Category Archives: Travel

Tripping Thru Hong Kong, part 2

Posted on December 15, 2005 by gee

Read part 1 before this for continuity, or not. Eheh. The rest of the photos are in the gallery, the album is ‘HK / Shenzhen December 2005′. Comments welcome unless you want to tell me my photography sucks then don’t … Continue reading →

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Tripping Thru Hong Kong, part 1

Posted on December 15, 2005 by gee

I’ve got the photos uploaded from the trip. They’re in the album called ‘HK / Shenzhen December 2005′. Comments welcome unless you want to tell me my photography sucks then don’t bother, I already know. Day One The flight departed … Continue reading →

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a football by any other language

Posted on December 12, 2005 by gee

I’m watching Monday Sunday Night Football with commentating in Cantonese. In a dialect I speak, this commentary is only semi comprehensible to me. Football terms in Cantonese sound complex. Thank goodness a ‘kickoff’ is still, a ‘kickoff’. Lions lead the … Continue reading →

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postcard notes

Posted on December 11, 2005 by gee

Hong Kong Island At Night Today it was finally cold enough to go out in a jacket. Wan Tan Mee rocks here. The pollution is getting worse in HK. Tourists here redefine ‘shop till you drop’.

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porking mad

Posted on November 5, 2005 by gee

A recent post on Nick Tay’s blog reminded of something I never got around to telling: This unusual serving of stewed pork was ordered in a restaurant when my family and I was in Beijing last winter. I cannot comment … Continue reading →

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it could be harder

Posted on July 9, 2005 by gee

Chicago came and went. It was so good. (Dude, we found pandan to make nasi lemak!) Too bad for the winters. Pictures will have to wait till either (a) D installs OS X on this machine or (b) I get … Continue reading →

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it’s windy, but

Posted on July 2, 2005 by gee

Chicago is GORGEOUS. And I’ve only been here 4 hours! WOW. blogging today brought to you by: Anna’s Toshiba

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2000 miles and counting

Posted on June 27, 2005 by gee

I’ve left the sunshine of california and am now withering in the heat and humidity of Indiana. I hear, you say, I could’ve stayed home for that. Nevermind. This Friday I will be on a Greyhound to Chicago. Woo! Blogging … Continue reading →

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rock and roll, c’mon

Posted on June 17, 2005 by gee

Still jet lagged I slept till I was woken up by rumblin’ and shakin’ and the blinds rattlin’. There was an earthquake 2.2 mi NE of Yucaipa, CA. Look that up on a map. It’s east of where I am … Continue reading →

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get cracking on that packing!

Posted on June 12, 2005 by gee

Sheesh… you’d think going away for vacations would be easy on the mind. I’ve never packed for being away for 5 weeks. 10 months, yes. 2 weeks, sure. but 5 weeks.. aiyaaaa… I still need: a 512mb memory stick a … Continue reading →

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looked under the bed

Posted on June 7, 2005 by gee

Heyhoheyho… the server seems to be cooperating with Greymatter now. More updates to follow. Meanwhile, head to the gallery to check out a few extra pics from the Beijing trip. Rest assured, whenever possible, I will be blogging from California … Continue reading →

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counting it down

Posted on June 3, 2005 by gee

13 days more…

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By demand

Posted on December 24, 2004 by gee

At the Ming Tombs

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this morning

Posted on December 22, 2004 by gee

I woke up to find this view outside: My brother, as you can tell, is plenty excited. I had told him there wasn’t going to be snow because Weather Underground said so. Seems now they’ve retracted earlier predictions of no … Continue reading →

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winter solstice

Posted on December 21, 2004 by gee

We traipsed around the Forbidden City today. The end.

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