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Travel Experience in Beijing

I am quickly learning that Beijing is basically
New York City, but with cheaper cabs. And it’s a lot, lot bigger. This city is massive! A two block walk can take 30 minutes. We tried to book
tours to Beijing when I was in state, but it’s very expensive when I asked travel agents china. Subway stops are miles away from one another. A cross-town cab ride can take up to an hour. Walking the city is fun but exhausting - glad I brought all my most comfy shoes.

 

Last night Christina (my new buddy) and I ran out of the office around 6 and headed straight to

Tian’anmen Square

. I think this is the largest public square in the world - and it is huge, the size of a soccer field. Most of the people out were Chinese, probably tourists that came in from around the country. Very few Westerners present, surprisingly, and we therefore were stared at quite a bit. A pair of teenage girls as well as a young family asked to take a photo with us. We were “white chick” movie stars!

 

The past few days have mostly been long work days, relieved by fun evenings out around
Beijing. On Wednesday a group of us went out to Houhai, a large, beautiful lake surrounded by an endless sea of overpriced and trendy bars and restaurants. We had cocktails of watermelon juice with vodka, then walked around the lake until our feet hurt. The air around the area was such a relief, so fresh and clean. All I wanted to do was curl up and sleep right there by the water!

 

After the Square we ate great Thai food, then stumbled upon a gorgeous shoe and handbag boutique. Yes, I broke down and walked out just a little more in debt. But with a gorgeous new bag.

Exciting news - I received my Olympic credentials today - a badge that allows me access to certain parts of the Olympic area. I am not sure if this was done in error, but, well, my pass basically allows for ALL ACCESS to the Olympic Green - including the Olympic Village (where all the athletes are housed and hang out), all the venues on the Olympic Green - yes, ALL - (although I may need a ticket if there is an event going on), and the MEDIA CENTER! Now this last bit I am particularly excited about. I am not allowed to

 

I could take these guys…grant any interviews to the press, per my contract, but I can at least go in and soak up the excitement of the media world!

 

I still don’t know how much time my so-far-insane schedule will permit me to actually go to the Green, but knowing me - as you all do - if there is a will, there is ALWAYS a way! I am determined to make the most of this experience and not let work get in the way.

 

As for work, did I mention that I was somehow assigned to the most difficult program of them all? Travel agencies in china are not like in the
US. No exaggeration.
Beijing tour guides, especially English tour guide in beijingWe are very far behind on all the most essential deliverables, and my client does not seem to be getting the fact that the Games will not wait for her to make decisions! She is a sweet girl, but very frustrating to work with.

Beijing travel

We had a Beijing travel this summer. Beijing tour guide from Beijing travel agencies bring us visiting the temple of heaven park we caught the subway from the east gate, to wangfujing to eat dinner and catch the night market. Wangfujing is definitely not the place to get a very authentic chinese experience and it also makes me thankful that i live on other, much more cheap, side of town. This famous tourist street is known for its western shopping malls and ‘glamor’. Restaurants are overpriced and only so-so in my book. Starting at 6pm and ending at 10pm is the night market, where one can eat a variety of delicious treats…such as cocoons, scorpions, lizards, sea cucumbers, and variety of other things all on a stick! its all pretty good and pretty safe. Dont let this place fool you into thinking this is genuine
Beijing or Chinese culture. The prices here are expensive (about 10 kuai, or $1.50 a stick of whatever) and you can find similar things in other places. We want a
Beijing tours or Beijing travel service next time to the

Lama
Temple. All in all, it is a fun place.

 

Asian furniture

It’s true that many pieces have a similar look about them, but the trained eye looks beyond that in judging the worth of a piece - Chinese antique furnitureChinese furniture should be judged by the workmanship involved in its origin creation, and its designAsian furniture.

Carpenters were constrained by the rules and convention dictated in the “lu ban jin” (the classic manual for carpentry, as well as architecture). Their challenge was to create a piece using the manual, but yet distinguishable by his own personal trademarks using styles of the times.

The original construction of pieces did not include nails or pins - carpenters used different forms of tongues, groves, or mortise and tenon constructions - complete restoration is possible without causing any damage to the wood.

Most of the furnitureOriental furniture we find has been in use for well over one hundred years without any regular maintenance or restoration. If a piece is restored without using the proper tools and techniques, the patina (the natural texture and graininess of wood that evolves naturally through years of use) of the wood can be destroyed.

Compliance with the agreement of a lifetime

Compliance with the agreement of a lifetime
Small, she would stand in the window of his home, loudly chanting his name. Then he will head from the window Tanchu little to answer her: “Wait a minute, three minutes!” But she would usually wait for more than five minutes, she saw him, would say, you late. Then, they started to do every family. She dropped the petals of a small tear to his “little husband” cook food. And he will be disguised as his father did all day as he sat aircraft(
机票预定) have been flying the successful business people, Mangwan scheduled on the matter, eat, “Xiao Laopo” for him to do the dishes.
On the school, she and he agreed Xiangkou at 7:00 every morning a breakfast meeting with Bu. She always on time sitting inside the location, two fried fritters called the tear of the details, he assigned to the hot soybean milk to drink.
High school graduation ceremony that day, they went to a Hun Shadian. She pointed at a wedding told him that she liked better wedding. He saw wedding, neutral tone told her: you marry me, and so on the day, I bought it to you!
University of separation between them, when asked whether she called him to the letter when he often answered her about three days later. And she received the letter, has more than seven days. So she would reply on the package of fresh rose petals, and then wrote: You also late.
After graduation, they have their own work, he is doing international air travel(
国际机票), often because a lot of single tickets(机票预定) and is scheduled to work overtime, so very busy. One day he finally said to her view, therefore plain her first Hualiao Zhuang, hastily Ganqu airport(特价机). She saw his side a Xiaoyanruhua woman, who introduced it is his fiancee. He said his busy, has Maihao the return of the special fares, the question a few days. She only had a touch of that, you also late.
He married the day, also invited her. She saw the bride is so beautiful, wearing a white wedding, no one found her dizzy. The next day she would move to a small city, no one knows where she went to her determination to disappear from this world, from his life disappear.
He like most cities Xiaoyouchengjiu men, experienced a career of success and failures. Divorce, remarriage, and then get married, Sangqi. When he was barely remember that once stood under a tree full of flowers in one of a number of Ewha little girl, he had seven of the 70 elderly people.
Looking for his messages to her, that he should bring their own point Xianmian Li to her. Later, someone told him that she has never married, as if waiting for an agreement, but I do not know the duration of this agreement is in the timing.
He spent a long time to find one like that, a lonely bride in the moonlight under the first drops of tears feeling the deep blue of the wedding. Finally, he collected a lot from a wedding sets the hands of his wife under the Xi as a wedding.
His wife who heard the story they do not adhere to the martial arts, but he or his wife had paid 55 yuan of money, just that they have forged, and so she married him, he would send her wedding to buy this time of the agreement , Now has a 55.
He took dark blue dress, hastily rushed to the hospital. He never know over 70-year-old body can actually run so fast. But fate, Lane, in his embrace of Nadui Qingsha stepped into the deep blue of the wards that moment, she stopped breathing.
He felt that this scene is so familiar, not only different is that she can no longer say to him he, you late!
She never thought that the final agreement for a period of time is her life.

Who sending more accidents

Who sending more accidents
Looked at the data on the ATM screen, a true and cruel, out debit cards, static butt sitting in a chair on the bank, tears streaming Hualala on his face.
“Wiping clean a bar, sister.” A hand holding a towel in the face of static. Raised his head through Leiyan static see is a middle-aged man’s face is not handsome, but faces hung smile very cordial.
“Thank you!” Static received tissue.
“You are the opposite University students?”
“Ah, a senior.” Static nodded.
“Oh. Soon graduated, excited ah.” Middle-aged man’s voice is very magnetic.
Just stop out of the tears again, and to speak out crying.
Static men handed a piece of paper again. This time, is a business card.
“Do not feel sad, and the time call me, maybe I can help you.” To finish out of the banking counters.
A short middle-aged woman gave him a password box, alongside two from the business hall. Provisional out, for men to have a static vision. A very familiar look.
Printed on the business card: Stephen Ng, chairman brilliant, a
U.S. companies have registered(注册美国公司), a registered British company (注册英国公司)and registered BVI companies(注册BVI公司) large groups, there are phone numbers.

     A cafe. Wu Tien of hearty laughter. A wealthy man, of course, eligible for the plight of a poor girl was funny, because the static stricken sad incident, but the lack of 300 yuan living expenses. In his laughter, a long quiet tears fall. Wu Di Guo static stretching a hand to the leather envelope.
“What is the bag?” Not static access.
“Project Hope donations.” Wu said with a smile: “holding.”
“” Static open the envelopes, “by Paul reactive.”
Wu Tien fished, go sit down around static, the static one hand Lanzhu shoulder: “good, I like your character. Moral integrity,” his hands warm, in a measured, not static.
“In this way, I need a real estate company image Ambassador, your beauty and temperament, is what I want to seek.…… Deposit is two thousand dollars, you only need Bojizhangzhaopan we can.”
“Really?” Looking at the static surprised, Stephen Ng. His corner with a little Xiaoyi.

Wu Tien to
Italy to celebrate their cooperative opened a glass of red wine. Two glasses of red wine shots, static closed its eyes, brain Tala in his shoulders. Eyes closed, they were feeling very comfortable mercy, he was aware of their static with support into the car, into the elevator, into the door……
Static climb in the pillows Xiaotao crying.
Faced with white sheets on the Luojiang, Wu Tien actually happy Xiaochu sound.
Ultimately static nor the image of a brilliant real estate spokesmen, but a month later with a brilliant real estate companies with 120 square meters Sanfangerting Terrace property card.
In their house on the understanding that the bank upstairs. Moved to, has been placed inside all the good furniture. Mature men is considered the issue well.
      Monthly evening of 10, Wu will view static - the day their understanding of the day. He always to bring some calm and some small gifts yuan. Static always on the small gifts particularly pleasant surprise, the yuan, to say that the total static too much, can not spend so much……
10:00 am the day, the Wu Jing dial the telephone: “My brother, my stomach hurt, Check me, I quickly…… dead.”
Not a few minutes, I heard the voice of the key opened the door.
Static preimplantation go, he put aside the hands of the password box, the first feeling static asked: “how the baby?”
Static grabbed him by the hand to Xiaodu release: “My brother, my love,……”
Very gentle hand, while eliminating static pain, but the hand of a man but the women encountered Xiaodudu, which inevitably not honest.
Wu Jing Cazhao sweat on the forehead, I am sorry to say: “I am not Douguai, delay your work, a cold- Go, I had nothing to do.”
Five minutes later, Wu Tien dressed, looked to his precious password boxes, out of the door.
Half an hour, Seijo on the inter-provincial long-distance road. Still cheap on students wearing the greetings, home soil carrying a canvas bag containing a password inside me.

Nadaofangchanzheng in the next day, the boss told Pawnshop static two important things: First, the deed was a fake. Static house inhabited by Stephen Ng is 500 yuan a month to rent the second and brilliant chairman not Jiaotun days, he has been exiting the Hong Kong Companies Registry (香港公司注册)deal with the affairs of Hong Kong, Wu is his driver.
On the 10th month, the company was a brilliant day wages, Wu Tien 10:00 in the morning must be escorted to the cashier Li Jie earned on savings always exercise caution. Three months ago, have been static on the telephone number Li Jie, Wu called to the stomach pain in tears when his son Lijie received a telephone school teachers - his beloved son in the school was the first to break, taken to the hospital the rescue. Saw colleagues to go to the hospital or see a small lover’s dilemma, Wu chose the latter.
When Wu satisfied Bathing in the bathroom when the static done two things: shut down his cell phone ring tones from a Chuangde out of the box filled with paper password. It is not yet know the password box is how much money there is a real estate company’s employees wages will not be less than 500,000.
Of course, what is not static college students a long time ago. Three years ago after being expelled from school drama, has been a quiet university campus canteen chores.
Static believe they have the talent to do business, which is the first tranche of the sale of Static, a total investment of 180 yuan (hymen repair surgery) +4 youth months time.

Love the film

Love the film
He is an outstanding man of the sculpture, nothing more Wumu(
乌木) up on, what the dreary wood(阴沉木), engage in engage in Wumugendiao(乌木根雕), stayed to teach master’s degree after graduation. His girlfriend beautiful intelligence, the British company registered in an accounting firm. Zhongguizhongju the two met for more than a year, a glance Tanhunlunjia to put on the agenda, all of a sudden, his girlfriend by breaking up.
“Why» “
一遍遍he asked, curious than angry,” What you are not satisfied with what I «work, education or family», or is my attitude and life style What is the problem »,” “is not.” Girlfriend Said, “just because going photos.” His heart could not help but Yi Chan.
That was a very ordinary photos. He is the one with pictures of female students. He frequented an adult education college lectures, each lecture, that female students will be sitting in the front of the classroom, watching with rapt attention to him. End of the school gave him a cup of water, and large group then surrounded by his classmates chat chat East West. He pretty good impression of her, and she was also very comfortable with. But only is all. “She water-to you, what is your feeling» “girlfriend asked. “Student-teacher to the water is not normal?» “” That stare at her when you see it »”, “very natural ah. Teachers how students can see fear.” “Well, I stare you look at the try.” Girlfriend Road. And then stubbornly pegged him. A bit test, have somewhat seriously. “
开什么玩笑.” Feel that he was uncomfortable with the body, busy with Chakai topic. Shortly after going on a photo. That was a break Kejian, a classmate I do not know the Zende carry a camera, left a few films not Paiwan, it captures in front of the students indiscriminately, and he is suddenly see what she says, to be Shunshou Shot down. But it is well taken: he and her face pay very close, almost touch the forehead, eyes relative, knowing smile. He looked like the warm spring breeze, her expression like the Yang Yang Chun. “Shoot when you think what» “Since seeing this picture, Xu Xu asked his girlfriend on. “At the time, is to speak, where Gude Shang think what.” “Well, you said what» “” does not remember. “

He Danran Road

,” is nothing but a photo, Bietai care. “” But you seem Really really good. “Girlfriend with the expression of some slightly melancholy. “It is a picture.” He has some urgency, “Now I can tear up!” “Tear up the photos easy, but you can tear up that person?» “” I, and she just teachers and students, up to be Friends, “he angrily said,” do not believe you can to investigate “and” some things that not even your own, I can to investigate what »” You Youde girlfriend said, “I believe that, I do not sheer fabrication. She Very suitable for you, you are also very suitable for her. The reason why you and she has no story, because you are conscious of my responsibility, thus unconscious in her locked up in the emotion圈外. “” You simply have never seen her, how For I know that she «” “Do not think that this picture is not what Sometimes, a word language, an action, A Sigh are exposed to all.” Girlfriend, pointing to the pictures of him and her, “You look at her The eyebrows, her eyes, and then look at your smile, your…… you look like her, is not «” He has the silent. He never thought about this issue. Now hold up, he was really a little bit not hate her, but also can be said to be like her. If he intends to extend it like this, like this might become like, or even love. “However, with us so long, never had as a photo so harmonious.” Girlfriend says opened a series. Sure enough, he and his girlfriend have a picture of each with some incomprehensible Shengse, tension, fear and posturing. He and his girlfriend, like the so-called love. “However, you can not for such a picture and I Fenshou Ba!” “That is not what it« “girlfriend quietly,” said bystander clear Dangjuzhemi. I can not be more detailed analysis, you will not be too Weixin, Negative. This apparent friendship of the photos behind, in fact, full of potential difficulty unspeakable love. “He Wu Yu.
They finally at hand. When others asked why, they all remain silent. Yes, say who would believe it «more than a year and intends to live in the overnight cultivation but the moment has arrived to take photos of an arbitrary. Later, he really guitar and that girls married. As his girlfriend said, he and she is far more suited to each other. This understand his girlfriend is in how sharp and emotionally astute woman, he has been going opinionated friendship group photo, she actually is one of the only one to see in the darkroom when washing can be witnessed by the love of film.
He also
方才understand: Sometimes on the minds of certain things, in some people’s attention, Yisiyihao can not hide.

Finally the tears

Finally the tears
(A)
A busy day of the brain and body still difficult to open late at night, can not say how, just a little heart Font. Suddenly a terrible idea from the minds of flash. Xiao » !
That was the speed dial Marker in the depths of the soul number.
“I cried.” Sure enough, the phone knows the voice of an extremely Beiqi.
Gu Bude many, Phi pieces of the jacket, drove went to Xiao’s home.
I really was Xiazhuo door, the reduction on the sofa Xiao, who covered the tears of the past Movable let me face it.
“How the« ”
Xiao-degree cold fingers let me in the end is difficult to imagine what is going on weekdays, not to let anything so moved by her panic.
“I dreamed you gone, I tell you, you do not look back…….”
Such as the care of our own heart, I could not take knows anything.
Simply a dream for me to leave Xiao afraid like this. I vowed to lifetime in his heart that loves her and never let go.
Xiao-born inherited her mother’s Duochou and Shangan. Yichang Yu, a deciduous, or even a bird will fly over inadvertently let her cry on the day. At the same time feel the compassion of her suitability for survival in the world.
(B)
You break the emergence of my life, I sometimes wonder if You did not re-present in my life and I knows that happiness is a right.
You are my college classmates, excessive publicity, acquired the bright people and it naturally going stunning appearance. She became the best walk of life permits. At least she did not deny that such a statement.
The same company, with a floor, also responsible for the electronic compass(
电子罗盘), gyroscopes(陀螺), the level of the instrument(水平仪), so I contacted the time and Yau more than a Xiao. Why is the envy of colleagues around me that there is always beauty.
Late at night, knock on the door outside the sound, so it surprised me. You are original, deep alcohol, shaking his Swing moves, I know that she had drunk. You have a sober day in the morning, perhaps this is there must be a coincidence each story, Xiao You see, I just do not have to do any explanation, she smiled and Yau inverted for the anti tea cup. I sincerely thank the Xiao-savvy.
You Xiao told my girlfriend, I do not know is the wrong impression or too sensitive, I like to see You face off with the slightest shadow of difficult to detect.
Crystal
放着a desk before a small rabbit, which is the animal knows, You see, the good the United States, asked me whether or not given to her, out of courtesy I am not refuse.
Did not expect that the work on the following day when the home. That small rabbit has been Shuaisui, silent lying at the foot of Xiao. See me back, Xiao told me You will not see. You cry, and this is the first time I cried You see, and Xiao’s face has no expression.
Xiao-doors open, loud Yau said
North Korea “You go out, not allowed to come back later.” Xiao watching the willfulness and Yau innocent, I really had a bit angry.
“Xiao, you do not then not to willfulness.”
“No!”
I do not know is to protect their face, or in the maintenance of Yau, simply a moment, I landed a slap on the face of the Xiao.
The little finger was some blood flow, the somewhat slightly uncomfortable, Xiao will cry, but this time knows no reflection.
I quietly exit the room.
“Xiao…….” Xiangzhui this out, he was the crying stopped the Yau. You are the hands of bleeding, Xiao is because I wanted to come to
Crystal gave Yau dissatisfied with the rabbit, threw a rabbit at the Yau hand to hurt the bar.
Good dressing wounds, the dim Leiyan You tell me she loves me. I looked at fixed You Piaoran leave.
(C)
Two days Xiao-Mei Jian, Xiao You fill the gaps left. A week later I met with Xiao, also knows…… boyfriend, I do not understand I love the Xiao was in retaliation to find people to play to my interpretation, or her changeable also includes love. You pull off my hands, and I told Xiao You decided to get married. Xiao Xiao, and still is so shallow light of……. Xiao at the moment no longer crying for the pain I was feeling then, the so-called lifetime on this end? »
I live up to its promise to Xiao, Chengquan me on the integrity of Yau. As a wedding knows about my friend, if present, Qunjiao light moving, I suddenly felt today knows more beautiful than before. There are only slightly the slightest sense of Font.
Actually it looked easy, then relax. This, or at least I do not have to worry that she would leave after I cry. Xiao-final or the half-way exit. She said she tired…….
Wedding night, I suddenly received a telephone Hospital, knows, the time arrived, Xiao still retain the mouth of the smiling faintly, doctors said they found on the phone knows my number, yes ah, so many years of the , Knows only some of the world is only me, only there is only one phone number, that is me. No one on the message out saying “you do not love me, I cry a good, good to see I want you to tears, then wiped away tears as before and then tell me you do not go, but I Kubuchulai. I really Kubuchulai……. ”
The doctor said Xiao taking a large number of sleeping pills, and excessive alcohol.
Xiao computer, I found the text so that their absence:
July 7, 08, light rain
Today in
China (my name) You see the house. She said that I used his tears, for the love. I slight smile that this is my tears to him. Yau said she Epworth, I believe that I love the effect of the test. That is, at the back. You suddenly Shuaisui the crystal rabbit, and then cry so wronged. I can tolerate anything, can also disdain any person can be such a hypocritical approach let me despicable. Can, but I played a hand, I do not want to make any explanation. Remember, and I have said, if one day he wanted to forget me, then I turn around than his first. Because of his ability to withstand stronger than I am.
July 14, 08, sunny
I took Yu Hua, Yu simply a netizen, I just would like to know whether China will be like before, holding my hands, saying, “Well, not willful, and we go home.” But he did not say, he told I he wants to get married. I think I have forgotten how to cry…… In addition, nobody is qualified to see my tears. So I will not cry
08 July 28, sunny
Today, to get married, and I wish him, but he has not remember I have said, unless I die, I will give up his……
This whole night on the watch…… Xiao used to see the tears, tonight is the first time I accompanied the Xiao cry.
You and I the only married for 24 hours, we divorce the next day, I told Yau addition Xiao inability to love whom I have.

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