Sea Horizon Hotel Dalian

... jackets are IN too! Find the puffiest, brightest, shiniest jacket ever to be cool. But its even better if its bright purple! In Dalian, purple is the hottest color right now, your nothing without purple in your wardrobe!!

Fur! Fur is so hot right now. If your not wearing your puffy shinny jacket, your wearing the mangiest, ugliest colored fur you can find! Make sure ...

... maybe Canada. He worked for a guy but the guy stole his recipes and Eddie left. Then he came back and opened "The real Eddies" Not sure if all that is correct but hopefully it is close. I guess there is another restaurant in Kai fa qu called "Eddies" Anyway, he serves western food and has a delicious bakery. I had some of the chocolate chip cookies. They were tasty.

Again, back to the story, we went to ...

... it is still hot for him. Oh well, I just continue to smile when people talk about how hot it is. I know they would laugh at me when I start complaining about the cold.

On one cool morning I was totally amazed as I went to school. It was so clear!! I could clearly see the mountains around Kai fa qu and thought, I need to get out and take some pictures. But, I had to work. Bummer! So as soon as work was over I headed straight to the apartment and borrowed Jason’s ...

... of the country.

The next morning, I packed my bag, set out and caught a bus on to Dandong. I didn’t know anything about Dandong except that it was on the border with North Korea and thus intriguing. Much to my amusement, Mum sent me a message warning me not to accidentally wander across the border. I know I am vague but I was a little concerned that other people thought I was vague to the point that I might actually be capable of crossing into North Korea unawares!

... 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

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He picked up his calculator and typed in 60 x 15... he wanted Y60 PER shirt, not total. The Y900 was more than our entire t-shirt and printing budget, the other student had gotten the first 30 shirts for less than Y180, I was mad. We tried our best to argue that we had agreed to Y60 we were even willing to pay a little more, but to absolutely no avail, and we ended up walking away empty handed. Here I thought I was good at negotiating.

~Ashley

... time.

But, to accurately demonstrate the era we were teaching—The Stock Market Crash of '29—suddenly the stocks started to drop, and of course the banker recalls all the loans... Still more frantic trading and the prices keep falling. The game ends when stocks are worthless, people have been cleaned out by the bank, and thus the discussion begins.

Who says that there is no capitalism in China? The students’ awareness of the emotions ...

... all my hair. The place wasn't too hard to find, it was a tiny little hole in the wall kind of joint with the classic barbershop rotating sign out front. When we walked in the first thing I noticed was that it was all men, and it was the first time that I thought, hmmm, maybe this won't quite work out... But, my mind was set on getting my hair cut-- really, how bad could it be? I pulled out my laptop and showed them the picture and asked for a ...

... of stalls selling food, clothes and housewares. There is also a lot of construction of all types and levels. Workmen sawing, welding, painting, and upholstering in their makeshift sidewalk workshops across the street from cranes moving 10 ton loads of steel up to the 40th floor. The level of manual labor here continues to astound me. For the last 2 weeks, a crew has dug, set, covered and paved a utility trench near my apartment ...

... of Russians working here. Dalian is also very close to North Korea, and there are buses that will take you the China-N. Korea border, but we didn't have time to go. Click for pictures: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Binh.Trie u/DalianFeb2007 And a Video of Diana playing the Chinese Top: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiykYqEd 12k