Archive for June, 2006

The breakdown of Chinese characters: Sheng and Shu

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I’ll try to explain a little about the construction of the Chinese characters in the previous post. Keep in mind that over the centuries, Chinese characters have gradually been refined from their original pictographs. The images I describe below may not be that apparent in the characters themselves, but they use to be.
生: Among the […]

Pu’er Tea

Monday, June 19th, 2006

One of the few things I got to do in Shuangjiang over May Day Holiday was buy some tea. Little did I know such a simple task would be an elaborate affair. Folks in Yunnan are especially proud of their Pu’er tea, and they went out of their way to educate me about it on […]

Where’d Google Go?

Friday, June 9th, 2006

After thinking about it, we decided to remove the original post. We have too many stupid friends who’d probably forward it to the wrong hordes. You’ll just have to trust me that it was awesome.

For now, don’t bother writing to our gmail accounts. If you don’t have another email address for us, let us know […]

Let’s take a ride down the river

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

The more I think about it the more excited I am about taking a trip down the Mekong River. Just imagine trekking south from Tibet along the river to Yunnan, and then hoping in a boat and floating down to the South China Sea…passing six different countries along the way! Read below to […]

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