I have some clickable heat packs made by a company called Body Comfort. They have two states: a liquid state, when they can be clicked for heat; and a solid state, after they have been used, and need to be boiled in order to be returned to the liquid state. They can only be frozen…Continue Reading…
Interesting couple of nights I’ve had. Tonight, we spontaneously decided to go to a Korean restaurant, which I’ve never been. The restaurant had recently been remodeled, and it certainly looked very contemporary Asian, a stark contrast to the small mom-and-pop apartment restaurants I’m used to. What made this trip special was that I had the…Continue Reading…
This post will mostly be of some food adventures. I finally got around to eating at McDonald’s, which is a really long time given that there’s one across the street from me. I decided to order a humble cheeseburger and 2 pies. These weren’t just any pies, there were Taro Pies! Unlike the Chinese KFC,…Continue Reading…
June 23 is the Dragon Boat Festival, or DuÄnwÇ” Jié. If you want to read about the history and stuff, look here, cuz I’m not going to type it out here. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but I knew it was a big holiday in China, so much that I even got the day…Continue Reading…
I’ve been in China for about a week now, and I would say that I’m adjusted to the jet lag now, but it still doesn’t help that sunrise here is about 4:30AM. I’ve slowly been picking up Mandarin phrases, such as, “where is the bathroom”, or how to properly respond to the cashiers at my…Continue Reading…
It’s been less than a week, and I realize that I’ve been taking many things for granted. In the US, we have clean, well maintained roads, a non-censored Internet, building codes that make sense, abundant red meat, Swiffers, and oh yes, sweet chocolate, non the barely-taste-any-sugar-it-mind-as-well-be-bitter-melty-plastic kind of chocolate. I also was informed that running…Continue Reading…