Well, not quite yet. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the plan:<\/p>\n
In case you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to China for three weeks. This will be my third trip. The first was one week. The second was two weeks, and yes, you guessed it, this trip will be three weeks long. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re leaving the apartment today, and driving up to my aunt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Lisle, where we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll park the car, have dinner, then call a taxi or limo to take us to the airport. The limos are actually comparable to the taxis, and are far more convenient and luxurious! Our flight leaves at 1am, and we were told by the travel agency to be there THREE HOURS ahead of time\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 So I guess we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take off around 9:30 or so. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a load of crap, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to end up sitting at the terminal for 2 hours. Oh well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Better safe than sorry, I guess.<\/p>\n
Once we get on the plane, the flight is many many hours, to Seoul, Korea. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a 3-hour layover there, then we fly to Tianjin. I actually don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember what time we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re supposed to touch down, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take an hour or two to get through customs, get our luggage, all that. From there, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably be beat and tired and wanna just go to sleep.<\/p>\n
I bought this thing, which is supposed to purify water, for $100. Hongie was giving me a hard time about how much money I spent on it, but if you were in my shoes you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d do the same thing, buster. That there Mao Tse Tung\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s revenge, or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Travelers diarrhea\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, is nothing to take lightly. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horrible. Anyway- this thing is basically a wand, with a digital display, and a 3-inch long tube that emits ultraviolet light. supposedly, if you stick it into a cup or bottle of water, and stir it around for 90 seconds or so, it kills 99.99% of the bacteria, viruses, and some other microscopic thing which I forget. critters. I expended some brownie points to get it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I hope the damn thing works.<\/p>\n
HA! The auto-correct function wants to turn \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hongie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hoagie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Awesome! My wife is a sandwich!<\/p>\n
I also packed two large bottles of generic Pepto-Bismol, and I have a prescription antibiotic as well, that may help if I do end up getting it anyway.<\/p>\n
Another thing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m bringing are a bunch of recipes I got off the internet, and all my measuring cups and spoons! I hope, that when we get there, I am able to procure an oven, and all the ingredients to bake lots of yummy treats! Cookies, Bread\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Yeah, all the things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not supposed to eat because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Glucose Intolerant\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Hey, man, I got nothin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 against glucose. But my body does. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically one step away from diabetes, and too much sugar & carb consumption could tip me over the edge when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m older. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not going to stop me from trying to pump out large quantities of yummy tasty treats if I can! and maybe even cook some good dinners! Apparently, though, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty tough to locate many ingredients there, and they may end up being really expensive. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see.<\/p>\n
So, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the girls are both still sleeping, this is my last time to myself. Naturally I fired up Starcraft and played one last single player game. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty bored with the standard game, though. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait for the new version to come out!<\/p>\n
In case you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, China blocks Facebook. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reach people via Facebook there, and Google as you may know is talking about pulling out of China as well; which would mean more limited access to my e-mail. Of course, I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a phone; and if I did, there are only a couple times per day that are convenient to talk to people on the other side of the world: Early in the morning, and late at night!<\/p>\n
So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to try and reach this blog; and keep updates through this channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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