https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/ Blogger.de acoflan 2009-09-29T10:04:57Z en hourly 1 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1496796/ So here are the pictures from North Korea. The first few are from Dandong, the bridge is a random bridge that goes halfway across the river to North Korea and stops. The middle pictures on the boat are from a scenic area a few hours Northeast of Dandong, and the last few on the boat are from the trip to the North Korean mainland (almost). We were about twenty feet away. It was pretty cool. Also, in Dandong, they have a tower that shoots a giant laser into North Korea for some reason. http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=408950027/a=424203027_424203027/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/ Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-29T10:04:57Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1496788/ Well I got back to Harbin last night after 3 days in Dan Dong on the North Korean border. It was a fun trip and I'll give a full overview later. Right now though our Harbin situation is a little complicated. In typical Chinese fashion HaGongDa University reacted to this H1N1 situation by cancelling class for two weeks. In order to avoid messing up our study situation, CET moved our fall vacation to next week, and everyone is just really confused. So now I don't have class for two weeks, and can't... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-29T09:57:00Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1487962/ So I just ate lunch here on campus, at about 3 pm, which is about as far off of regular lunch hours as you can get. I walked into the one open cafeteria on campus and was greeted by darkness. Not one light was on. The escalators (yes, one of their dining halls has escalators) were turned off, and there was no movement. In America this would mean that the place was closed, but not in China. Out of a strong desire to save money (I assume), Chinese people are vigilant about wasted electricity. Our rooms... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-16T09:22:42Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1486314/ Here are some pictures! Of China! The first is from a weekend trip to Zhongyang Dajie, a big pedestrian zone close to my school. http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=367893027/a=424203027_424203027/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/ This is from my trip this Saturday to a farm region southwest of the city called Yagou. We hiked a lot. http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=360112027/a=424203027_424203027/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/ This is my... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-14T06:45:14Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1485296/ Well here it is, an overview of my first two and a half weeks in China. I wanted to preface my post with a brief introduction to China, but I soon realized that that was impossible. There is no way to introduce China. From the constant honking to the old men playing majiang on the street to the Chinese themselves, there is no way to encompass all of the idiosyncracies and particulars that make China China. I arrived in Beijing after a miserable 13 hour flight. The only reason it was miserable was... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-12T14:05:06Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1479528/ Hello everyone! I'm an hour away from starting my last day of class of the first week of class. This last week has been absolutely jam packed with everything associated with starting college for the first time, only now in Chinese. I just wanted to write this for posterity, I'll have a nice big update around 7 or 8 am EST, something to look forward to in the morning. As some of you know, the program here has a language pledge. We pledge to only speak Chinese (outside of a minimum of conversation... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-09-04T03:15:24Z https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/stories/1474434/ Well I made it! I'm in Harbin, China. All it took was a 13 hour plane ride and an 11 hour train ride. Not too bad. Harbin seems like a really interesting city, definitely a lot less polished than most other cities I've been to. Beijing was also an experience for the few hours I was there. I really only got to experience the food and a little bit of culture via Tiananmen Square. Not enough time for the Temple of Heaven unfortunately, but there will be other times. One of the great aspects of China... Blogger.de acoflan Copyright © 2009 acoflan 2009-08-28T03:37:27Z Search this site: q https://ibininharbin.blogger.de/search