMFSwf3F-EMqEQgGAlaFtK27Ne22aouGmFgBKj2wSfFugdUK1JmRoTdykmYhH-EIE40jAxXSYPzJCkf4NPudV5aO/s1600/IMG_9709.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD6QcTRzLWkzUZZzr1fW3KlRltlHv4HYQcZsk4zgQM8b8ecrQ-Gv-yMFSwf3F-EMqEQgGAlaFtK27Ne22aouGmFgBKj2wSfFugdUK1JmRoTdykmYhH-EIE40jAxXSYPzJCkf4NPudV5aO/s320/IMG_9709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947652201119058" border="0" /></a>Yuka and Daisuke. Yuka made me a very pretty bracelet.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT9VaAeMXuk_pOFcNeJSKCNxEgIof9WAU7lyLKAAzWJhYxYVAlTdgfSqUGK105ew0nl1157bGLsCnYuTn_sLcHSCGJD75GJ2gDBRV4SyKyL3hijMeR5yCBfu9EiVE49izX2qcVYyWHNek/s1600/IMG_9712.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT9VaAeMXuk_pOFcNeJSKCNxEgIof9WAU7lyLKAAzWJhYxYVAlTdgfSqUGK105ew0nl1157bGLsCnYuTn_sLcHSCGJD75GJ2gDBRV4SyKyL3hijMeR5yCBfu9EiVE49izX2qcVYyWHNek/s320/IMG_9712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947637479764306" border="0" /></a>Me and Saori sensei in the teacher's "room" (it's more like an alcove). You can see the bracelet Yuka made me. It matched my shirt perfectly, I might add.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY7y0OeYli3uUsir0cumidMMamn9yWEwQwxKxO2go_f73r9WJvhn2uKlWdaZCznHbCC4P7Tbdt99oA0wjMHCJoGGMkCEQxhqzMmIfCREPw6VASLxS7ZDsvIFF25NpK9Nq_4kytiAEo6qL/s1600/IMG_9713.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY7y0OeYli3uUsir0cumidMMamn9yWEwQwxKxO2go_f73r9WJvhn2uKlWdaZCznHbCC4P7Tbdt99oA0wjMHCJoGGMkCEQxhqzMmIfCREPw6VASLxS7ZDsvIFF25NpK9Nq_4kytiAEo6qL/s320/IMG_9713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947623835724930" border="0" /></a>Me and Kaede, easily my favorite kid student. She's only 6, but she's super smart! She speaks great English.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe59strYTMcF53WObWoeOLyD0FJTMnkUTS1ZpThMtrsso-_CZytsRVFZjt6HjeLZEiSvymsrt8gUEknoTMxpmLb4SQ4b0Nkz5uKAeVTkU8_biB79RjO8BSM6KV4WetqODPQoM1Ch6YiNp/s1600/IMG_9714.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe59strYTMcF53WObWoeOLyD0FJTMnkUTS1ZpThMtrsso-_CZytsRVFZjt6HjeLZEiSvymsrt8gUEknoTMxpmLb4SQ4b0Nkz5uKAeVTkU8_biB79RjO8BSM6KV4WetqODPQoM1Ch6YiNp/s320/IMG_9714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947613754076994" border="0" /></a>Noriko<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSDj7mqJbNsVjzqVC-HnLELBul8ZbOEq6TRQAkHQce2bIzIJYvA6in3FTUplLkjyOXchQEHvEj08dMkwnH0qXDagMkwc8hmkLCXMCzUqWD6HjVGT0U7Sf012YFBS5wQVQIIC3OM-ygsji/s1600/IMG_9715.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSDj7mqJbNsVjzqVC-HnLELBul8ZbOEq6TRQAkHQce2bIzIJYvA6in3FTUplLkjyOXchQEHvEj08dMkwnH0qXDagMkwc8hmkLCXMCzUqWD6HjVGT0U7Sf012YFBS5wQVQIIC3OM-ygsji/s320/IMG_9715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947606816149218" border="0" /></a>Rie<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje1qlMEKFRFZbji1S4dbdZTo6yY2-hl9JBX_4KnmbXcPAY7TA9kBWvkYRVdbtxCDIcvD0964wdqvLRV3LVYie9wlmrC_I28Ie8FDYf9GUQ1fJF3r6BlVmLte5DbLjBhF_sqS0trkpUToI/s1600/IMG_9716.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje1qlMEKFRFZbji1S4dbdZTo6yY2-hl9JBX_4KnmbXcPAY7TA9kBWvkYRVdbtxCDIcvD0964wdqvLRV3LVYie9wlmrC_I28Ie8FDYf9GUQ1fJF3r6BlVmLte5DbLjBhF_sqS0trkpUToI/s320/IMG_9716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947353794762370" border="0" /></a>Miyuki<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5qYRrb2kz8ahCwi8tTZfTv_tbs_bqZysMf6fbtAITju2VxMe-8Jp2b_FUWcO78XL9wDAKD3bdxZeBASxckVz9E2GV0BrhAgAZgeUfP9xrllzbm072iktMDwIQggwUSCggIJ5MpsbwTIS/s1600/IMG_9717.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5qYRrb2kz8ahCwi8tTZfTv_tbs_bqZysMf6fbtAITju2VxMe-8Jp2b_FUWcO78XL9wDAKD3bdxZeBASxckVz9E2GV0BrhAgAZgeUfP9xrllzbm072iktMDwIQggwUSCggIJ5MpsbwTIS/s320/IMG_9717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947344683112786" border="0" /></a>Masayuki and his daughter, Momoko, who is terrified of me.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfaS2lkldzSd9WVuf2lsudrFUas8XO1mOqA4HealZSGmMXv-IlNPGdNqRd-pv_CnuTlf0qrXKOMTgoGRJxloIGv3sq70PSH9iZM7cZlvo1UtgBhD8P99fX366BFRBC3slkByeqqG3OtC3/s1600/IMG_9718.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfaS2lkldzSd9WVuf2lsudrFUas8XO1mOqA4HealZSGmMXv-IlNPGdNqRd-pv_CnuTlf0qrXKOMTgoGRJxloIGv3sq70PSH9iZM7cZlvo1UtgBhD8P99fX366BFRBC3slkByeqqG3OtC3/s320/IMG_9718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947336206102658" border="0" /></a>Saki, me, Chiaki, and Shoko. They are super giggly high school students. Wonderful young ladies.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKc5DYb-xygF9HptSUJzPet72ucDrbkCHfCn0cVncMQ6_4bop2RgOw4lvj-Iy9BWHrWX1dZ4q8UrhTs3O6SxBkQJ0S0HZPU8iX1xgep55ZptbnufG7WI9LULb6gDP5ut64GMSKi2ZcUuFK/s1600/IMG_9719.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKc5DYb-xygF9HptSUJzPet72ucDrbkCHfCn0cVncMQ6_4bop2RgOw4lvj-Iy9BWHrWX1dZ4q8UrhTs3O6SxBkQJ0S0HZPU8iX1xgep55ZptbnufG7WI9LULb6gDP5ut64GMSKi2ZcUuFK/s320/IMG_9719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947322930462146" border="0" /></a>I have no idea why Ryosuke has this look on his face. I swear I didn't do anything.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkTMGgnBz6F1HQp2tAtfs3W-LBIquTa-4zTa4Oj2RR96MmX_unF2mNvHKvQFYU14GtOVBHBxdctNJu37Rlyu4n76Yy3KrnvPJ7HnLCR0uXehYDPhF1v9lj_2wBVYQnt2a3Owcq7Jfl-XK/s1600/IMG_9720.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkTMGgnBz6F1HQp2tAtfs3W-LBIquTa-4zTa4Oj2RR96MmX_unF2mNvHKvQFYU14GtOVBHBxdctNJu37Rlyu4n76Yy3KrnvPJ7HnLCR0uXehYDPhF1v9lj_2wBVYQnt2a3Owcq7Jfl-XK/s320/IMG_9720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515947312497149186" border="0" /></a>Me, Chitose, and Shizuko. Super friendly, nice women!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U9vPg9JjqN0kjPNSElCNwz6PzSFtyQ7YfrcUGnIXXCd433gxtwL4XTJc130iqvN4FHm4RPasLVDd1CMiY3lbVflb6wc7d8gad65ilx4x6EKEZlhRlI7dA1jD1CV6B9O76aFq5_3b9pyi/s1600/IMG_9721.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U9vPg9JjqN0kjPNSElCNwz6PzSFtyQ7YfrcUGnIXXCd433gxtwL4XTJc130iqvN4FHm4RPasLVDd1CMiY3lbVflb6wc7d8gad65ilx4x6EKEZlhRlI7dA1jD1CV6B9O76aFq5_3b9pyi/s320/IMG_9721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946990617257906" border="0" /></a>Masaki, being ninja, me, Hideaki, and Satoshi. Hideaki showed up a photo he took on the subway of a ninja. Seriously, a ninja on the subway. It was amazing.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYca1sPnResqRdFB_0P8GPchuWaHdyIeuxcO9SpRKoBqk7W4J_EhIlE7GHHAPFbAK_j5H_0Gs1HWGcxuLcrulpE5Gitcss5RvAWcd18CPwW7xR7uE6Zuy23YK4jCVWFS5B9TmWq8DOkyy/s1600/IMG_9722.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYca1sPnResqRdFB_0P8GPchuWaHdyIeuxcO9SpRKoBqk7W4J_EhIlE7GHHAPFbAK_j5H_0Gs1HWGcxuLcrulpE5Gitcss5RvAWcd18CPwW7xR7uE6Zuy23YK4jCVWFS5B9TmWq8DOkyy/s320/IMG_9722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946984017418802" border="0" /></a>Hidekazu, Hiroyuki, and me. The Three Jokers. I will seriously miss these guys. It took me a moment, but I realized they're both bending down quite a bit. They're pretty tall guys.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmj5juJimLDo_zjky5CgYwWNGZd9ttFVsZp6mTAOJUbxsztw61wM8ak_vpmmbikHOeXuQmfCrhTIleSCZnsWnzlb5V-aHVXqVJbegOTvq-Zr5xBJ07AHsp78w7DMzOfhsECh2pgpUsIy1F/s1600/IMG_9723.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmj5juJimLDo_zjky5CgYwWNGZd9ttFVsZp6mTAOJUbxsztw61wM8ak_vpmmbikHOeXuQmfCrhTIleSCZnsWnzlb5V-aHVXqVJbegOTvq-Zr5xBJ07AHsp78w7DMzOfhsECh2pgpUsIy1F/s320/IMG_9723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946977049715938" border="0" /></a>Megumi, Jun, and me.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzML4_xXqUb9whtIcUCNIcbZZNTgWHyiKWGrqr1DT2IK3IJXmUveXF2zssf8Ted3NniO9r2FGYhG4ABXeNkpnvTtUZyMBAp1meEItJz2HYl10bQeZZ6nyvv7oJsMj3hzB1NWPwuGhEYUZn/s1600/IMG_9724.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzML4_xXqUb9whtIcUCNIcbZZNTgWHyiKWGrqr1DT2IK3IJXmUveXF2zssf8Ted3NniO9r2FGYhG4ABXeNkpnvTtUZyMBAp1meEItJz2HYl10bQeZZ6nyvv7oJsMj3hzB1NWPwuGhEYUZn/s320/IMG_9724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946970714624466" border="0" /></a>Arisa, Yoshimi manager, me, and Erika. Arisa and Erika are cheerleaders at their university.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMOrAd1glGEI-8XSmNieLGSigsLgSUl56daTNpRhyphenhyphenzYBVlcEPf1_HywVSjsswMI6QJ-fvNW9DR8X8bbcit1Tg5XePcYoiUqeEIrJt7D4Ne9hox58nn3VLdmuxIAJffXCgX91pQ3zRpUgn/s1600/IMG_9726.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMOrAd1glGEI-8XSmNieLGSigsLgSUl56daTNpRhyphenhyphenzYBVlcEPf1_HywVSjsswMI6QJ-fvNW9DR8X8bbcit1Tg5XePcYoiUqeEIrJt7D4Ne9hox58nn3VLdmuxIAJffXCgX91pQ3zRpUgn/s320/IMG_9726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946961013769442" border="0" /></a>I'm much more excited thank Ayako.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5d2hKEreySHMbs2opMt1qUOA3Hd6rZmAgy95iuuab2cCmruFmTclHprrM9y2q2JY7zrKSE5LbW5V55faameiUBpRJU3A0F4RL0x8QdtfjjKjJ2CNTnLdf9K5YnaMWVtfIogt8gTZv_zI/s1600/IMG_9727.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5d2hKEreySHMbs2opMt1qUOA3Hd6rZmAgy95iuuab2cCmruFmTclHprrM9y2q2JY7zrKSE5LbW5V55faameiUBpRJU3A0F4RL0x8QdtfjjKjJ2CNTnLdf9K5YnaMWVtfIogt8gTZv_zI/s320/IMG_9727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946709847703058" border="0" /></a>Naoko and Miki<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lU1MTs-ws20vxxyOFMIUHrU7VPtAnzB12FOcx-RZYEBoSKcFz6XjEDGI75RgLYQTuRpZLnXfgZHLQOF0m4eoEl4mtlR3_SUL6F73kvMpgLhIWNg2lnoshn43IapAp7DtvIgh0ed6KtFA/s1600/IMG_9728.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lU1MTs-ws20vxxyOFMIUHrU7VPtAnzB12FOcx-RZYEBoSKcFz6XjEDGI75RgLYQTuRpZLnXfgZHLQOF0m4eoEl4mtlR3_SUL6F73kvMpgLhIWNg2lnoshn43IapAp7DtvIgh0ed6KtFA/s320/IMG_9728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946701437310290" border="0" /></a>My Japanese mothers. Makiko, Sumiko, Chiyoko, Kyosuke, and a newer student (sorry, I don't know your name!)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdkHJIj2-CArbOscfCc92GrJt6i-gMqkiMDM-ZyUUe5mAkM8ao9KiOcAe-tT4g6JTifq6-RJMu2QN4frQULQKJ3-B6xnBNCS-CPvnTDZekLcPnCtEWPF3tjdgAR11Lrp0nx5VqLq8nq3_/s1600/IMG_9729.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdkHJIj2-CArbOscfCc92GrJt6i-gMqkiMDM-ZyUUe5mAkM8ao9KiOcAe-tT4g6JTifq6-RJMu2QN4frQULQKJ3-B6xnBNCS-CPvnTDZekLcPnCtEWPF3tjdgAR11Lrp0nx5VqLq8nq3_/s320/IMG_9729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946689586204930" border="0" /></a>Me and the Odyssey girls. Miki, Naoko, Tomoko, and Aya (who was eating something haha)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN288opQjrajMKraq29vyXQg42ShWp2p4xBIcSeYbrMcrux3IQDbieM2nNQOYubQg-RbtA4wmcP52Ug65D9aW8C4Yj7eiLzlpbQfZl7NTbZCc0zS0RIvclvKTjomy_scoD-tgHDtxSQW5j/s1600/IMG_9730.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN288opQjrajMKraq29vyXQg42ShWp2p4xBIcSeYbrMcrux3IQDbieM2nNQOYubQg-RbtA4wmcP52Ug65D9aW8C4Yj7eiLzlpbQfZl7NTbZCc0zS0RIvclvKTjomy_scoD-tgHDtxSQW5j/s320/IMG_9730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946682167285362" border="0" /></a>Koki<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SnhaV7MHWLvIRLNfcPOtXS7nffeMBXw7GhmjPmH-SziiEq_wObeCL0HOvN8RK4hpjvcTQamCm-bLSUaSs9KquQPlyY_ja-xf9nrOV62ouGJke27fho2-rvGX0ZVHfEZFi_l0EurrjkqV/s1600/IMG_9732.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SnhaV7MHWLvIRLNfcPOtXS7nffeMBXw7GhmjPmH-SziiEq_wObeCL0HOvN8RK4hpjvcTQamCm-bLSUaSs9KquQPlyY_ja-xf9nrOV62ouGJke27fho2-rvGX0ZVHfEZFi_l0EurrjkqV/s320/IMG_9732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946674255902658" border="0" /></a>The staff performed a beautiful rendition of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", with alternate lyrics.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB28ltBM5RUjULihq_1m_gqqGLKu9JuELQWdlglhjvionslrNSQlIiR7zN7ZOPxF0jVuyKSwMEWmV8LRGQRb7GxKL7xPE09D-36KpPA0rNF-qgZsWf2KiaxPOSDCMhmjO5FjdjZAjX0YQK/s1600/IMG_9734.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB28ltBM5RUjULihq_1m_gqqGLKu9JuELQWdlglhjvionslrNSQlIiR7zN7ZOPxF0jVuyKSwMEWmV8LRGQRb7GxKL7xPE09D-36KpPA0rNF-qgZsWf2KiaxPOSDCMhmjO5FjdjZAjX0YQK/s320/IMG_9734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946401221170082" border="0" /></a>"Mere chan, Mere chan,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't hide my crying face.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mere chan, Mere chan,<br />We're going to miss your smiling face."<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNvLx6Ey01NaVWglSc-FQbsKBjMqkaqVYDRBppv_O2dwmnaZlHhC7m4DBGFmYlo8QEqjpQ3zdVprtPVPrmtV96HBV-0Bx82p8X9y7xWeo1AP9WZcNTF6_-l1nBDfgatHL1X06ZPP32fH_/s1600/IMG_9736.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNvLx6Ey01NaVWglSc-FQbsKBjMqkaqVYDRBppv_O2dwmnaZlHhC7m4DBGFmYlo8QEqjpQ3zdVprtPVPrmtV96HBV-0Bx82p8X9y7xWeo1AP9WZcNTF6_-l1nBDfgatHL1X06ZPP32fH_/s320/IMG_9736.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946389979082754" border="0" /></a>Chika<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHLNOtd3CysrC3vS_YyZrT0wSPRUztgLbNVg7bot2gi_eVPoZq4xEHbW6PcgoWgn8XXd6zVYkN9X34XLqfc5WZeBEq6uLkjUPoSS32ZeoKaygcGjfmUFhPoTo0nuxWunsWb5AgzgwsEC7/s1600/IMG_9738.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHLNOtd3CysrC3vS_YyZrT0wSPRUztgLbNVg7bot2gi_eVPoZq4xEHbW6PcgoWgn8XXd6zVYkN9X34XLqfc5WZeBEq6uLkjUPoSS32ZeoKaygcGjfmUFhPoTo0nuxWunsWb5AgzgwsEC7/s320/IMG_9738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946380017681362" border="0" /></a>Oha chan and Yuchika<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoE26fa8yomVELAVTX-fOKZYYt-nj5QXtk3j6NWVCthrsLDLcKfz6DawPFVpeALwuoIi0cnH31V7s7z1Nh2N6NXki3PBr2CzUI-UOnBssFLhLbsJB1xLjCsn-dWJjJ0Z9EcEb7SNB2nH1/s1600/IMG_9739.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoE26fa8yomVELAVTX-fOKZYYt-nj5QXtk3j6NWVCthrsLDLcKfz6DawPFVpeALwuoIi0cnH31V7s7z1Nh2N6NXki3PBr2CzUI-UOnBssFLhLbsJB1xLjCsn-dWJjJ0Z9EcEb7SNB2nH1/s320/IMG_9739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946374505736818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_84siYWaRddJpyGYNeqiMdp5GalYgArhS0MdveNnWSrfqJccanWIAQVRU_iDi3ZlIPa9k58tbG2AlVTSdo8dZwqz0w2hcu2KoHtjO6U0kSQXgXWbo_0ARBK4WUuiQ25nf7d32XiJ5KGQU/s1600/IMG_9740.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_84siYWaRddJpyGYNeqiMdp5GalYgArhS0MdveNnWSrfqJccanWIAQVRU_iDi3ZlIPa9k58tbG2AlVTSdo8dZwqz0w2hcu2KoHtjO6U0kSQXgXWbo_0ARBK4WUuiQ25nf7d32XiJ5KGQU/s320/IMG_9740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946363453195298" border="0" /></a>Even Kaede danced.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYHqDOSFyOQ6SU1ngaojQmCKMbFJH-7IC1Q0navf7h0A5_eKLwE3uOUsI-XF9QRPlMBgqmZ4yXbK0bIZ1Etw7HGFfxEzUBBkCoRnaDgxMNu683YWABTJbMcDU-I-fYGPkJEi6k904kXKt/s1600/IMG_9741.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYHqDOSFyOQ6SU1ngaojQmCKMbFJH-7IC1Q0navf7h0A5_eKLwE3uOUsI-XF9QRPlMBgqmZ4yXbK0bIZ1Etw7HGFfxEzUBBkCoRnaDgxMNu683YWABTJbMcDU-I-fYGPkJEi6k904kXKt/s320/IMG_9741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944900014753394" border="0" /></a>Saori, Chika, Yoshimi, me, Risako, Kaede, Yuchika.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTdcmp0JB3Bp7A0Km4aZ2TiXFMZlU6PB0II6zEp6U_dVuLeUsmZgwL9MoCIDq5YcZVOOLpB956yQH6NZvtNdw6i1EeqvTVBrwaZu2l8M3wNHgH0yTqwK2Jx0RFwPrVYWXDUjqInT_J9Eo/s1600/IMG_9743.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTdcmp0JB3Bp7A0Km4aZ2TiXFMZlU6PB0II6zEp6U_dVuLeUsmZgwL9MoCIDq5YcZVOOLpB956yQH6NZvtNdw6i1EeqvTVBrwaZu2l8M3wNHgH0yTqwK2Jx0RFwPrVYWXDUjqInT_J9Eo/s320/IMG_9743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944893717073138" border="0" /></a>I have no idea what's up with the makeup. It's a Japanese pop culture thing.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkmZ5fYdVjB9mOQ19_4GeWEPK7DYHLp95PPF7ViHBfUs4aMDYrLdqpsaEisnrW4yBfgZLn9JeuUvUCJQcJmtVsUiOI5nFu0w0TmumF6lfUqw2ngx0rNLEZsBHG1Ad6ge9dK4GUUtUzfSl/s1600/IMG_9744.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkmZ5fYdVjB9mOQ19_4GeWEPK7DYHLp95PPF7ViHBfUs4aMDYrLdqpsaEisnrW4yBfgZLn9JeuUvUCJQcJmtVsUiOI5nFu0w0TmumF6lfUqw2ngx0rNLEZsBHG1Ad6ge9dK4GUUtUzfSl/s320/IMG_9744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944881003607202" border="0" /></a>The one, the only.... Hiroyuki Suzuki.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_lwufl1lTQARTZnSwmsRqqqprkX_KWYeqDRQm3W76yuib6MEOfrUkKzSUh5TXcg787-btTyZxarFfxDpvdPd6lHg9l2APPItB7GfVmIuwgPbKIR2QmrF76G0gHzDjEi6QWbJCiSjXNe1/s1600/IMG_9745.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_lwufl1lTQARTZnSwmsRqqqprkX_KWYeqDRQm3W76yuib6MEOfrUkKzSUh5TXcg787-btTyZxarFfxDpvdPd6lHg9l2APPItB7GfVmIuwgPbKIR2QmrF76G0gHzDjEi6QWbJCiSjXNe1/s320/IMG_9745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944880400586674" border="0" /></a>Then we went to karaoke!!!! Tomoko and I were feeling pretty great!<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUw_epEErIun3lBrrVvot2U63nI8x6PcWRJJxmjayW8BlOqM_BykkD_fphNJ_2JYzFFCLPbC4ce82dd17BW9AMT-vbKD68CaEjslNjcImSuQ0flhor6-MKoG6D6gtiOHglizWF-AimBAX/s1600/IMG_9748.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUw_epEErIun3lBrrVvot2U63nI8x6PcWRJJxmjayW8BlOqM_BykkD_fphNJ_2JYzFFCLPbC4ce82dd17BW9AMT-vbKD68CaEjslNjcImSuQ0flhor6-MKoG6D6gtiOHglizWF-AimBAX/s320/IMG_9748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944867626899378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweHEvWEvFqDsopq_ferlars-mQbNrlyBZDRh7jAUuEbuc6uqdPXvO4Tyd0EXVilX3KcAp-vyutOmJmBGf8zSg86AM8uIq8i9guz6I43URa5szK9gLwcdeDLF7OJVlDOClHTltKoDTNeTg/s1600/IMG_9752.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweHEvWEvFqDsopq_ferlars-mQbNrlyBZDRh7jAUuEbuc6uqdPXvO4Tyd0EXVilX3KcAp-vyutOmJmBGf8zSg86AM8uIq8i9guz6I43URa5szK9gLwcdeDLF7OJVlDOClHTltKoDTNeTg/s320/IMG_9752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944515065353154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBaAXgeKB92cX8m5_rfPmzp_NbHS44TD4FGDvRvXcoPR2AfzhwYEn4e_6PrVLjeDmF9AVMayjOnh8n2uhmwqQ4eEaNeitjmrdfQ6iFtx-8ACOZ5uDGVv_vo4eN3I_y3tNJ7dvNKmkyPsf/s1600/IMG_9763.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBaAXgeKB92cX8m5_rfPmzp_NbHS44TD4FGDvRvXcoPR2AfzhwYEn4e_6PrVLjeDmF9AVMayjOnh8n2uhmwqQ4eEaNeitjmrdfQ6iFtx-8ACOZ5uDGVv_vo4eN3I_y3tNJ7dvNKmkyPsf/s320/IMG_9763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944503943560898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsnjkKr11ASKLeHN6bJQDP8_cRcZ0adosuVHHihcrn_tmGg-mHT9SN_Vmb8JJTI2DIz1TbbOtxvXz_R5GQ95Y7Opr5Z_guk3RmIEhykselni3jqfT_GG0GrZzQkMcYtOOTGze8BPTdYuL/s1600/IMG_9764.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsnjkKr11ASKLeHN6bJQDP8_cRcZ0adosuVHHihcrn_tmGg-mHT9SN_Vmb8JJTI2DIz1TbbOtxvXz_R5GQ95Y7Opr5Z_guk3RmIEhykselni3jqfT_GG0GrZzQkMcYtOOTGze8BPTdYuL/s320/IMG_9764.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944500287746018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw747kcmGGTMZCQHyBoQJ8xiylXKpK7WyndCytGS9toUIOoGi-u_9dPUhYezDRPR3DzydQ8ue4hL5uLEEMo_ieIeK-n7JpOqYjCQAXBig-j2qDf2iGkEPv5jSCdugog2e-t_1IdpBxux5b/s1600/IMG_9768.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw747kcmGGTMZCQHyBoQJ8xiylXKpK7WyndCytGS9toUIOoGi-u_9dPUhYezDRPR3DzydQ8ue4hL5uLEEMo_ieIeK-n7JpOqYjCQAXBig-j2qDf2iGkEPv5jSCdugog2e-t_1IdpBxux5b/s320/IMG_9768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944490159217058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3p7yvqOvXhMPtNTtp63c0aCcj-tLoCj_SQyjau59IO6nxk2guFdZd1xhrHJszjz8vnsGzdru9dAsGoaRUF8HTWdAqWeyqz5NjDNu9umV5mc4u3HEGp4Y7pWcx4Zxs_ThvtDdZ3IIu3U9/s1600/IMG_9769.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3p7yvqOvXhMPtNTtp63c0aCcj-tLoCj_SQyjau59IO6nxk2guFdZd1xhrHJszjz8vnsGzdru9dAsGoaRUF8HTWdAqWeyqz5NjDNu9umV5mc4u3HEGp4Y7pWcx4Zxs_ThvtDdZ3IIu3U9/s320/IMG_9769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515944485203684418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K9-DfjDLuN_5kcr5sTx9AWWL6lzPYBYleImNXSLZ2J-mDYVICOpF-i9WQbMYZ6CqYnb0qJO6sOR_cF-YvIbGIvVKoVGLcrHwaAtby-RDj87qypQu_EeCM5ExQOYBeD8H6ZV7AOkAdJtt/s1600/IMG_9773.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K9-DfjDLuN_5kcr5sTx9AWWL6lzPYBYleImNXSLZ2J-mDYVICOpF-i9WQbMYZ6CqYnb0qJO6sOR_cF-YvIbGIvVKoVGLcrHwaAtby-RDj87qypQu_EeCM5ExQOYBeD8H6ZV7AOkAdJtt/s320/IMG_9773.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515942887159816066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R15E1l5O3sRF8VBgrlUtg4jla76lLyiuZNWwlmc7NEy32OpQpnmkTulQra_Xu6fD0GVsBLxA42WIDxebTVt-nNGd9yiEEZeqOC1rFgvW1Un4Zg-QYfQzf5xguep7IqS6rNNcaYBrkPJ2/s1600/IMG_9774.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R15E1l5O3sRF8VBgrlUtg4jla76lLyiuZNWwlmc7NEy32OpQpnmkTulQra_Xu6fD0GVsBLxA42WIDxebTVt-nNGd9yiEEZeqOC1rFgvW1Un4Zg-QYfQzf5xguep7IqS6rNNcaYBrkPJ2/s320/IMG_9774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515942878273888242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPMEY-3kyitjHS3MxBZ4_ZWrjB82ThF5ii2NFEgONJt4lo2nvuuDX20MspAOp_a2zrKTA0-3M0zSUxfnbF96ich344hLKhjLKa9UUFkdyiJULm5Rg6PYTOhkE2nvgHCA03u0bPeJhwk6N/s1600/IMG_9778.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPMEY-3kyitjHS3MxBZ4_ZWrjB82ThF5ii2NFEgONJt4lo2nvuuDX20MspAOp_a2zrKTA0-3M0zSUxfnbF96ich344hLKhjLKa9UUFkdyiJULm5Rg6PYTOhkE2nvgHCA03u0bPeJhwk6N/s320/IMG_9778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515942866884146306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfrvfjVbdaPN-MbxIawwNc6TB0Xp8iU34a7JDwpfLHTeFt12lW_c1UG9YBDTft3q7J-mdDbCEPucWJKuAMKiB9epMXFtRLKWiBskwwiDXXfZaHIp-voa8kww7sr28_oiSgueFIg8gt0fz/s1600/IMG_9781.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfrvfjVbdaPN-MbxIawwNc6TB0Xp8iU34a7JDwpfLHTeFt12lW_c1UG9YBDTft3q7J-mdDbCEPucWJKuAMKiB9epMXFtRLKWiBskwwiDXXfZaHIp-voa8kww7sr28_oiSgueFIg8gt0fz/s320/IMG_9781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515942862946180738" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-5291462479236086122010-09-05T12:10:00.004+09:002010-09-05T12:19:42.241+09:00Miki Chan<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCPI7A1T2LIf9eMsGksXGVFSRBQ_pIDcq_PMKebgqcYuqI6be7UBIQvT5yMKbQ0sofOzgWN3vabUg5ycZLhp1CZ-ifX_ULyF63CRQyzNjfu3dSAeX8yGbleNmzYwcj9syYqKfXOmgMa_g/s1600/IMG_9706.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCPI7A1T2LIf9eMsGksXGVFSRBQ_pIDcq_PMKebgqcYuqI6be7UBIQvT5yMKbQ0sofOzgWN3vabUg5ycZLhp1CZ-ifX_ULyF63CRQyzNjfu3dSAeX8yGbleNmzYwcj9syYqKfXOmgMa_g/s320/IMG_9706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513263563815313346" border="0" /></a>Me and Miki, a high school student, in the lobby at school. Saturday was her last class, as she's taking time off to focus on the ridiculously difficult university entrance exams.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-87094725930897885802010-08-27T10:18:00.002+09:002010-08-27T10:20:40.612+09:00A Winner Is You!Guess who's photo was selected as a Finalist in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/travel-tips-and-articles/75812">Lonely Planet's 100 Million Guidebooks Competition</a>? (I'm under Japan)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-50402352940220943872010-08-27T08:46:00.003+09:002010-08-27T08:56:55.781+09:00Mere's Asian Adventure - Chapter 4: ChinaSo, I'm staying in Japan until October 22nd now. The company needed a foreign teacher at a school outside Osaka, and they offered me a two week vacation before teaching for three weeks if I did it.<br /><br />I need to pay for this trip somehow, right?....<br /><br />Anyways, the new plan is this: Finish working in Kobe Sept. 17. Fly to China, Couch Surf with Kylie in Shanghai for three days, take the train to Suzhou and stay with John David for a week (hopefully taking an overnight train up to Beijing, and seeing the Expo in Shanghai), then flying back to Osaka. Teach at Takatsuki School for three weeks, then come home.<br /><br />Right now, my only mystery is what I'm going to do between when I finish work in Kobe, and when I fly to China (a gap of 5 days). I think I might be house sitting for a friend while she's in Okinawa!<br /><br />Tickets and destinations aside, I do have to do a bit of paperwork and running around to even be allowed into China. As an American, I have to obtain a visa from the Chinese Embassy in Osaka, before I ever depart for China. If you were from any country, except the US, it will cost $30. How much if you're an American, you ask?<br /><br />$130.<br /><br />Daaaaaaaaamn. That's quite the increase. For only one country. And since the embassy's in Osaka, I have to go there this Monday, and drop off my passport, then go back next Monday to pick it up. Geez, what a hassle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-66670494387332150092010-08-23T21:03:00.001+09:002010-08-23T21:06:54.569+09:00Chadwick!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjlpeOmhweQgK3rCROapM82-Koin4cuZbnBHN0A69xpzj297M8BysXkOJMZ0LA-gSfaJOoXuNKsdTf4N_Pft9gsNwNcW_2luwylUXlozyxG9XrAECqc7zXyl_-V1cF0Bkfa_6t3VO8po0/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-08-23+at+8.30.47+PM.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjlpeOmhweQgK3rCROapM82-Koin4cuZbnBHN0A69xpzj297M8BysXkOJMZ0LA-gSfaJOoXuNKsdTf4N_Pft9gsNwNcW_2luwylUXlozyxG9XrAECqc7zXyl_-V1cF0Bkfa_6t3VO8po0/s320/Screen+shot+2010-08-23+at+8.30.47+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508575523297679890" border="0" /></a>Finally got to hang out with my nephew...<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-68955560591239747562010-08-16T22:37:00.022+09:002010-08-23T19:26:28.715+09:00Obon in Taiwan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTK2wyNWVYoFIc5f2cbyqijQffPDOJVMA2aXH2C_dNf6HhjhgXN5VMy2eR719fEyVxhPF30e80tY7HfY8OyT-DkKnllXLIs1Gthw5o4sxbgV-pr-glK6NisBfI_CioYV1flB6brwGEcXB/s1600/IMG_0378.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTK2wyNWVYoFIc5f2cbyqijQffPDOJVMA2aXH2C_dNf6HhjhgXN5VMy2eR719fEyVxhPF30e80tY7HfY8OyT-DkKnllXLIs1Gthw5o4sxbgV-pr-glK6NisBfI_CioYV1flB6brwGEcXB/s200/IMG_0378.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086679987933282" border="0" /></a>I headed over to KIX via airport limo (which, come on, it's a bus. Can't we just call it a bus?) at 10:00am to meet Janet, my travel companion! Janet is an absolutely lovely British girl, who's also a teacher. Prior to this trip, we'd hung out maybe 5 times. Leap of faith that we wouldn't hate each other (spoiler: we got along really well).<br /><br />We arrived in Taipei around 3:00, and successfully navigated to the hostel. While still in the airport, I started half joking/half moaning about how people just stand on the moving sidewalks. IT'S NOT A RIDE. I apologized to Janet for already complaining, and she gave me the nicest/strangest compliment:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"You're voice is too soothing to be mean."<br /></div><br />I think her British ears pick up something no one else does, because while I've been told things about my voice (it's not a good singing one/I sound like Kathy Griffith), soothing isn't one of them.<br /><br />After successfully checking into the hostel, which was awesome, we walked to a convenience store for a snack and a beer. Here is a treasure I bought, because it looked vaguely familiar....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1vjKdwoCtGM28JNOb_5NM7gn6Pq0-t-u7q7l-74YO7GWQy9_rgC1nzWTkeEZgltE4RQSkcLg1uqbnn9JX8NOXHsMYNMFz9i0Fr2G9yrJdkl93oVZtZyOSx2QR7LhA6735aKLonxdlCIW/s1600/IMG_9563.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1vjKdwoCtGM28JNOb_5NM7gn6Pq0-t-u7q7l-74YO7GWQy9_rgC1nzWTkeEZgltE4RQSkcLg1uqbnn9JX8NOXHsMYNMFz9i0Fr2G9yrJdkl93oVZtZyOSx2QR7LhA6735aKLonxdlCIW/s320/IMG_9563.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085082464291394" border="0" /></a>What the....?<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzqr_EQqdNFQeudoZUwOjKuw9W-mJtjX8B-qsOSe5EacDpQ8WOZ88x6rUXBKySZt6PQtsVD7VnZu8tNDuFTVq6-qFu6HPh6lH9V9F_xPNKOwjxPNjQnAeL4BESVmrQNnEMs6akZGnw6jc/s1600/IMG_9562.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzqr_EQqdNFQeudoZUwOjKuw9W-mJtjX8B-qsOSe5EacDpQ8WOZ88x6rUXBKySZt6PQtsVD7VnZu8tNDuFTVq6-qFu6HPh6lH9V9F_xPNKOwjxPNjQnAeL4BESVmrQNnEMs6akZGnw6jc/s320/IMG_9562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085094268576770" border="0" /></a>Oh, it's just Busch.<br />(Montana Jeff in the background assures me he was making that face on purpose.)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG2G_XDnl9gEku5ftfOh84tqo4N_eJDYwUIEtjpFz1CFfN6gWAb-xVmzl8Vc1djUj-vHTRbLm4-Mcg7uL88rNG9TIWgsltBntNOMOd0DzRGyi1IVvQKihpkpJZGU7C6-JLIQCMcS6M4GB/s1600/IMG_9568.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG2G_XDnl9gEku5ftfOh84tqo4N_eJDYwUIEtjpFz1CFfN6gWAb-xVmzl8Vc1djUj-vHTRbLm4-Mcg7uL88rNG9TIWgsltBntNOMOd0DzRGyi1IVvQKihpkpJZGU7C6-JLIQCMcS6M4GB/s320/IMG_9568.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084731796972194" border="0" /></a>The Meeting Place, the hostel we stayed at. It's the first floor of an office building. The owner, Dave, is incredibly nice and helpful. If you ever go to Taipei, I highly recommend staying here.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCZrLqYZE4caFiYSonhVALyhNkougDwyabUIm0GRa-Q9f_P1K8fEcUVihyphenhyphendZctEejUh5o3AV5OlZlaSGCy_eWw2sS6wZDxrrYY63VsD4DYlS-3uB7csqeM9Q7yT6S9oUtokoFQ7QwRlkB/s1600/IMG_9570.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCZrLqYZE4caFiYSonhVALyhNkougDwyabUIm0GRa-Q9f_P1K8fEcUVihyphenhyphendZctEejUh5o3AV5OlZlaSGCy_eWw2sS6wZDxrrYY63VsD4DYlS-3uB7csqeM9Q7yT6S9oUtokoFQ7QwRlkB/s320/IMG_9570.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084720770805058" border="0" /></a>Me, Janet, and another traveler stayed here. Pretty comfy.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3pFomp92u2VB3qSJUs3y4nJGYhH5VKhjbXhMGS1Hm0m7jNEgjBQ4abkrnDFVwDLBalE7bnUJEDSVAQ88kNPGI3rIOXB6c0qwYY93d_tgsrCrCnS_tcVonW-O7oJTr2uqVe5n7UdNqOwY/s1600/IMG_9574.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3pFomp92u2VB3qSJUs3y4nJGYhH5VKhjbXhMGS1Hm0m7jNEgjBQ4abkrnDFVwDLBalE7bnUJEDSVAQ88kNPGI3rIOXB6c0qwYY93d_tgsrCrCnS_tcVonW-O7oJTr2uqVe5n7UdNqOwY/s320/IMG_9574.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084710636393954" border="0" /></a>Monday morning, we met up with Janet's friend from Uni, Jess, and her boyfriend, Paolo, to go to the beach in Keelung. Here's the ticket counter at Taipei Main Station.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNRZ0SL31WQfMDxW8dFe-USrWUDzTNT8iN7GruSlFiGa-X_jelA7kKdcPOoTK5as8-8mjWG8AFf1L1drmwESqOC5_BgnAX7n7tvTtDg4X2TItE_JUBZR020vgicVQ7S_4xrHWkQ_9ODEg/s1600/IMG_0381.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNRZ0SL31WQfMDxW8dFe-USrWUDzTNT8iN7GruSlFiGa-X_jelA7kKdcPOoTK5as8-8mjWG8AFf1L1drmwESqOC5_BgnAX7n7tvTtDg4X2TItE_JUBZR020vgicVQ7S_4xrHWkQ_9ODEg/s320/IMG_0381.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086384099270466" border="0" /></a>Keelung Beach.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtO1XOYwosY2EGNeRx89I8lM9Z5cw8sLtC4EEd6w0qmHS7SUdbeRm5hxpXFzYOWmUJMB-dRAdpGtac9iWj9n0sPn5lpYYHGmgOHajkvu1rnScNT2vC5bxrfHHU8kPAOPsQmKqxlJAfLdFi/s1600/IMG_9578.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtO1XOYwosY2EGNeRx89I8lM9Z5cw8sLtC4EEd6w0qmHS7SUdbeRm5hxpXFzYOWmUJMB-dRAdpGtac9iWj9n0sPn5lpYYHGmgOHajkvu1rnScNT2vC5bxrfHHU8kPAOPsQmKqxlJAfLdFi/s320/IMG_9578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084699419407410" border="0" /></a>Group shot on the train back to Taipei. Janet, me, Jess.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBaU1t1G9Xt13h1tCXnbILnGPBQJrwkI-K1S4RzyN_uj7sJBSAsgn1c1Ft0BuZdt93L6bWmRP70HC1W9J7LgavADxs0eS4hbQ_NMmA9u8rXr8-TqtoVqpQL_RVfJiw2AQUL84hAOLnewG/s1600/IMG_9582.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBaU1t1G9Xt13h1tCXnbILnGPBQJrwkI-K1S4RzyN_uj7sJBSAsgn1c1Ft0BuZdt93L6bWmRP70HC1W9J7LgavADxs0eS4hbQ_NMmA9u8rXr8-TqtoVqpQL_RVfJiw2AQUL84hAOLnewG/s320/IMG_9582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084671305276866" border="0" /></a>Strange statue in the middle of Taipei Main Station.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJg4ByhkPBH0auxQW3C9N5dqOb-eNDS3LJun9T974b8LOm06uIzMFLDwdx-mcObXLEWdPDkey_yFO7imrF5lRX9U1mv4UOP0dfbAC1RgPg_az0po4_nKeVQf_d0WAthL3-rXOXumD9cuv/s1600/IMG_9583.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJg4ByhkPBH0auxQW3C9N5dqOb-eNDS3LJun9T974b8LOm06uIzMFLDwdx-mcObXLEWdPDkey_yFO7imrF5lRX9U1mv4UOP0dfbAC1RgPg_az0po4_nKeVQf_d0WAthL3-rXOXumD9cuv/s320/IMG_9583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084321771860002" border="0" /></a>We ate dinner at Granny Nitti's, which is a lot of "foreign" food (Mexican, American, Indian, etc.). I just love the Engrish.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg6C-oJn1EKwIwz_ZK6Q7ytvLG3CFH6bDPXCcL5iYgq5rBwW4g7y_y_pNSup7ho6JsDOTvywW2_Jhxzhms7hI2zoTukUCRrEHnF9DPY1N_IIizdLNw0MD2zFUpKK2UaykoVB2Jl-45ZE7/s1600/IMG_0404.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg6C-oJn1EKwIwz_ZK6Q7ytvLG3CFH6bDPXCcL5iYgq5rBwW4g7y_y_pNSup7ho6JsDOTvywW2_Jhxzhms7hI2zoTukUCRrEHnF9DPY1N_IIizdLNw0MD2zFUpKK2UaykoVB2Jl-45ZE7/s320/IMG_0404.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086374864832050" border="0" /></a>After dinner, we went to the night market and walked around.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y3xk-92YsCSIoZ9AFYl0X7oJDt-iOZ_XGpH_ZahFoV6PcDk65T9ssrgPabkTV3ObrFlaLZypyas6FE-KVTkfA0egHOeyURkfZYMZb53cfbqjvTBOfYYBR4RkPicVodDO4T5FM7CLuQJs/s1600/IMG_9586.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y3xk-92YsCSIoZ9AFYl0X7oJDt-iOZ_XGpH_ZahFoV6PcDk65T9ssrgPabkTV3ObrFlaLZypyas6FE-KVTkfA0egHOeyURkfZYMZb53cfbqjvTBOfYYBR4RkPicVodDO4T5FM7CLuQJs/s320/IMG_9586.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084290983427346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDQGUMNF5dHRkz5PNQ95YTIoxHzDcMTQHOXMB3yRcl4whudmPypacyvSXr7OksMGJ2_rDASQ08-s8x5CYTnKhEGmmG-X4nH6J96V4V5ICf5r0BZCyAi1udsyLB1PElxzWUlniVBywxMYt/s1600/IMG_9587.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDQGUMNF5dHRkz5PNQ95YTIoxHzDcMTQHOXMB3yRcl4whudmPypacyvSXr7OksMGJ2_rDASQ08-s8x5CYTnKhEGmmG-X4nH6J96V4V5ICf5r0BZCyAi1udsyLB1PElxzWUlniVBywxMYt/s320/IMG_9587.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084282334429810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfiQiXhQq0itvv3qu_CLnXtbb7LS-khiDra-EoeZxhIVMJyj2FyF1KrPNPmPmN7SpNVnWguvNnaQ3ybWuXDipK8NXO1yaAapGdCIsavR8Di3oWKbgvFcebSiwM8tWxL_K02l1Roqz1ztX/s1600/IMG_9588.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfiQiXhQq0itvv3qu_CLnXtbb7LS-khiDra-EoeZxhIVMJyj2FyF1KrPNPmPmN7SpNVnWguvNnaQ3ybWuXDipK8NXO1yaAapGdCIsavR8Di3oWKbgvFcebSiwM8tWxL_K02l1Roqz1ztX/s320/IMG_9588.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084262851144002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3QfXHG_vklqGv8sVho3E3wRVql4SeHJxq1U2sJjue0yhCEbkDyyZbqfopVXBbTuH8_RKhObkdwb38RbK62dJ_JU2kaMwSL6oG67Ijf8zLjDViA5cpjnEh8Yxi9SbThrAMsDNUjs6V0hL/s1600/IMG_9585.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3QfXHG_vklqGv8sVho3E3wRVql4SeHJxq1U2sJjue0yhCEbkDyyZbqfopVXBbTuH8_RKhObkdwb38RbK62dJ_JU2kaMwSL6oG67Ijf8zLjDViA5cpjnEh8Yxi9SbThrAMsDNUjs6V0hL/s320/IMG_9585.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508084308872147250" border="0" /></a>We stopped at a fruit stand that Jess and Paolo always go to, so the owner knows them very well, and gives them free drinks all the time. Her daughter, a 10 year old named Ivy, tries to teach them Chinese. It's hilarious. Her English is amazing!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pnaUX_X8ZlFPdrq6NQrclBzcIH6XgpLNPvHXnUP3WhEV8QtnkFsUezztkVfR090W_OpmKUML_3yURxtHRerczIR1kjqOvjjsSRkynBiy0_Y4J5E2Ueqiwo7RcAVaKQq81xaOCAT4yGhM/s1600/IMG_9589.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pnaUX_X8ZlFPdrq6NQrclBzcIH6XgpLNPvHXnUP3WhEV8QtnkFsUezztkVfR090W_OpmKUML_3yURxtHRerczIR1kjqOvjjsSRkynBiy0_Y4J5E2Ueqiwo7RcAVaKQq81xaOCAT4yGhM/s320/IMG_9589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506552630612145298" border="0" /></a>Figs, dragonfruit, and mango.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nEZa6_Kmax_LsExPyVPqkshXAXHw3wZENcIr8CvNivU8vcbsj6BJybwvj-erkr9kZ0Ou3FyUCYKccrsm1aoUkNIqan_bPraHZ9lFiphwPAoDs6qvreY-WZmPyfBwsx-hbc5gBhPWVwmH/s1600/IMG_0400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nEZa6_Kmax_LsExPyVPqkshXAXHw3wZENcIr8CvNivU8vcbsj6BJybwvj-erkr9kZ0Ou3FyUCYKccrsm1aoUkNIqan_bPraHZ9lFiphwPAoDs6qvreY-WZmPyfBwsx-hbc5gBhPWVwmH/s320/IMG_0400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508097429241618242" border="0" /></a>Ivy<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgponiGlSscOhYPl8kCj5a8l7MXUQbigRjZY_IpDpYBPTejJ8lifu-Gre5H3eVh_yQHJaOqSZSuqNYxiRFrRuxH2EcfGPJBjb5Hm1ShMtj4vnjnZTR7-eGXqm3CnvJnxM5H12NoxwFQ6cJw/s1600/IMG_0415.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgponiGlSscOhYPl8kCj5a8l7MXUQbigRjZY_IpDpYBPTejJ8lifu-Gre5H3eVh_yQHJaOqSZSuqNYxiRFrRuxH2EcfGPJBjb5Hm1ShMtj4vnjnZTR7-eGXqm3CnvJnxM5H12NoxwFQ6cJw/s320/IMG_0415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086360664183122" border="0" /></a>The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. You can't see it though, because we're standing on the steps of it looking toward the gate. On the left and right are the National Theater Hall and National Concert Hall, respectively.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUDosBXj3M-Mf3BUzSE3AWhvKB9mzhTEqpBFijOKsI8_PDdEythH2az9ktVV8rvChjRrl5iAdrZlFwIH0A05wLyvBGIoZCTvntKuaNso7s9SIduIG92wSV1l5xcbbyM0199hCTBM_-UMo/s1600/IMG_9592.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUDosBXj3M-Mf3BUzSE3AWhvKB9mzhTEqpBFijOKsI8_PDdEythH2az9ktVV8rvChjRrl5iAdrZlFwIH0A05wLyvBGIoZCTvntKuaNso7s9SIduIG92wSV1l5xcbbyM0199hCTBM_-UMo/s320/IMG_9592.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506552621028009666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jAKAmopnfg1kaUz88pXfEO3fNGYL7oyCrZOtbhWkGM9nR7-8Ef16NSmqRhcCUvTsp7G4SPJNLk_cpQatyou0jKuudl1stfOmqzDVyF6wg51vdjn03dBaphSZmgORGPNp4wKcyKSJVcDA/s1600/IMG_0420.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADoH9t3lYbwk4kjiKXWr8TPVCzhm5bg1JfOvhxCa1i0JGq2TTOFOf6o__hcs70zBq70W2JV8BkbZ1UgBY8dTtT_Jhz6BSEW5z7psKUC-Hhj0xMvtRjWn_LS1YCYnV0oRzsbE6BikKQK2s/s1600/IMG_0430.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADoH9t3lYbwk4kjiKXWr8TPVCzhm5bg1JfOvhxCa1i0JGq2TTOFOf6o__hcs70zBq70W2JV8BkbZ1UgBY8dTtT_Jhz6BSEW5z7psKUC-Hhj0xMvtRjWn_LS1YCYnV0oRzsbE6BikKQK2s/s320/IMG_0430.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086338986279746" border="0" /></a>Tuesday, we took a bus to Jiufen. This town is famous among Japanese tourist as the inspiration for a few of Hayao Miyazaki's animated films.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BlX9017jn5cvdjK_VNnjfQyDEL9jjkqAJzsPtGUWbz5vwVDa5jOiv0-tmCGLFcYKRd45BIBbRBV_-qhWJTP-KfNWulosRTcaN__BVYRn5jCca0NHCE8EpFx-TDgjxr1bjMwwLIUFTyYq/s1600/IMG_0432.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BlX9017jn5cvdjK_VNnjfQyDEL9jjkqAJzsPtGUWbz5vwVDa5jOiv0-tmCGLFcYKRd45BIBbRBV_-qhWJTP-KfNWulosRTcaN__BVYRn5jCca0NHCE8EpFx-TDgjxr1bjMwwLIUFTyYq/s320/IMG_0432.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086042987396322" border="0" /></a>A cemetery on the hill.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUsGeiRXZ6arF61sf-aD1KF2BpGD-0Pyi4I-0jSAcDE6J4NVOYZ0NI9smw0Zhh7A0cItoybBHjfAtgJoQZYBGEiAY8crBKxIa_j5cngDU7dkbWD-7vQJLM-fH-4Z5DqH0SlRYjbnp_Ty-/s1600/IMG_0465.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUsGeiRXZ6arF61sf-aD1KF2BpGD-0Pyi4I-0jSAcDE6J4NVOYZ0NI9smw0Zhh7A0cItoybBHjfAtgJoQZYBGEiAY8crBKxIa_j5cngDU7dkbWD-7vQJLM-fH-4Z5DqH0SlRYjbnp_Ty-/s320/IMG_0465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085384241241746" border="0" /></a>Beautiful Chinese temple.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-9rqVGB0DKmm7kbTk15LhcJYQrc97s7YRcwFSNAY6_y2rv2CsKpFY4rt9hOnmLCixp2EiiI8Rp_LsnseE6PwhgmuSifFU827CaTf6XcTHv-_NQsyWLGJcBjYV2uOUJkCj3zwIy0tK4bz/s1600/IMG_0466.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-9rqVGB0DKmm7kbTk15LhcJYQrc97s7YRcwFSNAY6_y2rv2CsKpFY4rt9hOnmLCixp2EiiI8Rp_LsnseE6PwhgmuSifFU827CaTf6XcTHv-_NQsyWLGJcBjYV2uOUJkCj3zwIy0tK4bz/s320/IMG_0466.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085138801796066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHrxpX-SuRm5Ar-wx9DCxkOiYoZtW9lYUyR5h1MozSfhlBq58CR2lfl923uoWTg-jY4TeRSGDDJLBqlXutVuho5xGfzSwkp0uLYRf10eVo8Uunh6yp3WgoP69qoAmYSczcvEiBeyf3Tm1/s1600/IMG_0436.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHrxpX-SuRm5Ar-wx9DCxkOiYoZtW9lYUyR5h1MozSfhlBq58CR2lfl923uoWTg-jY4TeRSGDDJLBqlXutVuho5xGfzSwkp0uLYRf10eVo8Uunh6yp3WgoP69qoAmYSczcvEiBeyf3Tm1/s320/IMG_0436.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086029516579506" border="0" /></a>Shopping streets.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkpYOWYPf_XU-epVJwIxXf5n6kN9Mko7wCim68gO9KFzOPX13WSId-ywxsBJ9meal9U8s463nwjVgXMYKaSpf8JEOFNjMl4O4PQhLJaWSaM0K9QoxDi_GLyldmfDsE_Ks1pefIOY4ZWCM/s1600/IMG_0438.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkpYOWYPf_XU-epVJwIxXf5n6kN9Mko7wCim68gO9KFzOPX13WSId-ywxsBJ9meal9U8s463nwjVgXMYKaSpf8JEOFNjMl4O4PQhLJaWSaM0K9QoxDi_GLyldmfDsE_Ks1pefIOY4ZWCM/s320/IMG_0438.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086017973951170" border="0" /></a>These were some kind of very soft candy.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_uemCckbAm9qjgDLdIViTZISpWjpgLVE0hEpbWl21uDB7tohiCYO5pxQRYQ32la1Lu45tRteoU2RA6aUDbz4mrem00fnHoNkBBN0tShoa6bt9wqq3QfOzwc2tZ8GqjVGEgeJGqGFFASQ/s1600/IMG_0442.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_uemCckbAm9qjgDLdIViTZISpWjpgLVE0hEpbWl21uDB7tohiCYO5pxQRYQ32la1Lu45tRteoU2RA6aUDbz4mrem00fnHoNkBBN0tShoa6bt9wqq3QfOzwc2tZ8GqjVGEgeJGqGFFASQ/s320/IMG_0442.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508086005888637570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlLJe-aLCxznNLmIjhyphenhyphenzTp1-I675xMqvHh0BZbQSYaBb6fXra054Zve88M9AqupzSpZ9Fil96TVR-oWB4W9zX_efkUBRoW8mZFMV03PUJe1OeHb9CVhzVcnrrMrjy9gjH-LhO2bhFBA_b/s1600/IMG_0443.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlLJe-aLCxznNLmIjhyphenhyphenzTp1-I675xMqvHh0BZbQSYaBb6fXra054Zve88M9AqupzSpZ9Fil96TVR-oWB4W9zX_efkUBRoW8mZFMV03PUJe1OeHb9CVhzVcnrrMrjy9gjH-LhO2bhFBA_b/s320/IMG_0443.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085988707281250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_qkBaYnTdsoWYMLA3tnHuqYMb0rPrphxGB5xiG6zUFvNUWo7xo0flCTwbjZTssutA2y2kofyUKyyeq9I_NExQv0fV4WdWCERN1FYwLmlw3paZIO_LhKwcWaeWadmkljDU6agqVvI7LmV/s1600/IMG_0447.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_qkBaYnTdsoWYMLA3tnHuqYMb0rPrphxGB5xiG6zUFvNUWo7xo0flCTwbjZTssutA2y2kofyUKyyeq9I_NExQv0fV4WdWCERN1FYwLmlw3paZIO_LhKwcWaeWadmkljDU6agqVvI7LmV/s320/IMG_0447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085432815655586" border="0" /></a>Knick-nack<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEa_nhphhWRQYbDyswzkBeWK2bdM8kSqYimX20SgRkWqa2dDToPAzf3jM99ey84tHFRslSquU3KKN5yD8LhZBYIh66D0iWY2OD9821PmvqqCltE6j8u0gO5bDa8SBIgVSASL-fHR2C3vA/s1600/IMG_0448.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEa_nhphhWRQYbDyswzkBeWK2bdM8kSqYimX20SgRkWqa2dDToPAzf3jM99ey84tHFRslSquU3KKN5yD8LhZBYIh66D0iWY2OD9821PmvqqCltE6j8u0gO5bDa8SBIgVSASL-fHR2C3vA/s320/IMG_0448.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085423587291826" border="0" /></a>Good luck cabbage.<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxVTcSQT0hRucNFh9_TerkYC9fEsGywoWYylx7uyw8n4TXOextpJRvl0soHQEmc8ULlFM-EkKJgGVqrCLMPcnzqPSFebBpdRz8H0hGLgmirb5vzkwYLbd3c6kV4G5vEMV3pTeaiI6Tulm/s1600/IMG_0456.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxVTcSQT0hRucNFh9_TerkYC9fEsGywoWYylx7uyw8n4TXOextpJRvl0soHQEmc8ULlFM-EkKJgGVqrCLMPcnzqPSFebBpdRz8H0hGLgmirb5vzkwYLbd3c6kV4G5vEMV3pTeaiI6Tulm/s320/IMG_0456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085412453674002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzIkbWf6oJfsaIL_8SbMUFPIKuU7duts43FVfAv6NKL2gOayQHotRu67yimeAY4clwL9NUDiEocbWkpNmCjQZ7kQ5lDiui_wmEs4aml0OQ6lPDSfj-Hre2IzIjOpiKV0jygGjR8SvBXbY/s1600/IMG_0461.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzIkbWf6oJfsaIL_8SbMUFPIKuU7duts43FVfAv6NKL2gOayQHotRu67yimeAY4clwL9NUDiEocbWkpNmCjQZ7kQ5lDiui_wmEs4aml0OQ6lPDSfj-Hre2IzIjOpiKV0jygGjR8SvBXbY/s320/IMG_0461.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085391589474786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsJZ9SNIJVoyMtVjKSPvweP2zHo3hC_-eQ0WRB_LD9QTAQ3tuQAmakSnIusrFj6xGxv2nm7XD-fhkJAwSsx6WNVJn1f6m4xz8wAfnUeyRTFbkQSam2jB4u6WkawrTkAB7Wonwob-p6ex3/s1600/IMG_9602.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsJZ9SNIJVoyMtVjKSPvweP2zHo3hC_-eQ0WRB_LD9QTAQ3tuQAmakSnIusrFj6xGxv2nm7XD-fhkJAwSsx6WNVJn1f6m4xz8wAfnUeyRTFbkQSam2jB4u6WkawrTkAB7Wonwob-p6ex3/s320/IMG_9602.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506552612390846082" border="0" /></a>In an attempt to walk to a shrine tucked away in the mountainside, we decided to hike to the top of this mountain. Here we are at the beginning. Mecha genki.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSsgivbfhHaClqK-4EqgAOAsRnlZlru7soU5pOcWau-AVuIxwZklDqhmj23P-sZaqvs01YJsLgyBjhvhPc4IRDZVzhSA3R_JkHol2HMneN1OO1HdZkVMjzh5tvQS3d22uJdLQlE6h3dhp/s1600/IMG_0479.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSsgivbfhHaClqK-4EqgAOAsRnlZlru7soU5pOcWau-AVuIxwZklDqhmj23P-sZaqvs01YJsLgyBjhvhPc4IRDZVzhSA3R_JkHol2HMneN1OO1HdZkVMjzh5tvQS3d22uJdLQlE6h3dhp/s320/IMG_0479.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085122982008194" border="0" /></a>I thought those specs were on my camera lens, but they're birds.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlcW4usZTJj4dXoznBBxdDIIr2KfJFrAjVvuJudqQrEw8WBy_dueRz3zRY-qoa1X5_A0ggxp9V5dzWLbhyphenhyphenTH7FTuuKtylTQoOoTh419YNnpc6R_KLAbCx-C59oxifk5gWr9wAbX7S46LO/s1600/IMG_9608.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlcW4usZTJj4dXoznBBxdDIIr2KfJFrAjVvuJudqQrEw8WBy_dueRz3zRY-qoa1X5_A0ggxp9V5dzWLbhyphenhyphenTH7FTuuKtylTQoOoTh419YNnpc6R_KLAbCx-C59oxifk5gWr9wAbX7S46LO/s320/IMG_9608.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506552607276937426" border="0" /></a>"*gasp* We *gasp* made it *gasp*" collapse<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTIhJeTERacrAKXH9_LFg9h0s156AG9pNic_EIldIgD3EvUIxr8zNqnXZOhQOGdfgg5Cp6UMag9vOnFSwoA4hqEJwkIeHnAgTCuoAAtpSHictOLIp2_9MQ7UF53WpOn-j7YaA-Vh7K7q2/s1600/IMG_9609.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTIhJeTERacrAKXH9_LFg9h0s156AG9pNic_EIldIgD3EvUIxr8zNqnXZOhQOGdfgg5Cp6UMag9vOnFSwoA4hqEJwkIeHnAgTCuoAAtpSHictOLIp2_9MQ7UF53WpOn-j7YaA-Vh7K7q2/s320/IMG_9609.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506550711016326082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_X42bCFTwMZmxYK4kxRGeQAjqJ3ElMormD6hS16doJpecV46T-OLFSFJsD3KGaPxb7bDtb-cvVp-xo1NpApNyEgmWujSQXvXo5w7X-AXTqtPIfVZDlPrw7fU9Vi_sZC-_G7CEGG72Hsy/s1600/IMG_9620.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_X42bCFTwMZmxYK4kxRGeQAjqJ3ElMormD6hS16doJpecV46T-OLFSFJsD3KGaPxb7bDtb-cvVp-xo1NpApNyEgmWujSQXvXo5w7X-AXTqtPIfVZDlPrw7fU9Vi_sZC-_G7CEGG72Hsy/s320/IMG_9620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506550700180526018" border="0" /></a>After a much needed shower at the hostel, we went out with two other travelers to get mango shaved ice, which Dave highly recommended. I imagined a Slush Puppy. This was nothing like that. It was shaved ice, smothered with mango pudding, and fresh mango pieces on the top.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9rMV_TAAPa0xzE4B4imrcyaf9DTX0R2DnNroH8wF2y8fgG7btVTK4qQ64_NTGwTyRjpRqXs2N6JEjbeQZ7R_IUVc1ZfNCAPOy-Ayl6MjD816zvICM5_34HNMSl8aVUZGV4i8ugRb863j/s1600/IMG_9624.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9rMV_TAAPa0xzE4B4imrcyaf9DTX0R2DnNroH8wF2y8fgG7btVTK4qQ64_NTGwTyRjpRqXs2N6JEjbeQZ7R_IUVc1ZfNCAPOy-Ayl6MjD816zvICM5_34HNMSl8aVUZGV4i8ugRb863j/s320/IMG_9624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506550693001953570" border="0" /></a>Then we walked to Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world!<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2b5GIs07c4Yh-GFLSBmVo2Rq45UeZLw-1wVG_5YSUSuGlIzoXiNVCBm2cHiYvoFLXP3bL30hXnmCMAy4096G0cfa2N6fLksRzuHWU0TGSIF6dldLqAJ1wr_xOjBcxrh1xhNedf71I12g/s1600/IMG_9625.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2b5GIs07c4Yh-GFLSBmVo2Rq45UeZLw-1wVG_5YSUSuGlIzoXiNVCBm2cHiYvoFLXP3bL30hXnmCMAy4096G0cfa2N6fLksRzuHWU0TGSIF6dldLqAJ1wr_xOjBcxrh1xhNedf71I12g/s320/IMG_9625.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506550679871794626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4gpkCuHitBn2PVE0bU6B6Em7G7Xwc5IUTW1KA9Bxo-f7pGQ-AjCf93SUWlta5Bi4fkplaSWToezr7FLFYdZqOsplcyXSM_AXdNtGG_tT1TclxHP0_NipF5Mfof8bWPFkkEfUGG0Rx3WR/s1600/IMG_9626.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4gpkCuHitBn2PVE0bU6B6Em7G7Xwc5IUTW1KA9Bxo-f7pGQ-AjCf93SUWlta5Bi4fkplaSWToezr7FLFYdZqOsplcyXSM_AXdNtGG_tT1TclxHP0_NipF5Mfof8bWPFkkEfUGG0Rx3WR/s320/IMG_9626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506550674459460402" border="0" /></a>Silly photos<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6MqaOWsYl2hSUlIrDLROBNptpea8gAyspMhirSoZhoLHJeCL5xEBO8YcAi00zAuPAnQ3PCzCa_tNj176UuVx8283GYl0PFjQSOY0v9NC4NVGwpIczs6bMXcJkhjh1tWoRnu2m_pXKnpF/s1600/IMG_9627.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6MqaOWsYl2hSUlIrDLROBNptpea8gAyspMhirSoZhoLHJeCL5xEBO8YcAi00zAuPAnQ3PCzCa_tNj176UuVx8283GYl0PFjQSOY0v9NC4NVGwpIczs6bMXcJkhjh1tWoRnu2m_pXKnpF/s320/IMG_9627.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506548743955497202" border="0" /></a>Taipei City from the 101st floor of Taipei 101.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNQNRujv-wMTKzylH3_WYki96N_Rh9WYOTs6vh_ps6CvEEsbGKZhjJQ6AaPQBYm2M_6KTo8OXEhDw35VsjQJIj1wBS5J_8kaoRjuJ59qhkS0Gwp34ITKo8IFYnUPDDugiGvNvSIXRkqcL/s1600/IMG_9631.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNQNRujv-wMTKzylH3_WYki96N_Rh9WYOTs6vh_ps6CvEEsbGKZhjJQ6AaPQBYm2M_6KTo8OXEhDw35VsjQJIj1wBS5J_8kaoRjuJ59qhkS0Gwp34ITKo8IFYnUPDDugiGvNvSIXRkqcL/s320/IMG_9631.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506548736513056258" border="0" /></a>World's Fastest Elevator. I'm forever spoiled.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAnG2k5LeECKLMjntwiFcPokdPTCZqFfsSMZ7bxkUX0Jm9CZGcwf1kEZRPnAHJmkNMBmR1a4OAj9Jh3bzmEz8YX23g3ZHfbiFQFVn-tPKc79dwWmmMtmNhYx8bQamSWs0VQ0f4NONrumG/s1600/IMG_9636.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAnG2k5LeECKLMjntwiFcPokdPTCZqFfsSMZ7bxkUX0Jm9CZGcwf1kEZRPnAHJmkNMBmR1a4OAj9Jh3bzmEz8YX23g3ZHfbiFQFVn-tPKc79dwWmmMtmNhYx8bQamSWs0VQ0f4NONrumG/s320/IMG_9636.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506548727469821474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPVZbj6G9L-oH1WzopXM3I7Q-uvFp5_gCtx9q5Xu2FCVuDs0xf8VSIQzQicmNs5Od2sisuE4BPpU9tXuuVrQu9HX1FwdXX1Z2ckR3ikrxBvsvkDba3SLkR8YeEIBBQw98FxRGLs28t-gk/s1600/IMG_9638.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPVZbj6G9L-oH1WzopXM3I7Q-uvFp5_gCtx9q5Xu2FCVuDs0xf8VSIQzQicmNs5Od2sisuE4BPpU9tXuuVrQu9HX1FwdXX1Z2ckR3ikrxBvsvkDba3SLkR8YeEIBBQw98FxRGLs28t-gk/s320/IMG_9638.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506548719385956098" border="0" /></a>Wednesday we took the High Speed Railway down to Koahsiung, on the southern coast. We Couch Surfed with Jamie, an English teacher from Maryland. He was super nice and really funny, and we enjoyed picking on Janet's British accent when she said "Mary-land". For dinner, we had a local specialty: noodles, hamburger, and egg, all still bubbling hot. It was really good, and super filling.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7cLhO8wzokRWfjeppCnTSPtlhbq3vfX2sU0p6pxs6IcP8DxCGE4WeUE1f6NK58fUMO8MxcKF4IqqTY9CzdlnaEoVrb_F34xixJPA1vAoIGOBEUMP2tJ11dJvaClSoVjyBQS6vbG2U_BP/s1600/IMG_9645.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7cLhO8wzokRWfjeppCnTSPtlhbq3vfX2sU0p6pxs6IcP8DxCGE4WeUE1f6NK58fUMO8MxcKF4IqqTY9CzdlnaEoVrb_F34xixJPA1vAoIGOBEUMP2tJ11dJvaClSoVjyBQS6vbG2U_BP/s320/IMG_9645.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506548714521849426" border="0" /></a>Me, Jamie, and Janet.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQX_uy7d4Gx196PuIKCoB_g71eO-A6MTvxoFbKVwn-2Uldld6qWKAv0mN-yZF3vGROmpdk3Bx-vyY9lZK95TQE_tWlUCZf7bN5MXNUsmlgCIiBmBpp7E-aNroG_sYjdfiquUSKl0azH3d/s1600/IMG_9647.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQX_uy7d4Gx196PuIKCoB_g71eO-A6MTvxoFbKVwn-2Uldld6qWKAv0mN-yZF3vGROmpdk3Bx-vyY9lZK95TQE_tWlUCZf7bN5MXNUsmlgCIiBmBpp7E-aNroG_sYjdfiquUSKl0azH3d/s320/IMG_9647.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547984476614642" border="0" /></a>Jamie's apartment is huge! And cheap! Unlike tiny, expensive Japan.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVFy5bh8anJL5oiLcpSa_MA5YhVuPFg9Q2JxkT0xvxv2SLFMAKyMQXCed0mfYGsvC82fm4KTOwF3Xq03C4ckV5f1dGKYKuV1KugPlBrlkHOyuFI_pqwepRQNtew_TknHBiEgW4jSmoGyF/s1600/IMG_9648.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVFy5bh8anJL5oiLcpSa_MA5YhVuPFg9Q2JxkT0xvxv2SLFMAKyMQXCed0mfYGsvC82fm4KTOwF3Xq03C4ckV5f1dGKYKuV1KugPlBrlkHOyuFI_pqwepRQNtew_TknHBiEgW4jSmoGyF/s320/IMG_9648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547975912510034" border="0" /></a>The room Janet and I stayed in.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-sk8cw1VoHvAqEtG0dlSTYTuzkTca36vnuvV-uTI5c7L1pzff1eGiJkGn7qxVfBMPYD3W-EFbgLZ8hwvp2KSBPpj57Nj9lLD-pXdqvkDZtDM9nttS45f6SbYrbWXlsWEyEvOJHq1pPv/s1600/IMG_9649.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-sk8cw1VoHvAqEtG0dlSTYTuzkTca36vnuvV-uTI5c7L1pzff1eGiJkGn7qxVfBMPYD3W-EFbgLZ8hwvp2KSBPpj57Nj9lLD-pXdqvkDZtDM9nttS45f6SbYrbWXlsWEyEvOJHq1pPv/s320/IMG_9649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547965943792274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNGmNQc3JrxRlajiFjhmzq9Q14rW9AS0-Ig3RnurN5Li-eVrTldzfcmQnxybSTvjV9xWGkVQtRbrfnybwvxG9UQ3YUgfXfBsJTo7LCcLLttMXGuruMxXd5LDKnAEODi_s0Hplg3GTFA9m/s1600/IMG_9652.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNGmNQc3JrxRlajiFjhmzq9Q14rW9AS0-Ig3RnurN5Li-eVrTldzfcmQnxybSTvjV9xWGkVQtRbrfnybwvxG9UQ3YUgfXfBsJTo7LCcLLttMXGuruMxXd5LDKnAEODi_s0Hplg3GTFA9m/s320/IMG_9652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547961425273026" border="0" /></a>Thursday, Jamie had to work, so Janet and I walked to the beach. It had black sand. It was overcast, but the water was incredibly warm.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZv1Apc8aSkS_lIIxGiYlNeKV7qggb78VIKY71kfqVC85A9-XSRy3ctiV0B3uUJw76bdUZ8hFnCuaXRIQ1aws7a24hajK7OFCeFH971fF-91uqE9GN_5KotQBy69mBmNJV0H6LKctFeGY/s1600/IMG_9653.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZv1Apc8aSkS_lIIxGiYlNeKV7qggb78VIKY71kfqVC85A9-XSRy3ctiV0B3uUJw76bdUZ8hFnCuaXRIQ1aws7a24hajK7OFCeFH971fF-91uqE9GN_5KotQBy69mBmNJV0H6LKctFeGY/s320/IMG_9653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547953103286274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGVKiMHnczcSLMMFFTHIVmYwH8VEumlUehFIWjtGJC3pqmAiMrOoIo_btQBb5D6gOgv0sMUj1Bq3iiET0CVJweZOxue8H0I04RKUY7qFZT9FKiJ0zh1jxHmUxmjPN2WxNi8lFbKhOTxWD/s1600/IMG_9654.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGVKiMHnczcSLMMFFTHIVmYwH8VEumlUehFIWjtGJC3pqmAiMrOoIo_btQBb5D6gOgv0sMUj1Bq3iiET0CVJweZOxue8H0I04RKUY7qFZT9FKiJ0zh1jxHmUxmjPN2WxNi8lFbKhOTxWD/s320/IMG_9654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546750457447938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6bIaltI43Ngdexz5d58jNgz9erWY9vROntoNkQxE4_WAj4eRwGwKbXQYVQJfsH2NpkdTOqAIUhhdk21G-He51XGwhgidaoVvV6cUYwSHF9UiR69fG9uDLZOJqTZzUdLeOsHYmPovfdD9/s1600/IMG_9655.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6bIaltI43Ngdexz5d58jNgz9erWY9vROntoNkQxE4_WAj4eRwGwKbXQYVQJfsH2NpkdTOqAIUhhdk21G-He51XGwhgidaoVvV6cUYwSHF9UiR69fG9uDLZOJqTZzUdLeOsHYmPovfdD9/s320/IMG_9655.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546742968744322" border="0" /></a>We got bored, so Janet buried me. Everyone else on the beach (three lifeguards and two couples) all stared. She made me a mermaid!<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXyJVEvTEeJMfmcPSSeIW3onenxdsGjLrtFdb8vGo6pEfK3QzSjALt8k5vHsHGXoKr_wBn6uSnx2QaCjkLma6a13znwRXb8pJxB0Jh_-2IPxC7x2gqRzDktgDrxc5E3yibCgYKnPjG5G-/s1600/IMG_9660.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXyJVEvTEeJMfmcPSSeIW3onenxdsGjLrtFdb8vGo6pEfK3QzSjALt8k5vHsHGXoKr_wBn6uSnx2QaCjkLma6a13znwRXb8pJxB0Jh_-2IPxC7x2gqRzDktgDrxc5E3yibCgYKnPjG5G-/s320/IMG_9660.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546738904380562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqn0mCzm3fE7LfOmf5mEd5WBTHYTUFgk4er9MpXdjAM6vojXbcjgkrM23WO_7HnveqvIJ1o7BN6XyIXUdWM1CZwCpDShbIrvNSmATcFJA30R2NpWlYzD7QyBdYC18W8jeDfNXXjk0hUKZ/s1600/IMG_9661.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqn0mCzm3fE7LfOmf5mEd5WBTHYTUFgk4er9MpXdjAM6vojXbcjgkrM23WO_7HnveqvIJ1o7BN6XyIXUdWM1CZwCpDShbIrvNSmATcFJA30R2NpWlYzD7QyBdYC18W8jeDfNXXjk0hUKZ/s320/IMG_9661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546730826730146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFayuL0p3kJBtZ-7j_Ez5MJY8PFArtH8kRnU8Qg07-vTzbpMVEQLmvpMdt8Y7tBx_CBjKqzp3MOh-uJYgkSUhAsshfZBPn9gtwHjHwmQw2UyIJt_tEbPg1dq44w8TFGRU4YcX4L3_0b4P/s1600/IMG_9662.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFayuL0p3kJBtZ-7j_Ez5MJY8PFArtH8kRnU8Qg07-vTzbpMVEQLmvpMdt8Y7tBx_CBjKqzp3MOh-uJYgkSUhAsshfZBPn9gtwHjHwmQw2UyIJt_tEbPg1dq44w8TFGRU4YcX4L3_0b4P/s320/IMG_9662.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546722903849634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj7R3A34PXB8Y80HJlu5ML864C00DX1SKVDUPzwz7NRYOLGH8omFhy94xxsSs4hFcIRTTu5xJlZhILZt2vCuxtzjCM57Q1pxaU6Aql3u2wwD41BuAABpKcP1TGbUqD8kTd-4i3z5V6JeS/s1600/IMG_9665.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj7R3A34PXB8Y80HJlu5ML864C00DX1SKVDUPzwz7NRYOLGH8omFhy94xxsSs4hFcIRTTu5xJlZhILZt2vCuxtzjCM57Q1pxaU6Aql3u2wwD41BuAABpKcP1TGbUqD8kTd-4i3z5V6JeS/s320/IMG_9665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545226862026034" border="0" /></a>After a nice day at the beach, we found a really posh rooftop bar, and had a beer and enjoyed the view.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHsRwyZq9neHmfOImp74T_drEBjGZXcKnlXCMLOf0TAnZFHZsKgsxcECK6i4iELMO3GAg-DRlM1nlc-_x5ZWW7b9t9o1zHqD7ujuEB3Cd1oOmNQBhTLHWt4d0Wuo0crtbdWe_HmwUJ_wM/s1600/IMG_9668.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHsRwyZq9neHmfOImp74T_drEBjGZXcKnlXCMLOf0TAnZFHZsKgsxcECK6i4iELMO3GAg-DRlM1nlc-_x5ZWW7b9t9o1zHqD7ujuEB3Cd1oOmNQBhTLHWt4d0Wuo0crtbdWe_HmwUJ_wM/s320/IMG_9668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545217014953106" border="0" /></a>Note the side matching braids. She's such a copycat.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpnAnSHHvJC2xp4hSbFhVU6yyLDSsgyXQy5GZmVaPFiQINhhyphenhyphencX6HkhwWrZm8T273tpmD7p12ITpZSaICoBzOPxrhFB-mbtIscb4mMPElqs4Ly_finyzcp2LmTmdrnyTEUnqZooFAYsHm/s1600/IMG_9670.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpnAnSHHvJC2xp4hSbFhVU6yyLDSsgyXQy5GZmVaPFiQINhhyphenhyphencX6HkhwWrZm8T273tpmD7p12ITpZSaICoBzOPxrhFB-mbtIscb4mMPElqs4Ly_finyzcp2LmTmdrnyTEUnqZooFAYsHm/s320/IMG_9670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545205831303842" border="0" /></a>Friday, Jamie took us surfing. I discovered I'm not too bad at surfing, but the ways were shit.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-FG5yCbaoSShsE2AerhWMrG8oFRAWPRO3dMmtSm1Ryd8GuvIep1EWoll9LjxiSwpnQgcQrIStdTysEdtceEjz39EuLFL0H89Ns4gJ9kQpVwoluGv0lDlBKBxjHGG8D97UHQf1EZZO97o/s1600/IMG_9673.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-FG5yCbaoSShsE2AerhWMrG8oFRAWPRO3dMmtSm1Ryd8GuvIep1EWoll9LjxiSwpnQgcQrIStdTysEdtceEjz39EuLFL0H89Ns4gJ9kQpVwoluGv0lDlBKBxjHGG8D97UHQf1EZZO97o/s320/IMG_9673.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545198671853538" border="0" /></a>Temple near the beach.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9amZITPwU3TR3DVwKy6Ok77s9CbptKw8snS5SE8tGc_QAucYKKpMVAr-eIPsppONxtn-r06381flFF4HdM_uQb0zYuckpi2A7gPAcU1l470j9hzTS-Gu3HIM5Qzg2hYmIIvBIszqSWTI/s1600/IMG_9675.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9amZITPwU3TR3DVwKy6Ok77s9CbptKw8snS5SE8tGc_QAucYKKpMVAr-eIPsppONxtn-r06381flFF4HdM_uQb0zYuckpi2A7gPAcU1l470j9hzTS-Gu3HIM5Qzg2hYmIIvBIszqSWTI/s320/IMG_9675.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545186713065186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZmyUHJ8DsuavE-tU9VZJso0YrFcmu3CKoBkZTaErQfEMLGlWfUF1LAGIqr5P3ARIb-GfDl_u0L0O4KEHBD0V-d4TTkvOg0vQfGN6LK25X85F3wqZfbVy6N3JhfEj59ohg7X-2zOoGIsF/s1600/IMG_9677.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZmyUHJ8DsuavE-tU9VZJso0YrFcmu3CKoBkZTaErQfEMLGlWfUF1LAGIqr5P3ARIb-GfDl_u0L0O4KEHBD0V-d4TTkvOg0vQfGN6LK25X85F3wqZfbVy6N3JhfEj59ohg7X-2zOoGIsF/s320/IMG_9677.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506543878865877282" border="0" /></a>View from Jamie's balcony.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulYAQ2zt7AFHKLrcKszRCVZZhuMIwHJJNCeDTixPftzzJ5J1Izxjmb25ZS0ol-vBTK-8JzUOOFBMVOuUnEdpEWdk_agClOjyxMcKFIBLU9aZpB1vSwJ7Ngixl-DVPTJZGzIE7uUrcA5nU/s1600/IMG_9678.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulYAQ2zt7AFHKLrcKszRCVZZhuMIwHJJNCeDTixPftzzJ5J1Izxjmb25ZS0ol-vBTK-8JzUOOFBMVOuUnEdpEWdk_agClOjyxMcKFIBLU9aZpB1vSwJ7Ngixl-DVPTJZGzIE7uUrcA5nU/s320/IMG_9678.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506543867899481522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSueXzywcarykuHtyil8HWs2EV-51a2k31NahhV_GzsMt6ZsUhhH6osaUsou_Fq0Z9xnMk7Fss0TXcIU_OX8PfDrtm2sH3kOv_XoxGE_iACKKKHXeYVVikGK9EsFC0UYQoiZz2sEufyhp/s1600/IMG_0483.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSueXzywcarykuHtyil8HWs2EV-51a2k31NahhV_GzsMt6ZsUhhH6osaUsou_Fq0Z9xnMk7Fss0TXcIU_OX8PfDrtm2sH3kOv_XoxGE_iACKKKHXeYVVikGK9EsFC0UYQoiZz2sEufyhp/s320/IMG_0483.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508085111538643314" border="0" /></a>Back in Taipei, Jeff let me see his Canon 10-22mm lens. *drool*<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kj3NOaPlNsxnHndtkJ2Zr98zTrmGsytBSXZRHoY8p-OTferR23JVCFb9rc3rLEICBBkpzP5PmUW6OOk-K0HN5vTcs1lyaLUGtkeH_5DUnJSq7ZCSIBXJS4fvkGGompULdYt_8vteiGgn/s1600/IMG_9688.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kj3NOaPlNsxnHndtkJ2Zr98zTrmGsytBSXZRHoY8p-OTferR23JVCFb9rc3rLEICBBkpzP5PmUW6OOk-K0HN5vTcs1lyaLUGtkeH_5DUnJSq7ZCSIBXJS4fvkGGompULdYt_8vteiGgn/s320/IMG_9688.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506543859579757762" border="0" /></a>Nightmarket behind the hostel.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dF3hjfMyhDtFu2P0wPo3k31B53GAkgj-lhUxWV7ANGyis-6EPCC0ofCVYKCHcZn5KEzg0N0x23ReDF_e_kjNNGbHg0of008BaqcOqDFI1TDAyhHzAqHq8UlfBE8_hhP01jZg6jsod4h3/s1600/IMG_9689.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dF3hjfMyhDtFu2P0wPo3k31B53GAkgj-lhUxWV7ANGyis-6EPCC0ofCVYKCHcZn5KEzg0N0x23ReDF_e_kjNNGbHg0of008BaqcOqDFI1TDAyhHzAqHq8UlfBE8_hhP01jZg6jsod4h3/s320/IMG_9689.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506543851885315938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMubQwvE0TPmKByw2R7xftBD1agVZhbGtilS1Gq4WxABKrEm3J-5bKdiDaMrdS_FLWNx6qb4gFlH92J-o7AD6JXczjUoHRLNCD1y3IYjGQPIW4ldg4a0FvMvh7HPYPdlbdhi9DVO_ppfO/s1600/IMG_9690.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMubQwvE0TPmKByw2R7xftBD1agVZhbGtilS1Gq4WxABKrEm3J-5bKdiDaMrdS_FLWNx6qb4gFlH92J-o7AD6JXczjUoHRLNCD1y3IYjGQPIW4ldg4a0FvMvh7HPYPdlbdhi9DVO_ppfO/s320/IMG_9690.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506543844507157778" border="0" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu">Stinky tofu.</a> Absolutely disgusting.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU1R9s3fEPSMEoqcW3w56MXOmMzbCZm3oKlhHiKHFfkfCMKSMAn2oOwCLdT2uPMwMR0qXjS1NDI4sGcaw9LgGWsHg1UulfqVaV6tGmPh4NzRBgQWhmmfIfdeGR5HF3fLzjb0ZnqKgutHV/s1600/IMG_9692.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU1R9s3fEPSMEoqcW3w56MXOmMzbCZm3oKlhHiKHFfkfCMKSMAn2oOwCLdT2uPMwMR0qXjS1NDI4sGcaw9LgGWsHg1UulfqVaV6tGmPh4NzRBgQWhmmfIfdeGR5HF3fLzjb0ZnqKgutHV/s320/IMG_9692.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542977189508562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xe8rWSj0GvwCPkLc0bW3p3ncahyphenhyphenrjKwjofTlXymJ4_-IshIewilTTgSIZznWuzpQqo1BMbm7zIy-rL2jgU3ylkHc4mU7vCkTl_8BKSAO-86OtfFyw3_EY90c3HMeFA_qLnrxqU-I6loE/s1600/IMG_9693.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xe8rWSj0GvwCPkLc0bW3p3ncahyphenhyphenrjKwjofTlXymJ4_-IshIewilTTgSIZznWuzpQqo1BMbm7zIy-rL2jgU3ylkHc4mU7vCkTl_8BKSAO-86OtfFyw3_EY90c3HMeFA_qLnrxqU-I6loE/s320/IMG_9693.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542963923538482" border="0" /></a><br />Our flight left at 8:30 am Monday, so we had to get up at 5:00 and all that jazz. When we got to the airport, they asked us to take another flight, that took off 10 minutes later. No problem, and they gave us meal vouchers so we could have breakfast. Sweet. When we checked back in, they told us they had bumped us to First Class. For free. YES!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwGPn4aBbDL2qqj-GkhmNh8wUx7ASZA4L-JTAcgIvx9673m2YCN3QoTMp3lPkEC9quThdLWXdTIt45m2OLbBH3MB3dxJpnU2vu_pjqAk4119J1SJEaOzyCxAZRL2IuYmleGrzO46oEQDE/s1600/IMG_9694.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwGPn4aBbDL2qqj-GkhmNh8wUx7ASZA4L-JTAcgIvx9673m2YCN3QoTMp3lPkEC9quThdLWXdTIt45m2OLbBH3MB3dxJpnU2vu_pjqAk4119J1SJEaOzyCxAZRL2IuYmleGrzO46oEQDE/s320/IMG_9694.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542953877398914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOnrXzBUYW8wnajGbXIEcC3IN7lH_3SegfewCpOBQVSvn0hQTAfjcXJDw4pgD4O5gsSQHoB9adSXxRphRcp0EU42ryOG4Q0cHIYb1OY3vCd8wGAry9Bbf1UrXk6ptKo6zZ8fmQWG4GjDD/s1600/IMG_9695.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOnrXzBUYW8wnajGbXIEcC3IN7lH_3SegfewCpOBQVSvn0hQTAfjcXJDw4pgD4O5gsSQHoB9adSXxRphRcp0EU42ryOG4Q0cHIYb1OY3vCd8wGAry9Bbf1UrXk6ptKo6zZ8fmQWG4GjDD/s320/IMG_9695.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542937515715650" border="0" /></a>I am so spoiled now.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oBV228eZ4d7RiekvdaRbV_Sz0YY6baftT-uwe9kc0manaifK8dXBZJL9aBgK43Yutwf-dhCf7-TGg8K_gIyVRVH7CSh9UheasNKRr3CniIQmT3WokBhUtblPHmtIRxuqHi-WXB72hspO/s1600/IMG_9696.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oBV228eZ4d7RiekvdaRbV_Sz0YY6baftT-uwe9kc0manaifK8dXBZJL9aBgK43Yutwf-dhCf7-TGg8K_gIyVRVH7CSh9UheasNKRr3CniIQmT3WokBhUtblPHmtIRxuqHi-WXB72hspO/s320/IMG_9696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542926241998738" border="0" /></a>Great end to a great trip!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-49482578551709111502010-08-07T22:36:00.006+09:002010-08-17T09:58:30.331+09:00Summer Sonic 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NMDP6oPrjw0Kp-ZnL3Shew2EYpDBNKX2udmvHpghZWfCjRv3ZV9txcTdis6Rsix3_Qfe4CVr7Em3xfNeIqwvIP0huAOWwX017LpY4sbJWIY_rHhBW0AY53pknCUY40I6tvxsGW-fHoNV/s1600/IMG_9561.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NMDP6oPrjw0Kp-ZnL3Shew2EYpDBNKX2udmvHpghZWfCjRv3ZV9txcTdis6Rsix3_Qfe4CVr7Em3xfNeIqwvIP0huAOWwX017LpY4sbJWIY_rHhBW0AY53pknCUY40I6tvxsGW-fHoNV/s200/IMG_9561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002779119484498" border="0" /></a>I took Saturday off work so I could go to Summer Sonic with Miho and Asami! <a href="http://www.summersonic.com/2010/lineup/osaka.html">Summer Sonic</a> is a huge music festival in Tokyo and Osaka. It was incredibly crowded, hot, and humid. Even though we put on sunscreen, we sweated it off pretty quickly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXgOTuwZAIG9ZPS_cleV_6j8J_45xLynf0S574LSNwGXVAjAMgKgYivz4XT1Kx1B2udMrawbClTFCBsz8jevLveRZP-oxT8fGhN4REy_PUc2QzEejBXmKt9txyIJrS4r_pBxRfoSDiAfS/s1600/IMG_9544.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXgOTuwZAIG9ZPS_cleV_6j8J_45xLynf0S574LSNwGXVAjAMgKgYivz4XT1Kx1B2udMrawbClTFCBsz8jevLveRZP-oxT8fGhN4REy_PUc2QzEejBXmKt9txyIJrS4r_pBxRfoSDiAfS/s320/IMG_9544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002532305561154" border="0" /></a>Asami went to England, and brought us back some cute Union Jack socks. Miho had to model them on the train.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoIUZn-a5XK7t2Kld8PxYcl5S8OQRlWT_yDn8p2tkNQUapzkC8edlMaPQMI9-cNsPRgDDVOEwpfmOAzC6QAJppZMOti3Va37lrEPS8IS0Wzu7k8PnYgBmlQGTeoDMOalhLgwthVa3LIjz/s1600/IMG_9546.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoIUZn-a5XK7t2Kld8PxYcl5S8OQRlWT_yDn8p2tkNQUapzkC8edlMaPQMI9-cNsPRgDDVOEwpfmOAzC6QAJppZMOti3Va37lrEPS8IS0Wzu7k8PnYgBmlQGTeoDMOalhLgwthVa3LIjz/s320/IMG_9546.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002524149050050" border="0" /></a>Asami and I on the shuttle bus to the venue.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQ2MrdlD9texs0K2TE9mEht4HVjY1VPeIq-0_2nr45bcOohvsq_ueVHEaOUU06FtAol2PYOv_T94mMsdUbyf2woetl1z4cifsMXhtts-vqeCYsRusMcBYp-phgD50vY6TrcN7xKDWoyAL/s1600/IMG_9551.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQ2MrdlD9texs0K2TE9mEht4HVjY1VPeIq-0_2nr45bcOohvsq_ueVHEaOUU06FtAol2PYOv_T94mMsdUbyf2woetl1z4cifsMXhtts-vqeCYsRusMcBYp-phgD50vY6TrcN7xKDWoyAL/s320/IMG_9551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002510488154562" border="0" /></a>The British band My Passion. They wear more makeup than I do.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgWqBWXbwtnswsLgFISZGV9IWcYgq36AxZy2NogcZSLd9gw8g_1tbiSxXxedDJT-hiNjN8gOMJdk0bMUhhoFhjFX3pOwBvF6CxJHdhORwcauQLb9Cs9BPpcaISNGMAIMRvL9JddmJgmCm/s1600/IMG_9554.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgWqBWXbwtnswsLgFISZGV9IWcYgq36AxZy2NogcZSLd9gw8g_1tbiSxXxedDJT-hiNjN8gOMJdk0bMUhhoFhjFX3pOwBvF6CxJHdhORwcauQLb9Cs9BPpcaISNGMAIMRvL9JddmJgmCm/s320/IMG_9554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002504202117058" border="0" /></a>Chillin' on the grass, watching Ocean stage.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8lKIBKSXw9KuBcyMRdO12siMACrqhUGGwCkWlq9rQbNBJ-_vAvpXPHODt9SyNJksR_azwg_fJVAxxrik77PDwXwm3Fx27vkoV0MOT6vDJeKFiwFDHTTrzMRKC9p7SweqaDPck3-X3krt/s1600/IMG_9556.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8lKIBKSXw9KuBcyMRdO12siMACrqhUGGwCkWlq9rQbNBJ-_vAvpXPHODt9SyNJksR_azwg_fJVAxxrik77PDwXwm3Fx27vkoV0MOT6vDJeKFiwFDHTTrzMRKC9p7SweqaDPck3-X3krt/s320/IMG_9556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002175906633874" border="0" /></a>Taylor Swift<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw0oy9dThZspnKI8sCakODcTgGk3TE8BNRJbbzHM2LF62Nwi0W7Wq6n_k2vVV8rhBPD0LIkiDbU_1aaHym9qHf2VSZwztglV2NhA8X1aHlFMC3c8HK9XLFV6DK6o_BteNp3mMcqmKJu_G/s1600/IMG_9557.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw0oy9dThZspnKI8sCakODcTgGk3TE8BNRJbbzHM2LF62Nwi0W7Wq6n_k2vVV8rhBPD0LIkiDbU_1aaHym9qHf2VSZwztglV2NhA8X1aHlFMC3c8HK9XLFV6DK6o_BteNp3mMcqmKJu_G/s320/IMG_9557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002168066665986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGtnv8EsdBauL0q5FhEl3go9U7xOYUIhImiIt2Kc3_2el-DNC71k0SaDfFsitSUYyhrHiAA2Ljx_jx5aKcLHRdOSEgGsGe6GHPa2gW18j9RrZumQnJ3Dh-G802Jmzwi-4_quAoAmGrAg/s1600/IMG_9559.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGtnv8EsdBauL0q5FhEl3go9U7xOYUIhImiIt2Kc3_2el-DNC71k0SaDfFsitSUYyhrHiAA2Ljx_jx5aKcLHRdOSEgGsGe6GHPa2gW18j9RrZumQnJ3Dh-G802Jmzwi-4_quAoAmGrAg/s320/IMG_9559.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002161220374674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIGhHR2ZT0FsSHeIHJV105Rv_O8YT4KTUXsc654vwj1sJHi_l7igfWlEjv8O6tvQwME_LaUFb4ou-a3MYjlrAD6zjyvHRAR7leRc9z3Y93c1S6yeOR_P-lr-Inr41x72KjuJQI3o0BPy/s1600/IMG_9560.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIGhHR2ZT0FsSHeIHJV105Rv_O8YT4KTUXsc654vwj1sJHi_l7igfWlEjv8O6tvQwME_LaUFb4ou-a3MYjlrAD6zjyvHRAR7leRc9z3Y93c1S6yeOR_P-lr-Inr41x72KjuJQI3o0BPy/s320/IMG_9560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506002155616741186" border="0" /></a>Stevie Wonder's set.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCE7bzCnebEw5ScHsf9law6YT0ZIhF2mlRM75eZSBW7nfy7KTBJfySPFsIL-rLOEWpH848bk5FziLvOAk2EExfQgGBCe0tUNHE60mBDt0VXtaJoJ4jU6efx9FiH1hTXQ-1vnUIAXNrMf3/s1600/IMG_9561.JPG"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-50001728241828516072010-08-02T19:20:00.002+09:002010-08-02T19:28:44.653+09:0028 Days Later...I only have 28 more days of work left. That doesn't include weekends or Obon holiday, but hey, it made for a catchy title.<br /><br />This weekend was incredibly low key. I met up with Lamika in Osaka and we went to see Inception. It was great! Our seats however... since it was the first of the month, and a discount day, it was sold out, but we got seats!... on opposite sides of the theater... in the first row.... Whatever, the movie was more than awesome enough to make up for that.<br /><br />Today I cleaned massively, and have put most of the junk from my apartment into trash bags to be thrown out on the correct collection date. I should pack for Taiwan, since I'm going to Summer Sonic on Saturday and won't really have time this week.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FAQ</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When are you coming home?<br /></span>Probably between September 20 and October 9.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Where are you going to live?<br /></span>Initially, I'll be in Burlington. Then, who knows.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />What are you going to do?</span><br />Whatever the hell I feel like, I suppose. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-65675038007597034102010-07-28T20:30:00.008+09:002010-07-28T20:49:15.187+09:00South Korea's got Seoul!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXzEBkf9AhlkGShGpJCqzC_gO5gRrytXtz-x-FnKXnPVDNWr22TcNAGX0IrDIoLSxCTfvtN5VWrmnEUxEoDrHi_DUZ6P0cSFbL_eZiyyJu-P4L-Mjalc3HBAlO-hcWmjz-YSBMvpJc54A/s1600/IMG_9463.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXzEBkf9AhlkGShGpJCqzC_gO5gRrytXtz-x-FnKXnPVDNWr22TcNAGX0IrDIoLSxCTfvtN5VWrmnEUxEoDrHi_DUZ6P0cSFbL_eZiyyJu-P4L-Mjalc3HBAlO-hcWmjz-YSBMvpJc54A/s200/IMG_9463.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920338465969634" border="0" /></a>Sunday I woke up bright and early (5:00am) to give myself plenty of time to catch the bus to Kansai International Airport. I made it there with two hours to spare, so I sat and listened to podcasts until I boarded my plane for Seoul!<br /><br /><br />Amanda met me at the airport, and we took the subway into town. After a wonderful lunch (Mexican!) we walked around the Korea War Memorial Museum. They have a lot of tanks and planes outside, and you can even climb on a few of them!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNqofCEmx-rsSzH_WXkzwKB41EttrEUUEM8k82NQtujra3LDQrI8TZ8qthypOrjlRyLb8NKVgPWpNNjC7CJG-taDkU18690eXa_a1K7TEgrtJ8rzF9DMM6fGUs4M10mURzriwn5nRk-Ji/s1600/Untitled_Panorama1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNqofCEmx-rsSzH_WXkzwKB41EttrEUUEM8k82NQtujra3LDQrI8TZ8qthypOrjlRyLb8NKVgPWpNNjC7CJG-taDkU18690eXa_a1K7TEgrtJ8rzF9DMM6fGUs4M10mURzriwn5nRk-Ji/s320/Untitled_Panorama1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918861990736034" border="0" /></a>The view from Amanda's apartment in Haebonchong oogori.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm1NZmh33v11194rIYmpQ9P3M4TKd7MOEDGBB5DPRh99tR1XkyyQikQxwF0b2HCa9sD_sIiTAV6U5V4r73p_-1lBIv5ZmwrPFEp7TcL6z33syETvIQisLrkEtYeJ_cXaZmRLQiMZjFRzd/s1600/IMG_0335.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm1NZmh33v11194rIYmpQ9P3M4TKd7MOEDGBB5DPRh99tR1XkyyQikQxwF0b2HCa9sD_sIiTAV6U5V4r73p_-1lBIv5ZmwrPFEp7TcL6z33syETvIQisLrkEtYeJ_cXaZmRLQiMZjFRzd/s320/IMG_0335.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920263212567746" border="0" /></a>Korean War Museum<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Diq5aIDjnc2fVkZU51_iDl42tdnBdwHDhzpi7vThsEZTWDaMROxHAtmWJK0AEZ48ijf4-lDsUJhY4VREsYY6I6371FHvD59Gphl2BssKFuGa2CtY-N0XSF8WmICAFJGwwDwPu1OEWmxt/s1600/IMG_0337.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Diq5aIDjnc2fVkZU51_iDl42tdnBdwHDhzpi7vThsEZTWDaMROxHAtmWJK0AEZ48ijf4-lDsUJhY4VREsYY6I6371FHvD59Gphl2BssKFuGa2CtY-N0XSF8WmICAFJGwwDwPu1OEWmxt/s320/IMG_0337.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920261777159554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkEiXEbW0Lena1nOb2RtMrY4-up7A7RmEQTKKAULSwGioBr0BYaXODcufqbRLWosWz3aALaRMLTZd7lkjK8w_AqSMiNG0PTrmSIdnXuVPJZG-IZD2FFgw1fj4jWXzzmzH6BzTKvadSUCS/s1600/IMG_0343.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkEiXEbW0Lena1nOb2RtMrY4-up7A7RmEQTKKAULSwGioBr0BYaXODcufqbRLWosWz3aALaRMLTZd7lkjK8w_AqSMiNG0PTrmSIdnXuVPJZG-IZD2FFgw1fj4jWXzzmzH6BzTKvadSUCS/s320/IMG_0343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920156897846418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfdYi3ayEbDLID8Fan9-i19rKybvQPIpshuOybozYg_wd08BsWXmvk-s_SW9NpA5SYNsCWj4Yg7dymfngHik9FjlmmibSAFW83aKL6XCviH5IYuZt8xU3rhWeo96AAVRuleauD5D7gn5I/s1600/IMG_0350.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfdYi3ayEbDLID8Fan9-i19rKybvQPIpshuOybozYg_wd08BsWXmvk-s_SW9NpA5SYNsCWj4Yg7dymfngHik9FjlmmibSAFW83aKL6XCviH5IYuZt8xU3rhWeo96AAVRuleauD5D7gn5I/s320/IMG_0350.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920140296112306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJosR2FK01jTVq0oqDi3n-fmpMKeTAOdd7V6AG9ybbRidAUAwxLLVhP_s7yPW0AbheWNnwgTiwZ3hyphenhyphenOXIIx3nR9bXLli_-TQgu2CW17ALlvsjs6FTwrMvATI6IzlCNtTt7eWT_aDjo5UQ/s1600/IMG_0375.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq71SyIuVqiXoqty7PjBQGhS5oZsEg68NoKsIgFuvrlL2aZ7Z83xqRfZnhi4GJ99GIm6vdtwUE3rbynhN27GtdNm5CPHM0KPblEqxceQVszSiH5orZJbXxdQB6SMhfOPcMGqozULuULRz/s1600/IMG_0356.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq71SyIuVqiXoqty7PjBQGhS5oZsEg68NoKsIgFuvrlL2aZ7Z83xqRfZnhi4GJ99GIm6vdtwUE3rbynhN27GtdNm5CPHM0KPblEqxceQVszSiH5orZJbXxdQB6SMhfOPcMGqozULuULRz/s320/IMG_0356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920117695217970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmqe-0wODwslavL6wvyQXFNZkUxrNihQyhQL26vJNArDpbUpd_17gI59Q7Lx0LnIF-CGlg1UYiZTE89beBl4tTjkTqmZ-aig7LI0ov8PCottLopNXpcOIFpzoF7tn6RN2cyNfll0To8tX/s1600/IMG_9469.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmqe-0wODwslavL6wvyQXFNZkUxrNihQyhQL26vJNArDpbUpd_17gI59Q7Lx0LnIF-CGlg1UYiZTE89beBl4tTjkTqmZ-aig7LI0ov8PCottLopNXpcOIFpzoF7tn6RN2cyNfll0To8tX/s320/IMG_9469.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918885382832226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNta4IEBAXnRGdY9dPl1Bdif3-Wyvin2qsKbWj9w6zsH6MjfUnvAgwFGaBA-Q2xqh2fBe9eZDoiwPjwOfmyaQwkFZiy4KgmJZX4OlXRLEucUBOOJ9oxUSVYKrMteNRKOtuCFJ4-oOq74Ld/s1600/IMG_9470.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNta4IEBAXnRGdY9dPl1Bdif3-Wyvin2qsKbWj9w6zsH6MjfUnvAgwFGaBA-Q2xqh2fBe9eZDoiwPjwOfmyaQwkFZiy4KgmJZX4OlXRLEucUBOOJ9oxUSVYKrMteNRKOtuCFJ4-oOq74Ld/s320/IMG_9470.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918873874408770" border="0" /></a>Creepy super realistic painting of North Korean soldiers.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismgrbjwE8aTLoC3A5GMzo1LWCCIiRzFE0o96UGJtHBShDySdEv5QMeGSrC-12vrHxbEgYQO-6ZXFNTOLbSZuV4xfNpFMlsrBiC8kapdOeg6n6JcHI8s1KUL6iAd6cOOu7Aumo2-mohDdY/s1600/IMG_9482.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismgrbjwE8aTLoC3A5GMzo1LWCCIiRzFE0o96UGJtHBShDySdEv5QMeGSrC-12vrHxbEgYQO-6ZXFNTOLbSZuV4xfNpFMlsrBiC8kapdOeg6n6JcHI8s1KUL6iAd6cOOu7Aumo2-mohDdY/s320/IMG_9482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918860605075250" border="0" /></a>Later on, we met up with Amanda's friend Matt and ate Korean barbecue. It was AWESOME.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zV6zQ_r1lZWCxbLeYyd1knbfHOkmlDneud5hqW16Q46jRJz71CuAzgZXJ-yF5r_VfcS-SJ0fJdUa2nD3tJyGGcJcygnFpVJtxEBetiIOgLxqQNGDCyM2T8rBUDMTcPgdqm-sPn4vKGae/s1600/IMG_9486.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zV6zQ_r1lZWCxbLeYyd1knbfHOkmlDneud5hqW16Q46jRJz71CuAzgZXJ-yF5r_VfcS-SJ0fJdUa2nD3tJyGGcJcygnFpVJtxEBetiIOgLxqQNGDCyM2T8rBUDMTcPgdqm-sPn4vKGae/s320/IMG_9486.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918853057351138" border="0" /></a>After dinner, we hung out at the local bar Amanda and her friends go to, and played foozball for a few hours.<br /><br />The next day, Amanda had to work for a few hours in the middle of the day, so I wandered around Itawon, the foreigner area. Also, there are lots of shops, literally any store you can think of in the States is here. So I wandered around, and bought a purse.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJLzzlxr8kafREJO5Jk6Lh4h4jmzY_50OX5PMZ7UUXRDA2G9iiXj_78h9YzkieBXWWpYC_nzIhi6mBIDbas_TMv_oFiunUuqmpnnIjiXHbw9oFvkmL6ZgAolvgOrqtulmeeiQNMy75anP/s1600/IMG_9523.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJLzzlxr8kafREJO5Jk6Lh4h4jmzY_50OX5PMZ7UUXRDA2G9iiXj_78h9YzkieBXWWpYC_nzIhi6mBIDbas_TMv_oFiunUuqmpnnIjiXHbw9oFvkmL6ZgAolvgOrqtulmeeiQNMy75anP/s320/IMG_9523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918565337140402" border="0" /></a>Delicious Korean porridge.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJosR2FK01jTVq0oqDi3n-fmpMKeTAOdd7V6AG9ybbRidAUAwxLLVhP_s7yPW0AbheWNnwgTiwZ3hyphenhyphenOXIIx3nR9bXLli_-TQgu2CW17ALlvsjs6FTwrMvATI6IzlCNtTt7eWT_aDjo5UQ/s1600/IMG_0375.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJosR2FK01jTVq0oqDi3n-fmpMKeTAOdd7V6AG9ybbRidAUAwxLLVhP_s7yPW0AbheWNnwgTiwZ3hyphenhyphenOXIIx3nR9bXLli_-TQgu2CW17ALlvsjs6FTwrMvATI6IzlCNtTt7eWT_aDjo5UQ/s320/IMG_0375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498920128042036386" border="0" /></a>Tried to visit Gyeongbokgung Palace, but it was closed on Tuesdays.... so I went to the National Palace Museum of Korea, conveniently located right beside it.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kdtnhFEjuB32kqBrBZoDR0xxJdCR70mTTFfaO5Heg3Q9TMOIByzV8g82j8Obj9z3YVHgAAsdpvquFTWuPNbYHBmFujC2nsgTVUSAtzILteMy5MSvjSQaBHh6lWWs_nuDj6O0ogEl5gD6/s1600/IMG_9525.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kdtnhFEjuB32kqBrBZoDR0xxJdCR70mTTFfaO5Heg3Q9TMOIByzV8g82j8Obj9z3YVHgAAsdpvquFTWuPNbYHBmFujC2nsgTVUSAtzILteMy5MSvjSQaBHh6lWWs_nuDj6O0ogEl5gD6/s320/IMG_9525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918554918661042" border="0" /></a>Skyscrapers in Myeong-dong.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YlqUIbNINFJUQNrG8-kcBKZK2CKfQbnP33wEz0LmFVA3H7p1TzPGjVzR2VrCY7ri6Y8YJdTFsQT9dT6KFOqsTaswnbyki6xrNKVnhd4uoFhiuOjekRIuIVi5iNEQ502DxGRmMY0FjUG4/s1600/IMG_9535.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YlqUIbNINFJUQNrG8-kcBKZK2CKfQbnP33wEz0LmFVA3H7p1TzPGjVzR2VrCY7ri6Y8YJdTFsQT9dT6KFOqsTaswnbyki6xrNKVnhd4uoFhiuOjekRIuIVi5iNEQ502DxGRmMY0FjUG4/s320/IMG_9535.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918545683568322" border="0" /></a>The fountain in Fountain Square.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRAbtrTU65wv1uKozRr8cB6y6rZSbJ3PZ00nH4aYrQVO5_HD9l-nHK73iSBbtfQ55tNO85PaXIjG5bWyVuZk0yDEuUuyR2AiiA6UUhmhfz2Juh3lDFLAiXoUzQvTWg8wUEnd0YxCom9UD/s1600/IMG_9537.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRAbtrTU65wv1uKozRr8cB6y6rZSbJ3PZ00nH4aYrQVO5_HD9l-nHK73iSBbtfQ55tNO85PaXIjG5bWyVuZk0yDEuUuyR2AiiA6UUhmhfz2Juh3lDFLAiXoUzQvTWg8wUEnd0YxCom9UD/s320/IMG_9537.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918536866842898" border="0" /></a>My best friend Mary has this same car.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXLKKqq_P9k2GD3QTMlUzgG7aICFhCLH5q_wNYH0iBR05nmYNISrLidoSof9sardm2esujMDzfabvModtbXG6pfOnrLZpiBKsgXpd5aIxSpINFfzbPYSPcY1mimmJXsekNqhEvMZhn1Gw/s1600/IMG_9542.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXLKKqq_P9k2GD3QTMlUzgG7aICFhCLH5q_wNYH0iBR05nmYNISrLidoSof9sardm2esujMDzfabvModtbXG6pfOnrLZpiBKsgXpd5aIxSpINFfzbPYSPcY1mimmJXsekNqhEvMZhn1Gw/s320/IMG_9542.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498918526468722946" border="0" /></a>Me and Amanda at a rooftop bar.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-5299421693841747342010-07-21T08:47:00.002+09:002010-07-21T08:51:36.908+09:00EarthquakeI took so many photos at the wedding Sunday, that I'm having a hard time editing them! Please be patient, I will post them soon...<br /><br />In other news, I woke up at 6:19am to an <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010yycf.php">earthquake</a>. It only lasted 2.6 seconds, and it wasn't sever at all, but my immediate thought was: I'm not wearing any pants. I don't want to be discovered in the rubble without pants. Luckily, it wasn't bad, and was over quickly, and my sanity returned, but it was ok, since no one got hurt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-36688953075698319582010-07-18T21:51:00.000+09:002010-07-28T20:30:05.801+09:00Oli and Nika's Wedding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsb3jE9CNf_V_DBy8X-RukTEazisLv3I1qddb27RpILp6_o6ynSKujmNC9Wisan9iMv04BlfTOnhsOBa9W2THiltXcFgkD_ZPz3RQsURkteA2Qcb-bsQpmwfnSDsXZ52fcnpCXxcbROw3c/s1600/IMG_9348.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsb3jE9CNf_V_DBy8X-RukTEazisLv3I1qddb27RpILp6_o6ynSKujmNC9Wisan9iMv04BlfTOnhsOBa9W2THiltXcFgkD_ZPz3RQsURkteA2Qcb-bsQpmwfnSDsXZ52fcnpCXxcbROw3c/s200/IMG_9348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496900142066585138" border="0" /></a>Sunday, I rode my bike from my apartment to Minatogawa Shrine, to shoot some photos for Oli & Nika's wedding. Oli is a friend of Gordon's, and I met them both last year at the Suma Beach Party. It was incredibly hot, but a beautiful wedding, and the reception was a blast!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGbFYmMJm35Out70fo19dbJsjg3dPA3aP30FERtY0hxeGh9TyzvtWcPta3AGRHy1D-d_eRZqoER5nOk787W_wCfIi0mV4arU0ZJ7JMvkLXZ5COw0to6ai2_phWJ8CpDnl2HFgLhCemPq3/s1600/IMG_9885.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGbFYmMJm35Out70fo19dbJsjg3dPA3aP30FERtY0hxeGh9TyzvtWcPta3AGRHy1D-d_eRZqoER5nOk787W_wCfIi0mV4arU0ZJ7JMvkLXZ5COw0to6ai2_phWJ8CpDnl2HFgLhCemPq3/s320/IMG_9885.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899843869936274" border="0" /></a>Oli & Nika and their families, before the ceremony.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy4mxbSfG7z5-A0Fceg2FsgySh3zU-AUqx4FBRTbL5ol_8QQqpMetawvNVMZnqniRYX3fjk2dl4UIZVi4SQBjLxR0-tIeXb2gNaSb1pFD8QRhbHwK3_BO-nMFDDq-LoBtDpXcp9Z3PU98/s1600/IMG_9904.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy4mxbSfG7z5-A0Fceg2FsgySh3zU-AUqx4FBRTbL5ol_8QQqpMetawvNVMZnqniRYX3fjk2dl4UIZVi4SQBjLxR0-tIeXb2gNaSb1pFD8QRhbHwK3_BO-nMFDDq-LoBtDpXcp9Z3PU98/s320/IMG_9904.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899835798639762" border="0" /></a>Walking into the shrine.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J36W5AaymYATu5o_cq561yo_5X2c_Lh971FqwDUwOaDDBcniUy0Csf1SaAfcqqYGt0D6es43FI9ZzM70xvXuKXqv7H9hYxjCCrkgkXe4rpbfugJlT9FKWC9DF7H_N82ZVgWBHljbZt5a/s1600/IMG_9907.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J36W5AaymYATu5o_cq561yo_5X2c_Lh971FqwDUwOaDDBcniUy0Csf1SaAfcqqYGt0D6es43FI9ZzM70xvXuKXqv7H9hYxjCCrkgkXe4rpbfugJlT9FKWC9DF7H_N82ZVgWBHljbZt5a/s320/IMG_9907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899569110544594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglml3_urcoP03klAMJXQ9dZDzSEBGUEFJiQ4I2AGBi_lFeLYVB_IyBIA-15igtRP3bUnvhDBsAnmAQiGEuqIVUkc1ZYCOQJh2Rf-YOA6DlI6GgQL_-3e2EwBkxzSKpz4S1nFCyIhGZL1IY/s1600/IMG_9912.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglml3_urcoP03klAMJXQ9dZDzSEBGUEFJiQ4I2AGBi_lFeLYVB_IyBIA-15igtRP3bUnvhDBsAnmAQiGEuqIVUkc1ZYCOQJh2Rf-YOA6DlI6GgQL_-3e2EwBkxzSKpz4S1nFCyIhGZL1IY/s320/IMG_9912.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899561474016114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWUzlP1zgd7zdPS66FXzVzLCZKGcBurUjA1IdG3fZrWi6eWIIo9jbk1DG93m_LIpVPJuKuvp69n0HFU336hsGENc3AzsIeEqd30mkJOBMYOYX37wYd-xwWnYNKhy3THnJWsBgMseYrAZc/s1600/IMG_9923.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWUzlP1zgd7zdPS66FXzVzLCZKGcBurUjA1IdG3fZrWi6eWIIo9jbk1DG93m_LIpVPJuKuvp69n0HFU336hsGENc3AzsIeEqd30mkJOBMYOYX37wYd-xwWnYNKhy3THnJWsBgMseYrAZc/s320/IMG_9923.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899552641405538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubhcCkc3BeS3qKLMln5PM3Kx42plxYCPRCJE9wltadK7N2XeVPkj26BH-VuJmNoz8EaxpbBDY42yGejT3GF_m1FfFP5kfbIEgVOQijl_zqknS6bV2ccg9xpjLZcGHRpuFtEZeAiXLDhct/s1600/IMG_9944.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubhcCkc3BeS3qKLMln5PM3Kx42plxYCPRCJE9wltadK7N2XeVPkj26BH-VuJmNoz8EaxpbBDY42yGejT3GF_m1FfFP5kfbIEgVOQijl_zqknS6bV2ccg9xpjLZcGHRpuFtEZeAiXLDhct/s320/IMG_9944.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899538753164034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblkfx6WK7oLjmiUe5iL2Ng0uCpNRBNtT0cEQSQfsTOjDoJKUqUa3ut54sDpFvdw_r25qedPbyfWnNRwBJOG7YPb_-Pn3bb1nXEI9XtonD8QOUGfdnjC0nX-LZKgKFA83iFbd6d5yQdhOx/s1600/IMG_9950.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblkfx6WK7oLjmiUe5iL2Ng0uCpNRBNtT0cEQSQfsTOjDoJKUqUa3ut54sDpFvdw_r25qedPbyfWnNRwBJOG7YPb_-Pn3bb1nXEI9XtonD8QOUGfdnjC0nX-LZKgKFA83iFbd6d5yQdhOx/s320/IMG_9950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899530958463858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEJm8DqTFRICqPXfyfC33nVeJ2_lohVKqSdkpW1Vqm2ceAYoEM1lmANHNgH0ylp6oAfNIV2wXydK5M-T6-eJnBrc-pz9Vo-K8rz8eEilfRV1mw1eGd-JDn2JYwz3PHTqa94yRYMW66AcP/s1600/IMG_9966.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEJm8DqTFRICqPXfyfC33nVeJ2_lohVKqSdkpW1Vqm2ceAYoEM1lmANHNgH0ylp6oAfNIV2wXydK5M-T6-eJnBrc-pz9Vo-K8rz8eEilfRV1mw1eGd-JDn2JYwz3PHTqa94yRYMW66AcP/s320/IMG_9966.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899341445735346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakK9HE4oURgthuYpUjL3SZTB-8puTHrA34IRXJSeRsPeS-6WkNXks7OvZKdad9fGU-s7IFVsq1HnYn1jvJNBuznzDes89M_w5xzgTha-WpmngTuxdR_jMSzO31FpCEXTCnoAzleAJIgiw/s1600/IMG_9971.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakK9HE4oURgthuYpUjL3SZTB-8puTHrA34IRXJSeRsPeS-6WkNXks7OvZKdad9fGU-s7IFVsq1HnYn1jvJNBuznzDes89M_w5xzgTha-WpmngTuxdR_jMSzO31FpCEXTCnoAzleAJIgiw/s320/IMG_9971.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899329897688290" border="0" /></a>Oli's mom said it was her right to thrown flower petals at the happy couple. I couldn't agree more.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0koP-pjkhfLB1YkxJHBun8gPdDUMB3LxPHwYukVVGUMjtgnZg-zpvP1mqpy59bTSw8VD9GWSuoLvVynkY2Y4FowbdzMHncsN_O1_AepwuU3Zz7ek1jFAy6nonk_3FBYHhWw0rYkp16UiY/s1600/IMG_9973.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0koP-pjkhfLB1YkxJHBun8gPdDUMB3LxPHwYukVVGUMjtgnZg-zpvP1mqpy59bTSw8VD9GWSuoLvVynkY2Y4FowbdzMHncsN_O1_AepwuU3Zz7ek1jFAy6nonk_3FBYHhWw0rYkp16UiY/s320/IMG_9973.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899323710735010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic92SX1RCPmyQtF2_odCU3agnu0RcgQtnDViOhwvo7tRER0FHXsvFwGVRLEw3zi68futjh5feRkSfJN_Ixb4bcT7uzxEANE2GWroA1AqCcP49Yw6IIB3ZrtfdM3TnZ8DI2H8fQdYHJ0ebM/s1600/IMG_9993.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic92SX1RCPmyQtF2_odCU3agnu0RcgQtnDViOhwvo7tRER0FHXsvFwGVRLEw3zi68futjh5feRkSfJN_Ixb4bcT7uzxEANE2GWroA1AqCcP49Yw6IIB3ZrtfdM3TnZ8DI2H8fQdYHJ0ebM/s320/IMG_9993.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899313068325682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4qsoFkdWVywQqfgTNPPOz4-_Mhti9hud3k3FZHzd6moQmvMHnoZ9PnqzvkGbwLfJd9E3j95U0cAa0X8ftAVerLPq8AQnZQvo67r_M_Nc62d9Dj3eq09tKiP6qxJTEPNzYuPEOhxtxvu8/s1600/IMG_0043.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4qsoFkdWVywQqfgTNPPOz4-_Mhti9hud3k3FZHzd6moQmvMHnoZ9PnqzvkGbwLfJd9E3j95U0cAa0X8ftAVerLPq8AQnZQvo67r_M_Nc62d9Dj3eq09tKiP6qxJTEPNzYuPEOhxtxvu8/s320/IMG_0043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899307550537602" border="0" /></a>Making an entrance at Fish Cafe.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PEr-fETjgnM7H4wSp6kskJ5G5_IuADT29LEjBHTFlvBNO97Xu44PFxt2Edx__Ew8bm5L7RZIlnCiq-JvdT6cvTtqvTxAK0yhoXpSMuO5JyMrppM3CS3FJSR_hC8FAqmpJllrbr7Xr-Ig/s1600/IMG_0044.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PEr-fETjgnM7H4wSp6kskJ5G5_IuADT29LEjBHTFlvBNO97Xu44PFxt2Edx__Ew8bm5L7RZIlnCiq-JvdT6cvTtqvTxAK0yhoXpSMuO5JyMrppM3CS3FJSR_hC8FAqmpJllrbr7Xr-Ig/s320/IMG_0044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899120142034114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIYC4fARhb45BAn1Gqz0IeBMf4KRHgFEnNUQ4gWlEmHniQetxZK9hfYKndEowlZlLCU4ASEVKA_PIVsE5EIERAARDYeAAlqt_-lfKCHJ8jwuPjYX-Eql8qaCMF3cGlN3bTH98iuP-_kdM/s1600/IMG_0069.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIYC4fARhb45BAn1Gqz0IeBMf4KRHgFEnNUQ4gWlEmHniQetxZK9hfYKndEowlZlLCU4ASEVKA_PIVsE5EIERAARDYeAAlqt_-lfKCHJ8jwuPjYX-Eql8qaCMF3cGlN3bTH98iuP-_kdM/s320/IMG_0069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899113724412418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7p_JGlXpXiSarFkuWXrTfp_BLxJq2QDixh28p6YIlnZgQ5E2TPRfSThw2psLo5b8kgRiNmGNBFhyphenhyphenITzQ1CkYRuGgG-Lo1a-TxhbEDH0F3UZoCtfVZajosgdngRYVeMBrhRtPB_JgNxR8G/s1600/IMG_0080.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7p_JGlXpXiSarFkuWXrTfp_BLxJq2QDixh28p6YIlnZgQ5E2TPRfSThw2psLo5b8kgRiNmGNBFhyphenhyphenITzQ1CkYRuGgG-Lo1a-TxhbEDH0F3UZoCtfVZajosgdngRYVeMBrhRtPB_JgNxR8G/s320/IMG_0080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899098729101890" border="0" /></a>Everyone was clapping and cheering.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1XrNjVnTEgOZRrZIgw4Ikl51iCRR9GcG7fRAgT4sSfkOe2WR8tKzPkN0jXlDrlFuHx4s_QPbrJoCNS6qJ8yDQneygPJcNjOO7L6klCKFTQ0NsXaR8cKlbFG5XKsypkY9l2e_-aPitNEh/s1600/IMG_0111.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1XrNjVnTEgOZRrZIgw4Ikl51iCRR9GcG7fRAgT4sSfkOe2WR8tKzPkN0jXlDrlFuHx4s_QPbrJoCNS6qJ8yDQneygPJcNjOO7L6klCKFTQ0NsXaR8cKlbFG5XKsypkY9l2e_-aPitNEh/s320/IMG_0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899091602622482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5WyfxkpKvbeT_NDotvPTMWx6fHTQBk5hBCTiEKjaJ05_Qz9WJFf2TVaZMlhdqIdHnWhiAPqWRkIJvDlPSuUep5bMWBS2ouAy3k7PezHqigGfC1nlarcMlteN7TZ0ax6pRbIj3CKMkv00/s1600/IMG_0124.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5WyfxkpKvbeT_NDotvPTMWx6fHTQBk5hBCTiEKjaJ05_Qz9WJFf2TVaZMlhdqIdHnWhiAPqWRkIJvDlPSuUep5bMWBS2ouAy3k7PezHqigGfC1nlarcMlteN7TZ0ax6pRbIj3CKMkv00/s320/IMG_0124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899082765375922" border="0" /></a>Nika's cousin, who's a newscaster from Tokyo.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YA3jzECiA-N26QhLUxSTCsWQNV9MEE2CIpPxgITcXdHTDtfp9t8gkOq9X8dNPj6UsOVu6Jsg1QP2zGqplvyjiqtcAm_fPVrBZ-RL_vyvLbueG2TNZ3Y92XIEw_Qh0nD_70cCeVYxi__G/s1600/IMG_0140.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YA3jzECiA-N26QhLUxSTCsWQNV9MEE2CIpPxgITcXdHTDtfp9t8gkOq9X8dNPj6UsOVu6Jsg1QP2zGqplvyjiqtcAm_fPVrBZ-RL_vyvLbueG2TNZ3Y92XIEw_Qh0nD_70cCeVYxi__G/s320/IMG_0140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898726779920914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmG6gKSvIwXrNopaqf8W-PpqdJkHCxYOWNc1Pa0l4K9S_YHPPIFPPCKyfoevSdHtTTBpOkO_cByk9lpg4xXPYZvlREGKbu6O1oxlY4d5McziMgdvsABGDGcPuDSDhTQVGR8ndJg7vcptl/s1600/IMG_0279.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmG6gKSvIwXrNopaqf8W-PpqdJkHCxYOWNc1Pa0l4K9S_YHPPIFPPCKyfoevSdHtTTBpOkO_cByk9lpg4xXPYZvlREGKbu6O1oxlY4d5McziMgdvsABGDGcPuDSDhTQVGR8ndJg7vcptl/s320/IMG_0279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898716451098290" border="0" /></a>Oli's parents dancing.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKTrFp9tjn4LtLS-zu_Z0xc7cnFLKUrGkufUwBURDT2pPEYuTJXBM0exzrWISis7kGO8xrIMlMBAdnQAxwQEwn_kWylRQyb8QP0E-1PU0C7fCSohlLuyqmCKZgn29NomEkBY0aTdjE7bL/s1600/IMG_0289.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKTrFp9tjn4LtLS-zu_Z0xc7cnFLKUrGkufUwBURDT2pPEYuTJXBM0exzrWISis7kGO8xrIMlMBAdnQAxwQEwn_kWylRQyb8QP0E-1PU0C7fCSohlLuyqmCKZgn29NomEkBY0aTdjE7bL/s320/IMG_0289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898710447238850" border="0" /></a>Oli's sister singing.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkC6bNLkX9QRsfPS0YOXbkq6LiAbdLB7izLRh8MRj3QOeAfxdTO-2u_wstvb3cm2xRmsg9gDumEIv8H4TUFqDyAOdD5rrtIU-H2luL5Z-ysgZ03ngQtviNG06VMq8cNZ_zXMSR2qHC71d/s1600/IMG_0294.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkC6bNLkX9QRsfPS0YOXbkq6LiAbdLB7izLRh8MRj3QOeAfxdTO-2u_wstvb3cm2xRmsg9gDumEIv8H4TUFqDyAOdD5rrtIU-H2luL5Z-ysgZ03ngQtviNG06VMq8cNZ_zXMSR2qHC71d/s320/IMG_0294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898700856407906" border="0" /></a>Hannah and Matt, Oli's best man.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QyEDie3wESC0h0HWJB5sPONDwMfyF3AoFA_refXFNHLfS61zet_Q0x0CB9HcdOaHA-U94yCma0yTJVRdqBOTeBvnmK8hhdJNF7LL8dwbdBv5FZuzIShthikBeDi0zMwOb8AuA-b66fF-/s1600/IMG_0324.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QyEDie3wESC0h0HWJB5sPONDwMfyF3AoFA_refXFNHLfS61zet_Q0x0CB9HcdOaHA-U94yCma0yTJVRdqBOTeBvnmK8hhdJNF7LL8dwbdBv5FZuzIShthikBeDi0zMwOb8AuA-b66fF-/s320/IMG_0324.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898686432214002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRnUh2YbXNab_XTzKJZ0zHne6g89AIpAp3ouBYOo5dhT93IyzmMTihez0mUT9UONSNWUX9cTYg_2vQIMlc3FHz3d1gWGxWchaA5T4DXKL-bW3cGGVthxWm4xifPWtgQYcVX3gFvCNQ3lG/s1600/IMG_9289.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRnUh2YbXNab_XTzKJZ0zHne6g89AIpAp3ouBYOo5dhT93IyzmMTihez0mUT9UONSNWUX9cTYg_2vQIMlc3FHz3d1gWGxWchaA5T4DXKL-bW3cGGVthxWm4xifPWtgQYcVX3gFvCNQ3lG/s320/IMG_9289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898389875389026" border="0" /></a>Jun making crazy faces.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBXQSkq7Jo-pIiUwVDD9Ug3Y1IiziWsKj3NY7P_EmBTSFlhZB1xmrd72vr995uv3my-L6SLNb8alPeqkIvDLouEt31edR0FcBI3Nxxw-gjlw2e9Qjv1A3MhvADsCyQdfPfIsas4ye-5Gx/s1600/IMG_9310.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBXQSkq7Jo-pIiUwVDD9Ug3Y1IiziWsKj3NY7P_EmBTSFlhZB1xmrd72vr995uv3my-L6SLNb8alPeqkIvDLouEt31edR0FcBI3Nxxw-gjlw2e9Qjv1A3MhvADsCyQdfPfIsas4ye-5Gx/s320/IMG_9310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898382362139506" border="0" /></a>Mojo Hands.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3RiWCDIwgWimKonmT_X8snt4Q_x5zqSsotSMvWw833I5TpVD-I741CeYtmUqGbHQ172VrTEXy7FVuF7FWYYyD04xU2ivKmPZ3_iT0-nfOwvb1LGh5i2_FCUcXj2ExfrmNVfjr0slv2rs/s1600/IMG_9340.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3RiWCDIwgWimKonmT_X8snt4Q_x5zqSsotSMvWw833I5TpVD-I741CeYtmUqGbHQ172VrTEXy7FVuF7FWYYyD04xU2ivKmPZ3_iT0-nfOwvb1LGh5i2_FCUcXj2ExfrmNVfjr0slv2rs/s320/IMG_9340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898375030011314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOynAvF6yYaE9tSyrX3Z7rMSAEFgl4bMj8j5kxnfr4bke7aQmJnloATlf-lxxn7kcsSr67o0gBgpWQl5TFVrGPASWkqkB7DuXhv2sM10n0D7kh6iO7W8uWQJXZLwEY4gJhOUApDdxO-EuU/s1600/IMG_9414.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOynAvF6yYaE9tSyrX3Z7rMSAEFgl4bMj8j5kxnfr4bke7aQmJnloATlf-lxxn7kcsSr67o0gBgpWQl5TFVrGPASWkqkB7DuXhv2sM10n0D7kh6iO7W8uWQJXZLwEY4gJhOUApDdxO-EuU/s320/IMG_9414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898365482441586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwrxXM1l8Brx2AnFeg_m7s7RXSyQ2ju_ZiWm3oRNRcTHTtKvs9OlnJBSXe7LT65xfaFvTna6-PG6ggmPEDZxKolpiIwibU0GohUD6t2Qcbo9zQtOYwBlrXYOLxZJocdjOLSdaaBBml2ow/s1600/IMG_9449.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwrxXM1l8Brx2AnFeg_m7s7RXSyQ2ju_ZiWm3oRNRcTHTtKvs9OlnJBSXe7LT65xfaFvTna6-PG6ggmPEDZxKolpiIwibU0GohUD6t2Qcbo9zQtOYwBlrXYOLxZJocdjOLSdaaBBml2ow/s320/IMG_9449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496898350676185746" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-33454312575593606542010-07-13T23:24:00.003+09:002010-07-13T23:29:07.226+09:00Looking Forward<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wlyKaQ0XiP-EQGjFXVvxPeEH7ZQxQQL5kDe1xjdWEoFvu7UlDgK0DNv30TyQ2NQiy2yUNheVzFEZybzzfw-yy76ox5UmQTMiWOd8sRan826xXVT_1vVhQT3_ft5d1YUVmZo9THPZ6yk2/s1600/IMG_9845.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wlyKaQ0XiP-EQGjFXVvxPeEH7ZQxQQL5kDe1xjdWEoFvu7UlDgK0DNv30TyQ2NQiy2yUNheVzFEZybzzfw-yy76ox5UmQTMiWOd8sRan826xXVT_1vVhQT3_ft5d1YUVmZo9THPZ6yk2/s200/IMG_9845.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493396661092082466" border="0" /></a>40 more days of work left. Jackpot.<br /><br />I'm pretty excited to be coming home soon, although lately it seems it's not nearly soon enough.<br /><br />But! It's not all homesickness and blues over here, I'm looking forward to going to Korea for four days in a couple weeks, vising a university friend, Amanda. Then I work two half weeks, and I have a week vacation, Obon! My friend Janet and I are going to Taipei, Taiwan! Yessssssss!<br /><br />Last weekend I stayed home, weeded out some old clothes and basically threw away some of the junk I've accumulated thus far. I went to sing karaoke with Tim and Nana on Monday. She loves singing 90s power ballads, so you know I was rocking out the backup vocals to some Lisa Loeb.<br /><br />Next week is dodgeball and BBQ in Osaka, and then The Great Japan Beer Festival at the Kyocera Dome! I promise to take lots of photos and post em soon. Have a great week, can't wait to see yall (and I mean that from the bottom of my heart).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-78985977589157388532010-07-05T15:18:00.005+09:002010-07-05T17:59:12.510+09:00Happy 4th of July!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnX77IAL3g_M7iqAcDbneDpcrnGxewhIwup8pjJZvX3BCdwdoUbSktKPNgzbnLoWBAGOo03OOzaI_ePMBZEFr6bT319D-XvBYCA2Zo6na4ehhX20JRMk5wu1jolEbELQw7GB40cdnHhUQ/s1600/IMG_9265.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnX77IAL3g_M7iqAcDbneDpcrnGxewhIwup8pjJZvX3BCdwdoUbSktKPNgzbnLoWBAGOo03OOzaI_ePMBZEFr6bT319D-XvBYCA2Zo6na4ehhX20JRMk5wu1jolEbELQw7GB40cdnHhUQ/s200/IMG_9265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303314778667810" border="0" /></a>Sunday looked like rain, but Tim and I went out near Kansai Airport to Riku Town, and went to Jason's BBQ. Everyone I knew was there. It was fun, hot and humid. We drank, played with sparklers, and waded in the ocean.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRJhLCw5SjCyHCcBjpBM8AGP8H6nwA28gTCtuxwAyJneCI2mXIsMcbVV-0k3HZKtuWMHtDEL8CdeonVYVYzaungWqObxyUSUckmKSfw8Vy475Bobh3ytgD3ES2Oyd1y4eKCRFfKmVKwtW/s1600/IMG_9267.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRJhLCw5SjCyHCcBjpBM8AGP8H6nwA28gTCtuxwAyJneCI2mXIsMcbVV-0k3HZKtuWMHtDEL8CdeonVYVYzaungWqObxyUSUckmKSfw8Vy475Bobh3ytgD3ES2Oyd1y4eKCRFfKmVKwtW/s320/IMG_9267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303089800254354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMzbQNV_rALtcpei1_cDNTgufFb5nK9Ald-Eg1ndCNKi5jmMGDTHHngy4xBfjz4ODUiZ92Gt1BQA0q4WmvVQOiGGgdKwCRWBcxo_1iWkKp9ADN9zoEw5q7Z-hrSquxa3zA5mDgQt_lg-t/s1600/IMG_9271.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMzbQNV_rALtcpei1_cDNTgufFb5nK9Ald-Eg1ndCNKi5jmMGDTHHngy4xBfjz4ODUiZ92Gt1BQA0q4WmvVQOiGGgdKwCRWBcxo_1iWkKp9ADN9zoEw5q7Z-hrSquxa3zA5mDgQt_lg-t/s320/IMG_9271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303081863338962" border="0" /></a>Me and Spencer<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wUDpiZTH6G2kXrSYx0Olv4hLNZR0OlKAc9HJp8ZbwPq5MQFAlunLuUc12BdntD7zBSmES4dOomsQVW7W8f7pAQN_JSVNB8UOvgxMxvwLQBPWvQX1DepNN0PRBDzA1j_YM-6zrjHnBZJ0/s1600/IMG_9273.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wUDpiZTH6G2kXrSYx0Olv4hLNZR0OlKAc9HJp8ZbwPq5MQFAlunLuUc12BdntD7zBSmES4dOomsQVW7W8f7pAQN_JSVNB8UOvgxMxvwLQBPWvQX1DepNN0PRBDzA1j_YM-6zrjHnBZJ0/s320/IMG_9273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303063380428194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF20Zo7zDrEb1Xk2eVHWgynfLLnscElxDhPGKOh-oW64d3_2_mONq3x00-LiI5QduO58iZgbr4UQN_Af9F1Ei8z5kfIX9HxMPxx2k_WgDe4BXNS9gtD2CF8IHnnLSqzffI1Z8jw2p1JChG/s1600/IMG_9274.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF20Zo7zDrEb1Xk2eVHWgynfLLnscElxDhPGKOh-oW64d3_2_mONq3x00-LiI5QduO58iZgbr4UQN_Af9F1Ei8z5kfIX9HxMPxx2k_WgDe4BXNS9gtD2CF8IHnnLSqzffI1Z8jw2p1JChG/s320/IMG_9274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303057308902082" border="0" /></a>Kelly and Jessica<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgureF0Swryi2WSGd93TG_voGai_rrE0oEpbydzlgkscScurH3aWWVcAKWVJipctX0zVb3gMQnKRp-YIQVSpn5EtC2MA8kaK0uZyDuEd7nAcnx4MflddSnYMB2Kp2yLeUyvMcL-uN9hWC5W/s1600/IMG_9275.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgureF0Swryi2WSGd93TG_voGai_rrE0oEpbydzlgkscScurH3aWWVcAKWVJipctX0zVb3gMQnKRp-YIQVSpn5EtC2MA8kaK0uZyDuEd7nAcnx4MflddSnYMB2Kp2yLeUyvMcL-uN9hWC5W/s320/IMG_9275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490303047591947202" border="0" /></a><br />Then, a group of us went back to Umeda and sang karaoke!<br /><br />And this morning Janet and I went to the travel agent's and bought tickets to Taipei. Here is the actual conversation:<br /><br />Janet: We want to go to Thailand, on these days, and we can't pay more then <span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">¥</span></span>70,000.<br />Travel Agent: Let me check.... hmm, I'm sorry, but we don't have anything in that price range.<br />Me: Well, where can we go for under <span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">¥70,000?<br />TA: How about Taipei?<br />Me: That sounds great! We'll go! Where is it?<br /><br />Seems I have quite a bit of research to do....<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-5205628815141523292010-06-28T17:08:00.003+09:002010-06-28T17:15:13.177+09:00Hotter than HadesI do love summer, but holy crap can we get a break from this humidity? It's like walking around in a sauna.<br /><br />Last night, spur of the moment, I went into Osaka to watch the England-Germany World Cup match with some of my mates (can I mention how much I love British English?). The game started at 11:00, so we were committed to staying out all night. Tim just moved to Juso, which is just over the bridge from Osaka. Peggy and I stayed with him in his baller new apartment. However, he has no furniture yet. Which was kinda funny when he apologized for us having to sleep on the floor.... but we always sleep on the floor. Finally dragged my ass back to Kobe, to find my bike had a flat tire. I sure do love pushing a bike uphill in blazing sunshine without glasses.<br /><br />Tonight, I'm going to Tsukaguchi to see my friend Aaron whose leaving tomorrow due to a family illness. I hate that he's leaving, he was a good friend. I wish him and his family the best.<br /><br />So now I only have four doki left (people that trained together).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-39978118880305607742010-06-20T22:03:00.001+09:002010-06-20T22:04:37.062+09:00Like a Deer in Headlights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw2Q_oi_HQk6mtwRyd6XauJMwyXMqJ6eazHsw2OG4i8wdsbVrHnc7J3Px2oZBqJ6_hJoPKmf2fhqg3rre6YqKulGJyvetgyCV79iU4acY5yvChTA9uCR-WmgCd2XW2FygImc-dioEZjP-/s1600/IMG_9778.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw2Q_oi_HQk6mtwRyd6XauJMwyXMqJ6eazHsw2OG4i8wdsbVrHnc7J3Px2oZBqJ6_hJoPKmf2fhqg3rre6YqKulGJyvetgyCV79iU4acY5yvChTA9uCR-WmgCd2XW2FygImc-dioEZjP-/s320/IMG_9778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484841019143448626" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-65392451541397167942010-06-14T12:03:00.005+09:002010-06-14T12:19:24.788+09:00I Love Tortillas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJMe0QWqB2wScmfivHDlF-whyphenhyphenLIqo2q_H6oIt87fjtXoa6ml4d0OFKfMJOmYqQoCLoul3ezhggTwK6gqf8K1u5setloYAGdlfNawgrlXpo4Ppaq0JHPp0JdIPjUkv_0DHZJkJ9ju3KJhL/s1600/IMG_9738.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJMe0QWqB2wScmfivHDlF-whyphenhyphenLIqo2q_H6oIt87fjtXoa6ml4d0OFKfMJOmYqQoCLoul3ezhggTwK6gqf8K1u5setloYAGdlfNawgrlXpo4Ppaq0JHPp0JdIPjUkv_0DHZJkJ9ju3KJhL/s200/IMG_9738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482463678341039586" border="0" /></a>I woke up Sunday to heavy rain. Of course it's raining, it's my day off! I really wanted Mexican food, so I decided to make tortillas from scratch and buy a box of hard taco shells and seasoning. I grabbed an umbrella and rode my bike down to JR Kobe station where they have a fairly decent import section in the grocery store. It took me about 20 minutes, and my jeans were soaked by the time I got there.<br /><br />Having secured my purchases in the bike basket, I got one hell of a workout biking back uphill, one hand holding an umbrella, with a heavy basket. Le sign. I miss cars.<br /><br />Once home, I started making flour tortillas. Amazingly enough, they came out pretty well, considering I didn't have proper measuring spoons and my measuring cup was in milliliters. Damn metric system.... Also, once I had made the dough, let it rest, and formed it into small balls, and let it rest again, I realized I didn't have a rolling pin. And since necessity is the mother of invention, I used a tall boy Kirin beer. Worked like a charm.<br /><br />I ate a few tacos, and then went to Port Island with Tim, because he wanted to visit IKEA. It was the first time I've been inside an IKEA. Meh. Not a huge fan.<br /><br />When I got back home, I watched "Hot Tub Time Machine". It was pretty funny.<br /><br />Now it's Monday, and I ate two egg and veggie burritos for breakfast. Delicious. Hooray for the weekend!<br /><br />Also, happy anniversary to Mom and Dad, and Andrew and Amber!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-5774135275858628982010-06-13T09:41:00.003+09:002010-06-13T09:49:05.399+09:00I'm an Aunt!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrh3SmroLwisxMRawis20iJK3PK4vf8rsViNe3y2L_nBzLVz_qLcWGf9aX5PUbAfa5wftZ_kTPg_9Ly8Roau9Ihyphenhyphen_dRHgBHhUQ_KIWWBugdb80xGUbLWR5ng2yBWQVkbqUcoYSZ30Lcux/s1600/DSCN4718.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrh3SmroLwisxMRawis20iJK3PK4vf8rsViNe3y2L_nBzLVz_qLcWGf9aX5PUbAfa5wftZ_kTPg_9Ly8Roau9Ihyphenhyphen_dRHgBHhUQ_KIWWBugdb80xGUbLWR5ng2yBWQVkbqUcoYSZ30Lcux/s200/DSCN4718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482052127816581890" border="0" /></a>My brother's son was born this week! Chad Timothy Mock weighs a whopping 9 lbs. 11 oz. That's over 4.3 kg!!! I really hate that I can't be there to hold him, but my mom sends pictures of everyone else holding him, so that makes me feel better.<br /><br />My parents called me around 10:00 am my time, or 9:00 pm EST. So that means it was already the next day here. I feel bad, because I will forever think this kid's birthday is June 10.<br /><br /><br />Special Lesson week went by fairly quickly, and it was eerily quiet at our school without a thousand children running around. I taught a movie lesson and a telephone English lesson. They went pretty well. One of my favorite students took both lessons on Saturday, and we talked about such great movies as Pulp Fiction ("What ain't no country I ever heard of!"), The Godfather, and The Blues Brothers ("We're on a mission from God."). I had the good fortune to explain a few key scenes and dialogue, including correcting misheard lines.<br /><br />"Actually, he isn't saying 'boosh sheet' (whatever that is), he is saying 'bullshit'."<br />"Oh. Like dog shit?"<br />"Yea, sorta...."<br /><br />Highly entertaining. So now it's my day off, and it's been beautiful and sunny and hot all week.... so today, of course it's raining.<br /><br />In good news, I got two days off work at the end of July, and now I'm thinking of taking a short trip! Should I go to Okinawa, Hokkaido, or South Korea?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964159712924839857.post-9102191988507022302010-06-07T21:41:00.005+09:002010-06-07T21:58:37.666+09:00SOGO Rooftop Beer Garden and the Worst. Movie. Ever.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDicOTS2xfzIiele4vY4w7Li5iwWWIe01SkGZrIXEIbKpXxl3J5_SVEAqsCIaHzZmx0Bkgo6EWk960bjJgpHbOIsMoxDwuv0wA-Z5JhERgEq6Hv-KfCHG4CjZCyiRnDZuRx0wA5IA1JS5x/s1600/IMG_9231.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDicOTS2xfzIiele4vY4w7Li5iwWWIe01SkGZrIXEIbKpXxl3J5_SVEAqsCIaHzZmx0Bkgo6EWk960bjJgpHbOIsMoxDwuv0wA-Z5JhERgEq6Hv-KfCHG4CjZCyiRnDZuRx0wA5IA1JS5x/s200/IMG_9231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013392735862498" border="0" /></a>Bought this Pepsi Baobab today. Japan loves crazy flavors. This one tastes like flat nasty ginger ale.<br /><br /><br />Farron got a big group together, and we went to SOGO Department Store to the Rooftop Beer Garden. We thought it was <span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">¥3000 for two hours, but apparently there was no time limit!<br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Xp1teGf6cnuiRS7XtxXkWSqxacyJ8do71RdGvFPi8nj5WnjM_zuzhTK1Yx_Ua76zFabvSDJXtBTxUE3SFEUQ2MSqI0XRa_dmCUDdx9vGgT9kwHXkqyaeLesK_4xAGF4NoLVQL1w8rJt_/s1600/IMG_9234.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Xp1teGf6cnuiRS7XtxXkWSqxacyJ8do71RdGvFPi8nj5WnjM_zuzhTK1Yx_Ua76zFabvSDJXtBTxUE3SFEUQ2MSqI0XRa_dmCUDdx9vGgT9kwHXkqyaeLesK_4xAGF4NoLVQL1w8rJt_/s320/IMG_9234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013234799982930" border="0" /></a>Gordon and Tak, who is back from Ireland for three weeks while he works out his artist visa and moves to LA.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jtu01sxv_vR1PU8UVSXqwZb7DGdz2dxhBBbWZIt0UBReFCztH9eKAzaqRU9sgui-dX0l5RlXLvEK_lCKu_SxeQGmdjvquSXIbJ5gJ-34RXyscie1y5A6HaPDnHFOlMGdR6LMh5OvpxTx/s1600/IMG_9245.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jtu01sxv_vR1PU8UVSXqwZb7DGdz2dxhBBbWZIt0UBReFCztH9eKAzaqRU9sgui-dX0l5RlXLvEK_lCKu_SxeQGmdjvquSXIbJ5gJ-34RXyscie1y5A6HaPDnHFOlMGdR6LMh5OvpxTx/s320/IMG_9245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013227065202370" border="0" /></a>Fumie, Farron, and I.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZs0MYl8-VjRFleplClvIWZvEaPCRJql86C2Lo_jOzxa_N0OX8N7t2OEc3yLnkZiGs8q6X6S0XqwUkm4Sq-GsmL-_eGyCWGpcUgopkj2YMJaTYT0jz0z39Ycz212mvJ6Uf_lufU2whFmYx/s1600/IMG_9246.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZs0MYl8-VjRFleplClvIWZvEaPCRJql86C2Lo_jOzxa_N0OX8N7t2OEc3yLnkZiGs8q6X6S0XqwUkm4Sq-GsmL-_eGyCWGpcUgopkj2YMJaTYT0jz0z39Ycz212mvJ6Uf_lufU2whFmYx/s320/IMG_9246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013218864289730" border="0" /></a>Song, a Korean student of Anne's, and Gord.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O8xHXrO0FBTqdLZGZqlmIJjQjPdvRBV2K4NdGQZkr8_sjpLREyHNjcANr0k4QGjiQFB4EmJsaVzuwAHIOVbimCPaKkaq9XTsF7xjiG3l-vTqUXo-TVdY7LcbCBqGNMZt2lhI5pUYIpUt/s1600/IMG_9249.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O8xHXrO0FBTqdLZGZqlmIJjQjPdvRBV2K4NdGQZkr8_sjpLREyHNjcANr0k4QGjiQFB4EmJsaVzuwAHIOVbimCPaKkaq9XTsF7xjiG3l-vTqUXo-TVdY7LcbCBqGNMZt2lhI5pUYIpUt/s320/IMG_9249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013207759349074" border="0" /></a>Tak and Gordon just loooove purses!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaYRUcessFwBCUoSfBQcAeZTU-2TX1TV-jpYfzhDWbN-ZvVNgBwB0b2KUdxs0ZOeLNQ4F6RYuJs3ZVTivizeteGj1rvcX84yu5d2TbU9QOemsK7Y3_zGQEuhwYx_0Xc8MGyTBwLHNOMLj/s1600/IMG_9256.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaYRUcessFwBCUoSfBQcAeZTU-2TX1TV-jpYfzhDWbN-ZvVNgBwB0b2KUdxs0ZOeLNQ4F6RYuJs3ZVTivizeteGj1rvcX84yu5d2TbU9QOemsK7Y3_zGQEuhwYx_0Xc8MGyTBwLHNOMLj/s320/IMG_9256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480013194057133202" border="0" /></a>Fumie! Seriously, one of the sweetest girls I've ever met.<br /><br /><br />And then, the worst thing possible happened.....<br /><br /><br />Song was taking a picture, and dropped my camera, and the lens cracked off. It's broken.<br /><br /><br />NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!<br />*Drops to knees and shakes fists in the air*<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Luckily for me, Song is a decent human being, and she is going to buy me a new one. That really sucks though. Anne assured me that her family is really well to do though, so I don't think it will be a huge financial burden.<br /><br />Monday, Miho came back to Kansai!!!! She really wanted to see Sex and the City 2, and being a good friend, I said sure! So Miho, Asami and I went to Mint Kobe and watched it.<br /><br /><br />Worst. 2 1/2 hours. Of. My. Life.<br /><br />Now I'm home, and I have to finish planning two special lessons that I'm teaching all this week since we don't have group lessons. I'm ready to be home. Le sigh.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0