Jing Bin Beijing

I WAS SERVED WITH LAW SUITS.

My custom made suits arrived today, and they were absolutely perfect. One is dark blue and the other is a blue check pattern. I really can't wait to don them in a trial, which I hope to jump back into when I get back to work next week.


NEW SUITS = MORE LUGGAGE.

Since I acquired two new...

SUNDAY

Today I woke up with a chill, and when I looked outside my window, it was snowing heavily. In a freak snow storm, the ground was covered in snow, much more than the light dusting yesterday. It was cold even inside, so I layered up even though I had no intention of going out. Rebecca and I slept in, and finally had breakfast aroun...

I arrived on Valentine's Day in China. It is not what you would think of when you think of Valentine’s Day because it is not so much of a Hallmark holiday, meaning it is not a holiday because stores and commercials force it upon us. It is a legend based back about 2,000 years about a genie I think and her lover who could only meet one day ...

The zoo was cheap, only ¥10, plus an extra ¥5 to see the pandas. It retrospect, it is clear why the zoo is cheap, and even clearer that the pandas get anything extra... But I'll focus on the positives first. Once we had our tickets, we headed straight to the pandas, since they were the motivation for our visit. At first we went into the indoor h...

Amid all those cliched stories about China and Beijing and the Olympics, it is refreshing to see one which is both insightful and funny. Check out this guy Bob Kravitz at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/s ection?Category=SPORTS15 for his coverage of the Olympics. Tour reveals more about guide than Beijing BEIJING I am walking toward the Fo...

2nd - Arrival 4th - Forbidden City 5th - Temple of Heaven 6th - Summer Palace 7th - Train to Nanjing 2nd: After a 4 hour flight from Portland to San Francisco, 6 hours of layover and then a 14 hour flight, I arrived in Beijing 24 hours after leaving at 4 in the afternoon on the next day (with the 15 hour time change). After finally meeting my ga...

Mist Duster Branson, Missouri, is a place of entertainment where the "has-beens" reign and the "wannabes" strain. There is little in the middle. At 64, Andy Williams built an understated theater and has been smiling all the way to the bank for nearly 20 years. He is quite spry and chipper for a geezer with that many miles on his odometer. After ...

NOTE: I've been in Perth, Australia since Nov. 26 but I have been spacing out the posts because I think everyone is about 1 month or more behind in reading. I guess you won't read this until the New Year, probably. Okay, let's detail my adventures in Beijing (by the way, don't pronounce a soft "J"... It's "Bei Jing," not "beige-ing." It's a pet ...

Although this entry is for Monday 21st, I'll start with the evening before. After returning from a superb trip to The Great Wall of China, our tour group had our farewell dinner for it was our final night together. The dinner was the one we had all been looking forward to - Peking Duck. It was a superb banquet, the best of all the banquets we ha...

Sat 31 of March, Aother Am in cairns with nothing but blue sky and warm temp 27.Enjoyed another breakfast out on the deck watching the locals set up their tents for a small fair out on the Lagoon. Checked the spot out and found a local artist who had some great water clours of the area. There was also some jewelry items other art and clothing al...