I’m in China. I don’t know how I feel about it yet. I spent the day today exploring the area by my “place” – which is actually like a rented studio. Here’s a picture:

So that’s my place. My home for the next 5 weeks. The manly bedding is my favorite. I still have yet to figure out exactly where in Beijing I am. I think I’m somewhere in the southeast. All I know is that I’m near the Temple of Heaven. Figuring out where I am will be tomorrow’s project.

Today’s project was actually to find someplace that I can get online, but that has yet to happen. Thanks a lot, Mao. Instead, I just walked around the huge department store next door to my place. It’s really ridiculously big.

There’s an unbelievable amount of construction going on here in China. Just to get an idea, I’m going to try to do a photo series. Across the street, they’re building this big mall/department store thing called Glory Mall. Yeah, it’s across the street from the giant department store. Here’s what Glory Mall looks like today:


Glory Mall, Day 1

More adventures forthcoming. I wonder what the group is doing. It’s kinda lonely here by myself. At least I’ve got Melvin.

P.S. The iPhone is hot.