philosophie.

Great Wall!

For the same reason why Torontonians don’t go on the CN Tower for fun and New Yorkers don’t hit the Statue of Liberty on the weekends, real Beijingnese don’t usually drive for an hour or two to see the Great Wall. But actually, maybe that’s not entirely true because I remember going there at least twice in my childhood, so when I revisited the Great Wall today, it was a whole new experience.

Now, there are about three major sections of the Great Wall around Beijing, namely Ba Da Ling, Mu Tian Yu and Si Ma Tai. The one we went to today was the Mu Tian Yu. The Great Wall at Ba Da Ling is known for its majestic beauty, and Si Ma Tai is especially steep at many places and difficult to climb. So I guess Mu Tian Yu has got a little bit of both.

It rained periodically today, as a result it was very cool and breezy up there. The same reason why you would revisit an old book or an old piece of music, the feeling you get everytime you come back to it is very refreshing yet inspiring.

It seems that Eric and I will be heading to Yun Nan province in two days. We may be visiting Li Jiang and Shangrila, as well as Kun Ming and Da Li. We haven’t really packed, and it seems like we both don’t know what to expect until we get there!

in Beijing!

Beijing is HOT.

Roads are forever changing, but some things never change. What’s strange is that this is my 3rd time coming back in 10 years, and this time I feel the most like coming home yet feeling there are things I feel most averted to.

A girl who has the perfect Beijing-accent (or so I’m told) but has such limited Beijing slang volcabulary, told the cab driver the name of the street my home is on but unable to lead him how to get back.

But in any case, I still love it here.

This time I actually enjoyed going to Forbidden City, even though the weather was as hot as ever. I also had a White Russian at a San Li Tun bar, saw the many foreingers and terrible smell of smoke filling up the dance floor.

Many people, many cars – not as many bicyles now.

My computer for some reason cannot connect to the internet, so it’s slightly inconvenient for me to post pictures. Maybe I’ll purchase a netbook soon so I could do that.

’til then, ciao!

Back to China!

Flight in about 8 hours. NYC-BEIJING.

Updates to follow!

最后一个论文，最后一场演讲，我的研究生第一年结束了。

接下来的又是一通收拾东西准备搬家。

5.28 Sex and the City 2 要在纽约放映了，擦肩而过让我有些惋惜。腰酸背痛至于坐下来看一集Sex and the City好了。

5.6.

Central Park.

In case I haven’t said it enough times: I LOVE NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!