Wazzup
My internet connection has been horribly slow the past few days … I can connect, but it takes 5-10 minutes just to load a page. So although I’ve had a lot to say, I haven’t been able to post it here. I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to your emails … hopefully I’ll be online again soon!
I’ve decided what I am going to do for the performance tomorrow … although I love the “boy band” idea, I don’t know how I could pull it off by myself. So I’ve decided to instead sing a classic Chinese children’s song … I’ll take one that all of the kiddos know and change the words around, acting like I’m making mistakes in my Chinese (and ultimately making fun of myself as a teacher and a foreigner). I think they’ll like it, and it should be fairly easy to do.
Next weekend I will be flying to Xi’an, an ancient city that used to be the capital of China, for a 5 day trip. I’m pumped … I’ll be able to see the Terracotta Warriors, the old city walls, some pagodas and mosques and temples and tombs, and a large chunk of Chinese history. I’ll also get to battle the tourist-hungry merchants and “entrepreneurs” and once again be amazed at the organized chaos that is China.
In the meantime, my schedule is full with teaching, connecting with some old friends, celebrating New Year’s, watching Scrubs, gearing up for Spring Festival, editing photos, cleaning up the flat, and exploring some new restaurants in town.
December 29th, 2006 at 2:30 pm EST
Lance,
The slow internet connection is because of the earthquake in Taiwan and it could take a few weeks to get fixed! It is awful! Hopefully in Xi’an you will have faster internet as some places in Northern China don’t have their internet routed through Taiwan.
Have a great time!
Erica
December 29th, 2006 at 11:50 pm EST
Yikes … I didn’t even know there was an earthquake in Taiwan, because … well, because the only way I would’ve heard is through the Internet! That makes sense, though, because I went to an Internet cafe the other day and experienced the same problems.
Are you experiencing a slow connection up in Yueyang too? Your connection is obviously fast enough to load webeldotnet … mine has trouble doing even that!
December 30th, 2006 at 5:29 am EST
I am so excited you get to go to Xi’an! I was able to go there about 8 years ago when I was in YWAM. The underground soldiers are amazing! You’ll love it!
January 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm EST
news:(in fact very old) earthquake destroy the optical fiber
not damage….
about 14days the optical fiber will be repaired…