East or West – Which is Best? You Decide.
So. I’m in Beijing on business. We’re in a training that includes: – 5 people from Japan – 14 from Singapore – 1 from India – and 14 Chinese. All […]
Category Archives: China
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry – or – My Love Affair with Michael Phelps
In addition to visiting the Great Wall of China, I desperately wanted to see the Water Cube where the 2008 Olympic swimming events were held in Beijing. Once I got […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday
When I look around my own neighborhood for the “everyday,” I almost can’t see it. There’s too much of it. I can’t focus in to take a shot. Instead, I […]
No More Noodles
McDonald’s at the Beijing Railway Station After eating Asian food for four days straight, morning, noon, and night, I needed a break. Luckily there’s a McDonald’s on nearly every corner. […]
How Many Pictures Are Too Many?
Please forgive the barrage of pictures below, but really. How many pictures are too many pictures when you’re standing on the Great Wall of China?! Visibility was low, but I […]
Chinese Toilet Extremes
It seems there are two different types of toilets in China. I eventually got used to the squat toilets which I encountered nearly everywhere outside of my hotel. Again, my pre-reading […]
Chairman Mao
I’m stealing liberally here, from J. Maarten Troost’s Lost on Planet China. I read this book before coming to China and was both fascinated and terrified as a result. His […]
Business in Beijing
I was in Beijing on business (though most of my posts look more like a vacation, to be sure). But I was actually there for a training. At the […]
Chinese Acrobat Show
As I watched the Chinese acrobats contort themselves and fling themselves across the stage, I couldn’t help but wonder how we could ever possibly hope to beat Chinese gymnasts in […]
If I’d Dug That Hole
You know the one. The one that comes out on the other side of the world in China. Well, I didn’t dig. I took a 15 hour plane ride instead, […]
Browsing The Atlas 