Nongken Hotel Dalian

... doesn't fit you and you look even better! Remember, if it doesnt look like its been sitting in the sun for 20 years, YOU CANT WEAR IT!

If you don't have the perm, (mostly if your a guy), then you have outrageous hair!! Especially popular is shaving the sides, and waxing your hair up and over it, kinda like a greasy bowl cut that sticks out over the shaved sides like ...

Ok, I did it, I ate some western food. I still haven't eaten at McDonalds or KFC yet. KFC is everywhere. I wonder if they were the first American chain to come to China. McDonalds are prolific as well. No, my roommate and his friends wanted to go out for a western meal and we headed down to a place called "The Real Eddies" Not sure of the story behind the name. But here goes - Eddie was trained as a cook/chef in the ...

... peevishly to call at 5:30pm. I explained that I would be on an airplane at that time and that was why I was calling then. She said to call a bit later. I started to get impatient and explained that a bit later I would still be on the airplane and that it was not possible to use cell phones on airplanes. She said to call the internet booking service to ask them what to do. I said I didn’t have their number which is why I had called the hotel. She said to email ...

... at some shops then meet Wei at work. Went to Starbucks to hang out with the other LaoWei in Dalian, then grabbed a taxi as it started to rain.

This is a good point to mention something about Taxis in China. First of all they are fairly cheap. From Gwen's flat to the city centre is about 20kms, takes about 40 mins and costs RMB 22 (about 2 pounds/euros). Most of the drivers know where you are going, and most of them are ...

... of the owner, who is also the school’s librarian, told us how long it took him to teach the local bakery to make real hamburger buns, both in shape and taste—they couldn’t understand why he didn’t want sugar in the recipe like their sweet buns.

It is amazing what kind of impact ‘comfort’ food can have when you are travelling, or away from home.

Yum... cheese.

~Ashley

... to look over all the 'opportunities' I was looking for something that would be small, and over quick—the festival itself was three weeks long.

One of the roles was to assist with the Opening Ceremony... which totally fit the bill. Small setup and only scheduled to last ten minutes. Well, I was kind of right.

The students who were responsible for this part were sweet, but extremely indecisive, which meant that we kept having meeting, after ...

... br>Before we arrived in China, the one thing we were told was that it was really hard to get the students actively involved in the class—that they remained stoic, sombre, and serious. That was NOT our experience. With very little prompting, students were up, out of their seats and rapidly trading, wheeling and dealing.

One student I watched kept making deals right before whatever stock he sold went up by hundreds of dollars, groaning at his misfortune ...

... of the countries. The US has power and money. Italy is the world's art storehouse. China has people and potential. Likewise, the US has crime, Italy is lazy, and China has lousy internet service (the part that's not censored). A few statistics: USA Italy China Population (July 2007 est.) 301,139,947 58,147,733 1,321,851,888 Median age: 36 ...

... ned zhongshan square. on my way back, unencumbered by my bag i looked one last time for the other hotel...and found it. but the cheapest rooms started at RMB180 now...not 98. not worth moving for. i went back to what was now my hotel...where i was paying three times more than what i wanted...and had a shower. today was sunny and gorgeous...and i explored as much of dalian as i could. i had already decided that i would move on to haerbin as soon as possible seeing as i ...

... comparison to what lays ahead. Suddenly, you hit a road bump. Nah, let's change that to a brick wall. This brick wall occurs as you make the jump from primary school to middle school. All the ice cream cones and Happy Meals must be repaid somehow, right? The pressure begins to sink in when you realize that you are the sole person responsible for passing along your family's existence. A mother, father, and two sets of grandparents, adds up to six ...