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4.30.2006
Apr 30 - Kashgar, Sunday Market, Animal Market
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4.28.2006
Beijing, day 4 - Apr 28 - Biking without stopping & then the Summer Palace
Today Jen and I rode around about as much of Beijing as is possible in a day while still maintaining the shape of your back side. I estimate we put about 40-50km in on the bikes we had. I don't know that I could describe the route we took but we saw a lot of Beijing. Jen told me that the national bird of China was the 'crane', which you could see atop all the buildings under construction in their race to prepare the city for the Olympics. We rode through small neighborhoods, dodged the crazy traffic, weaved in and out among people, and were always on our toes!! A lot of fun if I do say so myself! By the time we grabbed lunch and got back to her place, she was late for class and I showed up and saw where she studied and tried to be a good excuse for her missing some class... (as she has a 1 on 1 class).
I then ventured off on my own and checked out the Summer Palace. A really nice place to relax and take a stroll. Note quite a few places in Beijing are under some sort of renovation to get ready for the Olympics in 2008. There was some construction here, but really no big deal...
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Today Jen and I rode around about as much of Beijing as is possible in a day while still maintaining the shape of your back side. I estimate we put about 40-50km in on the bikes we had. I don't know that I could describe the route we took but we saw a lot of Beijing. Jen told me that the national bird of China was the 'crane', which you could see atop all the buildings under construction in their race to prepare the city for the Olympics. We rode through small neighborhoods, dodged the crazy traffic, weaved in and out among people, and were always on our toes!! A lot of fun if I do say so myself! By the time we grabbed lunch and got back to her place, she was late for class and I showed up and saw where she studied and tried to be a good excuse for her missing some class... (as she has a 1 on 1 class).
I then ventured off on my own and checked out the Summer Palace. A really nice place to relax and take a stroll. Note quite a few places in Beijing are under some sort of renovation to get ready for the Olympics in 2008. There was some construction here, but really no big deal...
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4.27.2006
Beijing, day 3 - Apr 27 - The Great Wall
Today Jen had 3 coworkers in town who hadn't seen the Great Wall. Her coworkers and I decided to go and see it at Mutianyu (link to a description) together.
When I arrived back in Beijing Jen had me meet two of her friends from church and go out to a elementry school (see link to Jen's blog of the school) with them and volunteer to teach english for the afternoon.
When I finished up there I met Jen and her small group for dinner.
Pictures to come shortly...
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Today Jen had 3 coworkers in town who hadn't seen the Great Wall. Her coworkers and I decided to go and see it at Mutianyu (link to a description) together.
When I arrived back in Beijing Jen had me meet two of her friends from church and go out to a elementry school (see link to Jen's blog of the school) with them and volunteer to teach english for the afternoon.
When I finished up there I met Jen and her small group for dinner.
Pictures to come shortly...
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4.26.2006
Beijing, day 2 - Apr 26
Jen had her friend Hirem (who was a Chinese student of tourism) show me around where ever I wanted to go today. By the end of the day I think he was a bit worn out (ooooppps...). We saw quite a few sites today:
- Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Temple of Heaven
- Snack Street
- Three Self Chapel
- Lama Temple (although it closed right as we arrived)
- Houhai Lake
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Jen had her friend Hirem (who was a Chinese student of tourism) show me around where ever I wanted to go today. By the end of the day I think he was a bit worn out (ooooppps...). We saw quite a few sites today:
- Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Temple of Heaven
- Snack Street
- Three Self Chapel
- Lama Temple (although it closed right as we arrived)
- Houhai Lake
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4.25.2006
Beijing, day 1 - Apr 25 - Jen's Bday!
I arrived at the airport to Jen's smiling face in the crowd of people. We got in a cab and got back to her house as it was her birthday and she had invited quite a few of her friends over to her house for a dance party! I didn't have a chance for jet lag as I stayed up until the far reaches of the night and fell asleep with no troubles.
Link to Jen's blog
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4.19.2006
Heading to China soon!
I'm heading over to China on Monday to see my friend Jen and check out the sites. I'm pretty stoked about the trip and how it's unfolding. Jen has been living over there for about a total of 7mos now. I already know I'm going to have a tough time keeping up with her. That's ok though! I'm flying into Beijing and then after a few days there we are going to head west over into the Xinjiang province. Supposedly an Indiana-Jones-like feel and tons of stuff you should see at least once in your lifetime! Check back for updates. =) ¶ 10:47 AM 0 comments
I'm heading over to China on Monday to see my friend Jen and check out the sites. I'm pretty stoked about the trip and how it's unfolding. Jen has been living over there for about a total of 7mos now. I already know I'm going to have a tough time keeping up with her. That's ok though! I'm flying into Beijing and then after a few days there we are going to head west over into the Xinjiang province. Supposedly an Indiana-Jones-like feel and tons of stuff you should see at least once in your lifetime! Check back for updates. =) ¶ 10:47 AM 0 comments
April 2006 Log
- 30 days in month (5 sat, 5 sun)
- 13.5 days worked
- 2 fridays off
- 4.5 days of vacation used
- 2 days of vb
- 6 days biking:
• 121.8 mi
• 17.0 mph ave
- 2 days running:
~ 22 mi
- 30 days in month (5 sat, 5 sun)
- 13.5 days worked
- 2 fridays off
- 4.5 days of vacation used
- 2 days of vb
- 6 days biking:
• 121.8 mi
• 17.0 mph ave
- 2 days running:
~ 22 mi
Labels: 2006 monthly logs, monthly logs, training
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4.18.2006
Picnic Day at UC Davis
http://picnicday.ucdavis.edu/
Picnic Day is almost upon us. What does the wiley alum who still lives in the area have to say about it? Well, I surely hope to see any other alum heading back over to the area for the day. I don't know how much time I will spend on campus this year, we'll see though. Picnic Day has similar activities every year and is basically an open house for the school. I've been on campus within the last year, I remember most of the activities, and I know the facilities. So I'll be around people watching, eating some good food, and hanging out and looking for those I remember from school. And heck probably meeting new folks as well. See you there if you're in town! ¶ 1:55 PM 0 comments
Picnic Day is almost upon us. What does the wiley alum who still lives in the area have to say about it? Well, I surely hope to see any other alum heading back over to the area for the day. I don't know how much time I will spend on campus this year, we'll see though. Picnic Day has similar activities every year and is basically an open house for the school. I've been on campus within the last year, I remember most of the activities, and I know the facilities. So I'll be around people watching, eating some good food, and hanging out and looking for those I remember from school. And heck probably meeting new folks as well. See you there if you're in town! ¶ 1:55 PM 0 comments
How self-centered am I?
Well, lets see, I have a blog and put pictures up of myself, I work to make money to support myself, I excercise to keep myself in shape, I do things to have fun...the list goes on and on.
One question I usu ask myself to see how wrapped up in my own unverise I am, is: If I won the lottery today, what would I be doing?
My initial response usu is either to quit work or take some time off and find some adventures elsewhere. This tells me a couple of things, not necessarily that I don't like what I'm doing or that what I'm doing isn't fulfilling, but that a sense of adventure lies in the unknown. What would I be doing without the confines of security in a paycheck, would I know anything more about the way the world works, could I enrich my (there's that self-centered word that keeps popping up) life doing other things?
I think one of my personality traits is that I thrive on wanting to do as many things as I can, I don't want to miss out on anything, I want to learn from my mistakes, I want to be challenged, I want to understand everyone I meet. And with the infomation available (internet, tv, radio, pictures, books, etc) and how easy it is to obtain that infomation, there is a never ending supply of things to do and want to get better at.
Back to my question though, what would I do? -- I don't know exactly, but I've got some options in mind. I would probably try to convince some of my closest friends to take some time off from their jobs and for us to experience things together. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally not opposed to the idea of a 'job' at all, there are just restraints assumed with the mention of. I probably wouldn't mind trying out other 'jobs', but initially I'd probably want to learn and experience: let's buy a sail boat and learn to sail for a while, let's get a wakeboard boat and wakeboard until we get bored, let's figure out what peaks we want to climb or hike and do it, let's figure out what sites we haven't seen and go there, let's get our piolt's license, let's get a helicopter piolt's license, let's go scubaing for a while, let's get a place on the beach and surf for a while, let's learn some other languages, let's fly fish, let's deep sea fish, let's take some sweet pictures of nature, sites, people, I could probably go on for a while if I haven't already.
Heck, even taking on new jobs and learning those to the best of my ability and studying different subjects and gaining that experince. I could get a job as a river rafting guide, I could do backpacking trips, I could study philosophy, geography, biology, in depth. Anyway there are endless possiblities but a lot I could probably do right now as well, and believe me I'm trying...
But this leads me to the thought, that hey, all this is pretty focused around me. Which is just nature, I'm looking out for me first usually, right? This leads to another question: Should I be focused around me? Am what I doing in my current job benefiting others? What would be my reason for being a little less self-centered?
All this leads to all sorts of other questions, like doing things that don't produce waste or pollution, am I just a consumer, laying waste to everything I come in contact with, am I looking out for my grandkids (if I have any)....
Food for thought...
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Well, lets see, I have a blog and put pictures up of myself, I work to make money to support myself, I excercise to keep myself in shape, I do things to have fun...the list goes on and on.One question I usu ask myself to see how wrapped up in my own unverise I am, is: If I won the lottery today, what would I be doing?
My initial response usu is either to quit work or take some time off and find some adventures elsewhere. This tells me a couple of things, not necessarily that I don't like what I'm doing or that what I'm doing isn't fulfilling, but that a sense of adventure lies in the unknown. What would I be doing without the confines of security in a paycheck, would I know anything more about the way the world works, could I enrich my (there's that self-centered word that keeps popping up) life doing other things?
I think one of my personality traits is that I thrive on wanting to do as many things as I can, I don't want to miss out on anything, I want to learn from my mistakes, I want to be challenged, I want to understand everyone I meet. And with the infomation available (internet, tv, radio, pictures, books, etc) and how easy it is to obtain that infomation, there is a never ending supply of things to do and want to get better at.
Back to my question though, what would I do? -- I don't know exactly, but I've got some options in mind. I would probably try to convince some of my closest friends to take some time off from their jobs and for us to experience things together. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally not opposed to the idea of a 'job' at all, there are just restraints assumed with the mention of. I probably wouldn't mind trying out other 'jobs', but initially I'd probably want to learn and experience: let's buy a sail boat and learn to sail for a while, let's get a wakeboard boat and wakeboard until we get bored, let's figure out what peaks we want to climb or hike and do it, let's figure out what sites we haven't seen and go there, let's get our piolt's license, let's get a helicopter piolt's license, let's go scubaing for a while, let's get a place on the beach and surf for a while, let's learn some other languages, let's fly fish, let's deep sea fish, let's take some sweet pictures of nature, sites, people, I could probably go on for a while if I haven't already.Heck, even taking on new jobs and learning those to the best of my ability and studying different subjects and gaining that experince. I could get a job as a river rafting guide, I could do backpacking trips, I could study philosophy, geography, biology, in depth. Anyway there are endless possiblities but a lot I could probably do right now as well, and believe me I'm trying...
But this leads me to the thought, that hey, all this is pretty focused around me. Which is just nature, I'm looking out for me first usually, right? This leads to another question: Should I be focused around me? Am what I doing in my current job benefiting others? What would be my reason for being a little less self-centered?
All this leads to all sorts of other questions, like doing things that don't produce waste or pollution, am I just a consumer, laying waste to everything I come in contact with, am I looking out for my grandkids (if I have any)....
Food for thought...
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4.17.2006
today's antics...
Ah, today isn’t over yet? It started so excitingly… =P We finally got a decent day of sun, so of course I had to cruise in on my bicycle. As I was pretty much exactly half way I got a flat. No biggie, I fixed that (the gentleman’s house that I broke down in front of came out and was watching me and chatting it up which was amusing). Then I went about 3mi further (note I had to turn down garden hwy as discovery park is flooded) and got another flat (due to a bum tire, which I was hoping would make it to work). Crap, I was basically about as far as I could get and just had to make a decision on which way I felt like walking… I called a few people to no avail, and headed back the way I came over to the bus stop. A bus rolled by about 30 mins later and I rode it into work. I just got back from borrowing my coworkers cruiser bicycle and went way deep down town to get a new tire and some tubes.
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4.15.2006
Criagger & Melide's Wedding Reception in Mo-town
Craigger and Melide's wedding reception this last weekend. They had a group of people over to celebrate their marriage and possibly newest growing edition to their family come november. Besides the 20 lbs of potatoes we peeled and cooked in an attempt to make potato salad, the rest of the food turned out really well.
Craigger and Melide's wedding reception this last weekend. They had a group of people over to celebrate their marriage and possibly newest growing edition to their family come november. Besides the 20 lbs of potatoes we peeled and cooked in an attempt to make potato salad, the rest of the food turned out really well.
Labels: weddings
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4.12.2006
The Relay Weekend - How could you pass it up?!?!!
Here are some pics from the relay weekend. More commentary to come later. I ran as runner 12 this time, some good fun legs!! Arron put pictures up on one of those kodak sites, I think you have to log in to view them though, if I figure out anything for that I may include it here otherwise you are stuck with the pictures I pulled out with me in them...
links:
leg table, my legs: 12, 24, 36, results (we got 8th place out of 106 teams, not too shabby)
this years previous post
last year:
post relay, initial post
our van 2 team, sean, ian, me, hannah, kev, arron. -- messages displayed on our vehicle, need I say more?
a little bowling to kill some time between legs? -- pensive philly
ok, who gets legs 10, 22, & 34, let's ro-sham-bo for it during leg 9...genius!! -- Our team, minus dave who was running.
me getting ready to do leg 12, hannah applying a little motivation -- me running leg 24 @ 4am!!
a little posing at the trasition bt legs 33 & 34 -- waking up after an hr of sleep in the van before the last set of legs.
me taking off on leg 36, ian told me to go get whoever was in front -- me finishing up leg 36 getting close to the team to cross the finish line.
Here's us finishing up the race -- and the team at the end!
links:
leg table, my legs: 12, 24, 36, results (we got 8th place out of 106 teams, not too shabby)
this years previous post
last year:
post relay, initial post
our van 2 team, sean, ian, me, hannah, kev, arron. -- messages displayed on our vehicle, need I say more?
a little bowling to kill some time between legs? -- pensive philly
ok, who gets legs 10, 22, & 34, let's ro-sham-bo for it during leg 9...genius!! -- Our team, minus dave who was running.
me getting ready to do leg 12, hannah applying a little motivation -- me running leg 24 @ 4am!!
a little posing at the trasition bt legs 33 & 34 -- waking up after an hr of sleep in the van before the last set of legs.
me taking off on leg 36, ian told me to go get whoever was in front -- me finishing up leg 36 getting close to the team to cross the finish line.
Here's us finishing up the race -- and the team at the end!
Labels: the relay
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4.06.2006
If you could live anywhere in the us where would it be?
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego? Why do I live where I live, what keeps me here? What other places would be interesting to live and why? Food for thought...
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Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego? Why do I live where I live, what keeps me here? What other places would be interesting to live and why? Food for thought...
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4.05.2006
A's vs Yankees at the Coliseum
Shelton rallied a troop of 14 and we headed down to the bay Wed evening. We got a good tailgate in as the season of rain cleared up perfectly for a decent outing. It was a good game and a decent time. I knew that I needed to rest before the upcoming relay run this weekend, hopefully this will help with that... =P
Links:
Box Score - Recap - Preview
Pics:
1) me in the parking lot, tailgating
2) me at our seats
3) our view from the seats
4) Shelton putting in some serious work manning the grill
5) kev with his sunglasses on at night
6) I was about to take a pic of me and at the same moment Matsui hit a home run, i looked up and it snapped a pic of the reaction...funny. ¶ 8:31 PM 0 comments
Shelton rallied a troop of 14 and we headed down to the bay Wed evening. We got a good tailgate in as the season of rain cleared up perfectly for a decent outing. It was a good game and a decent time. I knew that I needed to rest before the upcoming relay run this weekend, hopefully this will help with that... =P
Links:
Box Score - Recap - Preview
Pics:
1) me in the parking lot, tailgating
2) me at our seats
3) our view from the seats
4) Shelton putting in some serious work manning the grill
5) kev with his sunglasses on at night
6) I was about to take a pic of me and at the same moment Matsui hit a home run, i looked up and it snapped a pic of the reaction...funny. ¶ 8:31 PM 0 comments
