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Name: Jennie Ho
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Francisco
Birthday: 6/25/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: Travel (who doesn't love to travel though?)
Trying out new local restaurants (esp. American and Asian fusion )
Expertise: Sliiiiiiiiiiide..... Making up cute Chinese translation for company's website
Occupation: Student
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MSN: popjen_go@yahoo.com.hk
Member Since:
11/12/2004
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| It's a long day today. We basically traveled around the whole Beijing.
We started our day at Alameda for some good latte and filet mignon with Ned and his friends. Strangely, they didn't serve brunch today. A 200RMB lunch is a little expensive but the good steak and nice environment definitely worth it.
Then to Olympics Village to see the Good Luck Beijing Water Polo Game. My first time watching water polo. I realize it is a super tiring sport. First was Shanghai vs Guangdong: exciting except that it got quite dirty towards the end. And then the second was China vs Australia: pretty depressing to see the Chinese team keep losing to the Australians. Overall, it was a fun Olympics experience! =]
 
Went to Wudaokou for dinner after the game. We ordered so much coz I was super hungry. Late for the the National Orchestra performance and missed my favorite Disney movies part. They were already playing the last Disney song from Pocahontas when we got in. The rest of the night was mostly music from movies before I was born, so Im not too familiar with them but it was a very awesome performance still!
(no pics coz my camera battery died after the water polo game =[ )
This coming week is gonna be very stressful. write-ups, readings, project presentation, and business trip- ALL happen within a week. I should be happy about it coz I know I will miss this kind of school stress once I graduate!
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| I made it to the National Art Museum to see the famous 敦煌壁画 after facial yesterday. There were too many people. My whole experience there was mostly being pushed by people and interrupted by the non-stop arguments every corner between the staffs and local people there, when they tried to take pics in some halls where pics are not allowed. The artwork reminded me that the Buddhism is from India, no wonder the Buddhas in the paintings are so dark. I personally don't have much appreciation towards Buddhist artwork. Awesome history record, not so much of an art to me.
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| March in Beijing is the sand storm season. It's so nasty and dirty everywhere. I gotta wipe my floor every day or else I would step on levels of dust. (ill~) Yesterday was even more nasty, the whole sky was brown in the morning. And when I breathed, I could feel the dust.
The dirty air seriously doesnt do good to my health. My coughing problem is bad. don't stop coughing until tears come out. sigh, it's esp. embarrassing during my yoga class, when everyone is so quiet. But when the instructor says b-r-e-a-t-h~ i-n~, I started to cough non-stop again! (it sounds like a joke, but it's not even funny :\)
Other than the nasty air, things in Beijing have been doing not bad. (Sorry that I barely talked to you guys since I left the States) I have less drinking and partying, coz my party frd has a severe allergy, and can't drink alcohol no more, but more sight-seeing =] We finally find time to go to 天壇 and 頤和園. They are both very worth-going. I should upload my pics to show you guys soon. umm... we also tried many new restaurants in Beijing.
Now my friends and I are planning some trips for the couple month left. We really wanna take time off to go to Tibet, then the news came out and we have no hope to go no more. The Chinese government don't even let anybody in. The funny thing is the news yesterday said Tibet has already returned to normal~ MY ASS! They even blocked you-tube again so that no one can say what's exactly going on in Tibet. Can never trust what the news tell you!
so yea, we changed the plan to 西安 to see 兵馬俑, 華山... and hopefully 少林寺 too if time allows.
I feel like there are so many things I want to do, yet so little time left. School is getting more busy now, as mid-terms and presentations come up. I am also busy with my dad lately, going on a business trip to Shanghai next week and back on Sunday midnight, when I have a presentation on the next day morning~ whee~ I will see how I am gonna make this work. (Oh I might see Anson there. )
That's about it for the updates. I still gotta get back to work. It's 8:50 in the morning, I have about an hour to finish my paper (in Chinese  ). Depends on the time, I reli wanna go see the 敦煌壁画 at the National Art Museum. Today is the last day. Hope I have enuf time.
Alright, guys, take care. I will update more when I am more free. Hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break! =]
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