First post of 2011
Let’s see, what was written last? So it’s obviously been a while since I’ve posted, and a lot of things have happened since, hence the been a while since I’ve last posted. I mean, that was half way around the world ago, and last year. As I write, it is the middle of the night [...]
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Posted January 11th, 2011 - 2:30 pm by sean
Categories new york city
Tags adventure, apartment, beijing, computers, food, friends, holiday, movies, Ohio, post-china, public transit, rant, running
Updating on the train
Huh, apparently I have 4 WordPress Plugins to update, plus a new Core version to upgrade to. Since I’m connected to the internet through my cell phone’s tether through my VPN in the States, I’m thinking I’m gonna hold off on any major internet work that’s actually important and meaningful until later. I’ll be back [...]
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Posted December 13th, 2010 - 12:07 am by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, family, friends, holiday, International Festival Chorus, travel, vacation, visas
Thoughts on Traveling by Train in China, 10 Years Later
Thoughts on traveling by train in China after ten plus years. I’m sitting in the equivalent of a dining car right now, the privilege of which I had to pay 30RMB for a pot of coffee for, surrounded for the most part by train workings with large calculators going over piles upon piles of receipts. [...]
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Posted July 14th, 2010 - 10:35 pm by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, travel
Nocturnal Biking in Beijing
So ever since I purchased my 200RMB bike, and ever since I repaired it (incidentally, the seat has since been replaced, so has one of the bolts on the pedals, the right hand brake handle broke and hasn’t been replaced yet, and the rear wheel brake belt broke and also hasn’t been replaced; I’m just [...]
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Posted May 8th, 2010 - 5:59 am by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, biking, night time
A Good Way to End a Bad Day
So I’m a little bit deaf right now. Everything’s sort of muffled and even when I talk to myself it’s as if there’s cotton filling up my skull. It was an overall crappy day, punctuated by some good times. I had rehearsal with the IFC Youth Choir, which was lots of fun; I’ve always enjoyed [...]
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Posted May 7th, 2010 - 4:07 am by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, Chinese people, nightlife
Brief Updates
Hard to believe it’s been a week since I last posted anything, and even longer since I last posted anything of any substantive meaning. The short and only answer you’re getting is that I’ve been feeling a little off, emotionally, and it’s made it difficult to muster up much if any excitement for anything. However, [...]
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Posted April 16th, 2010 - 1:45 am by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, International Festival Chorus, job
“Your Chinese visa…”…is expired!
So we have been in the country for 54 days now; our 60 day tourist visa (“L”) will expire next Saturday. We have to leave the country by next Saturday. Although there’s actually a little give on this if you overstay your visa; apparently it’s a $40.00 per day fine, but if it’s just a [...]
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Posted November 15th, 2009 - 7:40 pm by sean
Categories china
Tags adventure, bureaucracy, visas
Countdown: 5 weeks, (1) day
So I’m a little late in my updates, but this is my girlfriend’s last night with me for a week or so; she’s heading back East to visit her sister and family in MA and OH. I’m going to go join her next weekend, just for the weekend. I think I’m there for all of [...]
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Posted August 9th, 2009 - 10:20 am by sean
Categories pre-china
Tags adventure, beijing, china, computers, nightlife
Countdown: 5 weeks, 3 days
I’ve sort of just picked an arbitrary date: September 14th, 2009. That’s what the countdown is for. This will be the day that I move to China. Not to spend too much time hashing over the finer details of what has lead up to now, suffice it to say I will be going, and with [...]