The Journey is the Goal

Despite being in Beijing for nearly a month now, I have not come across anything that has inspired me to raise it on here. During this time however, I have been following the Colbert Report very closely, that is to say, I’ve been watching all I have of it including many back episodes prior to [...]

At present my mood is what could only be described as having gotten out on the wrong side of the bed. I feel a mixture of apathy towards doing anything, disappointment at the grey overcast day that greets me outside my window, frustration as I watch my free time vanish into nothingness, frustration as I [...]

Today I experienced a day unlike any I’ve ever experienced before. Since arriving in Beijing the temperature has hovered around 2-7 degrees C, that is, around fridge temperature. An environment at this temperature has its advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages is that items left at room temperature could be loosely described as being [...]

Having had the internet set up in my apartment on Friday night, I’ve been so busy catching up on everything I have missed over the past few days that it is only now I have found the time to post. Today marks one and a half weeks since I arrived in Beijing and having had [...]