Saturday, August 30, 2008. 8220;The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. The restaurant was on the second floor of this building. A heavy rain was coming, as my friends and I would later discover. The atmosphere was very lively. It was a busy Friday night. A waiter who would wildly swing a very long noodle to entertain his guests before serving it to them. A mouthwatering moment right before voracious consumption.

Fedor Deichmann In Taipei Summer 2008. Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Monday, July 28, 2008. Tomorrow class will start again. I will also start getting busy writing Chinese again, since my teacher selected me to write the script for a class performance, which is to be acted out some time this week. Monday, July 21, 2008. Monday, July 14, 2008. If you are lucky you will find someone with whom you can meet up almost every day of the week. It is really helpful! Wednesday, July 9, 2008.

Monday, August 11, 2008. Catch up on summer reading I suppose. Zhou Laoshi, rommie Sunny, me, Chen Laoshi.

Sunday, August 17, 2008. Back in the States, although my biological clock says otherwise. Llama Temple, on a rare blue sky day in Beijing. This is purportedly one of the best kept temples outside of Tibet. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Also, I will be posting many more pictures.

Saturday, August 16, 2008. My last week in Beijing, though, did provide for some last minute sight-seeing. The typical procrastinator, I had left much of the touring for the last two weeks of my stay, so that final week I made it a priority to see much of what NBC has been using as its token panoramas during the Olympic coverage as Bob Costas cues for a commercial break. Jess and I cruising up the ski lift. Perusing the Chinese wall art. At the Capital Indoor Stadium waiting for the games to start.