Shu Du Mansion Hotel Chengdu

... tous facilement etre declare la 2e
plus belle femme du monde. Bien sur le spot de Plus Belle Fille du
Monde est reservee a une tres chere Quebecoise, qui se reconnaitra bien
sur ;). Si elle est trop blonde par contre j'aimerais que sa soeur lui
dise.

- Apres 5 minutes de dansage, une fille
qui etait 1 etage plus haut me signifie a Marc et moi qu'elle voudrait
qu'on monte au deuxieme, dans le lounge VIP du club, et avec 8 chinois
et ...

... triste du tout parce que ca voulait dire qu'il y aurait probablement moins de touristes chinois. Wrong! Definitivement rien ne les arrete: l'attente pour descendre les escaliers a cote du Bouddha etait de 4 heures! A la place on l'a vu en bateau dont l'attente etait a peu pres 5 minutes, ce qui nous a permis de bien le voir en entier et non en petite partie.


En gros jet sets que nous sommes ...

... much food! I only made it to two of the four tables. We were sitting next to the fruit table, so I ate a ton of fruit. They had the most amazing grapes ever. They were really, really dark purple, and at first I thought that maybe they were tiny plums instead of grapes because they were quite tangy and the inside was a similar texture to a plum. Wow, they were good. It made me realize how much I, the not so much fruit eater, was feeling deprived of fruit. I did see that ...

... waved their arms and shouted "Come on, China", "Come on, Wenchuan". In front of a big screen outside the Instituto Cervantes in the Chaoyang district, some Chinese and Spanish people stood in three lines to pay their condolences. Numerous yellow ribbon were tied to railings, tree branches, lamp poles as well as taxis in the neighboring Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday. At 2:28 p.m., Chen Lei from the Sino-Germany vocational school stopped giving out the ribbons, lowering her head ...

... enclosure was very large with plenty of room for the Panda's to roam. The panda's themselves are pretty awe-inspiring once you see them. It came as a little bit of a shock, you think it's a bear big deal, but once you see them move and eat it becomes apparent how human-like these animals are. They have pseudo thumbs to grasp their food with distinguishes them from other bears, they have an upturned mouth as if they are always smiling but sad little marble eyes like a ...

... since I've come home. It will save me oodles and oodles of noodles... urm, time in the long run and was totally worth the investment if only for the fact that I can carry it with me everywhere and communicate with people! Now it is time for me to go to sleep. I am exhausted. Oh! In case you heard about that earthquake over here, it wasn't anywhere near me. I didn't feel a thing. I guess there was some aftershocks yesterday too, but I guess you have to be trained to feel them ...

... eat. Some of Jimmy's friends met us at the restaurant and one of the guys was actually a part of the local government. He had a video of his involvment with the earthquake relief efforts. We watched the 10 minute video of how they got supplies out to the remote areas and how they were helping the people who lost everything. It was very interesting, but I think we would have gotten more out of it if we could understand what ...

... then reconstructed in 1670 AD. It's well insulated from the outside world; it was a nice break from the stress of being in traffic and the sounds of honking cars. All I could hear as I walked through the gardens were bird calls that sounded like somebody gargling. The sign wasn't really translated right but it was still on point. "A quiet environment often washes away the noise of material life." Finding ...

... involved some 'creativity'. A bronze bell was confidently described as being decorated with tiger designs; I struggled to see this. In fact, it looked like nothing so much as Darth Vader's helmet. Two small bronze figures were presented as being of incredible artistic significance; a 4 year old could have done better. My personal favourite, though, had to be sign very definitely stating that what was on display were a pair of helmets, despite the fact that: a) they must have been ...

... are going to a local poet's old cottage. I finished 1/3 of my Chinese class. I had my final last Thursday. It went pretty well. I studied much harder than I had to. It ended up being easier than I thought. But, I haven't gotten my grade back yet. Yesterday we decided to go exploring. I forgot my camera :( but the places we went I am sure I will go back to. Me and four friends , before we left, stood by the street ...