First day at work... This might seem strange, but I have never, in all my, well just say, many years, had an office desk job. I have never experience the joys (or is it dread) of waking up in my own home bed everyday, finding your way to the office everyday, and as the boys in Loverboy might say, find myself, "Working for the Weekend..."&n...
The generation of North Americans born between 1965 and 1980--in Canadian writer Hal Niedzviecki´s coinage, the "Malaise Generation"--seems to have pretty much given up hope that any good will come of this place called Earth. Halle Lasn, Culture Jam Today I enjoyed Beijing. I saw a totally different China tha...
Just got back from a tour of the Forbidden City with my friend Cristi. We went by foot, since our two hotels (Novotel for me and Beijing Hotel for Cristi) are so close. On our way there we were approached by a guy and a girl who told us they were working inside the art museum right next to the FC. They put in a word with security who only charag...
We got to Beijing really late and there was a heinous line for taxis, so I negotiated a deal with one of the private guys that wasn't too much more expensive than a regular taxi. We stayed at the Lusongyuan Hotel, which I know everyone loves, but I thought was overpriced. The rooms were pretty small for almost $100US, but they had HBO and Chines...
A tour of all the hotels in Beijing was not quite the ideal start, but as the Swissotel was the epicenter there wasn't much choice. Beginning at the Tian'enmen square the tour covered other beautiful and historic places like the Forbidden city , the Temple of Harvest , and the Summer Palace (although the palace is probably a misnomer...
Breakfast again, and yep, you guessed it, more mostly vegetarian food. I resorted to buns (again), and some soya bean drink. This will just have to keep me going until lunch :( The weather today is cloudy. I got sunburnt from yesterdays top day. I noticed the skin behind my neck was red and it hurt when I put on my shirt this morning. I slapped ...
