September 2011
7 posts
The end is near...sad face.
Ignore the grammar, I’m doing this on an iPad.
(What a great trip - probably one of the best I’ve ever been on. We’ve met a lot of great people over the past few months, some well see back ate SCU, others we may never see again (at least we have Facebook). We all made some unforgettable memories through some unbelievable experiences.)
So it’s been a few days since my...
Advanced Divers
I’m hung over as shit right now, so let’s do this…
So the other night after our first two open water dives, we are invited to join the crystal dive staff at a farewell BBQ at a bar called vibe. While there, we see Liran and his GF, as well as some other dive masters and divers. A few beers, some laughs, and some free BBQ later and we cal it a night since we have a 7am dive...
Open water
Hey guys,
Today’s was our first day of open water diving - totally awesome! According to our instructor, all three of us are naturals. Saw some bitchin sea life and had no issue. We dove to 12 meters and tomorrow we round out the open water certification with two more dives followed by a video viewing of the dive at the beach bar back at the dive resort. Then the following day, we start...
Thai massage, first day of scuba
First day of scuba
So we arrived in koh Tao after our 24 hours travel from shanghai and the first thing we see is a rock in the middle of the ocean coverlid in green vegetation and palm trees. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve arrived in paradise. It’s a cool 90 with around 80% humidity. The shirt ha been and will remain off for the duration of the trip.
Today was an exploration of our...
Kho Tao and the journey to get there
Last day in China - SCU MBA China study abroad
So if you read my earlier post, you know what went down for part of the last night. However what happened before that needs to be told. W started the day off with a visit to a stem cell research / premium health clinic for the financially and socially privileged. The presentation felt more like a sales pitch than anything. However, we did learn who...
-----> Break in by naked man!!!
Okay so it’s the last night and we all had drinks at the Zbar. Well, it was 1:30 and I have to be up at 4:45 so I head up where Kevin is already asleep. Well, long story short, I COME IN, GET IN BED, AND 2 MINUTES LATER A CHINESE MAN SOMEHOW GETS INTO OUR ROOM IN HIS UNDERWEAR AND FLIP FLOPS! IT’S PITCH BLACK AND WE THINK IT’S JAMES JUST HAMMERED SO WE HESITATE IN YELLING AT HIM,...
Fun times
(ignore that grammar, I’m doing this on an iPad)
Yesterday we visited blue dot, a furniture company that prides itself on providing edgy premium furniture. The speaker made it sound like it is really difficult to live here if you’re married, given the night life. This was reconfirmed by our speaker James, a fellow SCU alumni today, but I’ll get to that later. Regarding blue...
August 2011
11 posts
Long day
Yesterday we hit the streets of Shanghai and headed to the Bund. Let me just say that jeans and a polo in this weather is torture. Four metro stops and we arrive at a crowded New York-style street filled with expats, tourists and locals. A short walk down and we arrive at the water front. We get a Japanese guy to take our pic then we head to Bar Rouge - a swanky night club (the reason for the...
Day...I forget.
(ignore the grammar, I’m doing this on an iPad)
The days are starting to blur together now. Yesterday we took the bullet train to shanghai, arriving in just under 5 hours. The train food was questionable, but I did get quite a bit of work done on my paper (I do not want to be working on it while in Thailand). The hotel is very nice with the most comfortable bed ever. Last night we hit the...
Hit and Run, Alumni Dinner
Day 5 and 6 (I’m typing this on my iPad so ignore the grammar)
W started Friday off with some crazy lightning and thunder storms. First off was the Great Wall adventure where we thought we’d reach the end (yes there’s actually a spot where you can reach the end) but as you’ll see in the photos I upload one day, it just kept going and we just didn’t have the time....
Bullet Train
Day 4
The train ride to master kong was quicker than expected. I got up to around 200 MPH. After an exhaustive 3 days, this one felt much easier. We toured 2 of master Kongs production plants. They were very clean and tidy, which makes me think that these are used as fronts or PR instruments, but I’ll never know. Master Kong is focus on the domestic market and with 1.3 billion people,...
Oh yeah...
I almost forgot about our late night of sinning. So, Fiona’s friend, who she just happened to play soccer with in high school and works at the Hutong school, and her boyfriend took us out for a night of Beijing fun. First off was dinner; delicious and off the beaten path. People were still staring while we ate some of the best chinese food to date. After, we hit up a small irish pub located...
Chinese street walker
Day 3
First off, Hey James, did you get the name and number of that Chinese street walker last night? yes, James was violated by what was most likely a hooker last night. A lot of what went down I’ll have to keep under wraps but it was pretty entertaining.
Yesterday we went to Fan Tong, which is essentially a Chinese version of open table, foursquare and yelp all rolled into one. The...
Day 2
China day 2
(I’m exhausted so I’ll keep is short)
I’m currently writing this on the bus after a great lunch (more to come on at tomorrow). The trip to BX glass was quite the journey - around a 2 hour bus ride. Seeing the production facility really sheds light upon the working conditions in china. The factory operates 24 hours a day, employees lived on the production grounds,...
Day one in the books
China Blog - day 1
Thus far china has been quite an experience. Yesterday, we had the privilege to meet with a high ranking government official - Dr. Xia, the director of the Beijing science park. The degree of guang xi was evident in the photos he showed us while giving us an explanation of what the science park is and how it plays a global role in entrepreneurship incubation.
Transitioning...
July 2011
1 post
First Post
it’s a month away, and I’ve already set up the required blog to record our experience while in China. If this isn’t an indication of the level of my anticipation, I don’t know what is.