nice graffiti and interesting statues.
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last night with CIEE stragglers -- we went to wagas and had cafe food, good way to ease back into american food
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on the way back to hostel, I saw the last of the strange night lights I will see before being on a plane
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these awesome buildings always looming, and me always going
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shopping street where I bought a faulty ipod cable -- it works but charges slowly
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warning here in the hostel
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the upstairs above the bar
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hmm
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statues... double hmm.
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blue graffiti
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multi colored
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rabbit
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reminds me of Jamie Hewlett's work since she's drawn like a Gorillaz character
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scorpio dog
I ate these on a regular basis to fill my heart and soul with China and grease.
eggplant and noodles
power pork dumplings
pepsi -- sideways for some reason, they wouldn't let me drink it unless gravity shifted
unrelated but this was the subway station near my school, always came here to start grand adventures
we had all you-can-eat-and-drink buffets the last three nights we were here. this is the last night shown here. :)
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walking there
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walking there backwards -- in the middle of the back gate road
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we were cooked in front of
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he had fast hands
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incredible lamb -- 2nd only to what we had in xin jiang
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seafood -- delicious
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other end of the table
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alan
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miguel, my beijing buddy and me
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fast hands
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good god
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fresh meat
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he had many hands and many foods
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tempura
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noodles cooked in front of us
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fresh salmon -- I was in heaven, I know it
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beef
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lots of beef
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they served us so many portions that were this size but god it was filling
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as the sake flowed, his hands turned into blurs
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veggies
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celery wrapped in bacon
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pork chops
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eggs -- never figured out what this was for
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sadness fish
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this is why -- AJ got emotional after a toast and a waitress quickly handed him this plate as though to make up for how he felt
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shrimp -- so damn good
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AJ and I feeling good towards the end
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Then the fire started by dan lam -- they made desert by putting ice cream on fish and then surrounding it in flames
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and up they went
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looked like hellfire
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this other guy was making fire at his table and his face was funny
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blurry group picture because sometimes this is how I saw it -- with no flash
on the last park venture, though there was no wine or picnic baskets, we learned a lot about Lu Xun when we visited a museum dedicated to his life and how his writing influenced life in China.
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We arrived not drunk or early at 1 pm
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This van fit 12 of us
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"truly epicurean roadmap - a gourmand's creed - serendipitous food - relax circumstance - somehow enjoyful" speaks for itself.
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green bubble tea
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boat races when it's warmer
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grown men flying kites
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I have no idea what this had to do with anything else in the museum
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If you look through the window made of special glass you see his face in the walls
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what I learned
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The man in himself in a room that had a movie projected on every wall
These are the people I learned to play Er Hu with.
We went to Sam's and ate cake.
Good day with wine, bread, and song in the perk.
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"Wait, do I talk like that"
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Fuxing Park
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Balloons
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Occupy Fuxing Park
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Karl Marx and Colonel Sanders
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Blanket
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Music that came
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As we went off for more wine
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The wine + peanut butter = good day
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To my left
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To my right
More time was spent on the bus due to traffic, but the West Lake at sunset and Impressions show with people walking on water made it worth it :)
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Wife Satisfaction is important when buying anything that makes fire
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Willow
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People I know
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They didn't know we could go upstairs
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Flash wasn't working but this is proof I was here
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Island
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Crazy awesome sunset on the cold lake
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Mountains
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Claire and Jennifer
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Bridge
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A beautiful scene featuring Tyler
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This weird animal statue
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Walking on water, cool colors
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This thing rose from the depths with pretty epic music playing
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The end
2nd field trip of Business Chinese -- we go to IKEA and marvel at their technology and subliminal messages
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"this place is bigger than our school." - AJ
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"what the hell are we taking this picture for." - me
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comforting
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SLAMM
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Please don't use this display toilet.
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the child in the picture has a shirt that says bears and there are bears fighting in the next picture
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bullwinkle
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hmm... if someone said this to you over the phone... would you feel safe?
Some of the more interesting signs I've seen thus far.
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Do not take the pet, Take care your children
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don't playing
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see the last english sentence
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NO climb. None.
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the uncivilized one is crazy
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Open Umbrellas hanging from lobby roof in a hotel - this is pretty cool actually
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no daub
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abrupt!
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civilization
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no throwing rocks, cameras, children. none.
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inflatable steam spa. hmm.
