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The Many-Firsts Travel

A travel blog entry by emmanuelrecanel

During my 3rd Year in OCGS, i got the chance to accompany as coach and teacher-chaperon one of our students, Sean Benson Sia, to participate in the 2006 China Primary Math Olympiad which was held in Qingdao, Shandong, China.

This travel had its many firsts:

First to:

> get a passport and tourist visa
> …

Beer capital of China...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

This is a top pick!

This is an excerpt from a conversation held a few weeks ago: Me: So you're sure that by issuing another card it won't affect the use of my current card? Westpac Service Provider 1: yep. totally sure. i'll issue another card and your current card can still be used right up until it expires in June. Me: Brilliant. Thanks for that. This is an excerpt …

Going to Visit the Brewery and see the Ocean

A travel blog entry by patickdb

... checked in to our hostel and then Matthew took us to one of his favorite bars in Qingdao that one of his friends played in a band at (New York Bar). He proceeded to buy us all our drinks and all cab rides that we took that night. The following day, the three of us went to visit the Qingdao brewery and take a tour of the museum that they had there. Matthew agreed to take us to a Qingdao Double Eagles basketball game that night so ...

Big Shoes to Fill

A travel blog entry by bjglawe

... 8217;s predicted he would reach 7’ 3”. (He was the only child of two basketball parents – 6’ 7” and 6’ 3”). Yao eventually reached his full height at 7’ 6” and became the tallest player in the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association); as well as the NBA.

The CBA began its series in the mid-90’s with basketball teams in major cities in China. They ...

Drunk chinese cop

A travel blog entry by ianinchina

ok, this just happened! The wife and I were walking back home from a late night dinner, when out of nowhere a police car crashes into the center divider! I'm not talking a little crash; I'm talking about the dude leaving his foot on the gas kind of crash. I stood there shocked while the wifey, being the true asian she is, started taking pictures! see for yourself =^_^=

There was no other cars around. The only thing that came to mind was the ******* was drunk.
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