EXCERPT: Hello neighbor. Huixinxijie Nankou. Try saying that name five times fast. It may seem like a horrible foreign disease, but Huixinxijie Nankou is actually the name of the nearest subway (underground metro) station to our hotel. Over the past three weeks, it’s proven to be a lifesaver on my many excursions around Beijing...
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EXCERPT: Imagine a street lined with nothing but bars, bright lights and an endless supply of cheap beer. Decent music is playing in the background. It’s a college-aged person’s paradise – San Li Tun... EXCERPT: Since arriving in Beijing, I’ve visited Tiananmen Square about five or six times. There’s something about the awesome size, the monuments, buildings and overall setup of the square that draws me to it. Before arriving in China, Tiananmen had only existed in photographs and images from TV specials. Standing made those photos and images more significant... EXCERPT: My supervisor told me they’d be spending the first two weeks training me to design and layout pages using Adobe InDesign. Approximately 90 minutes later I was designing a page on my own. It was a half page, but still, I picked up pretty quickly. Each night now, I’m responsible for designing and copy editing a page of my own... EXCERPT: Before me were enough tanks, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction to destroy a small country in Europe. I thought maybe I’d stumbled into a secret Chinese military facility and would soon be whisked away to a political prison for spying on China’s armament capabilities... EXCERPT: For some strange reason, the Chinese love to have their pictures taken with Americans. It’s this unexplainable phenomenon, much like crop circles... EXCERPT: My staff invited me to join them for an evening of eating and drinking at a few popular locales on Saturday. Quite a few of them had started working at China Daily within the last few weeks and months, so this would be a nice opportunity to mingle and share stories. I was glad they considered me, a lowly intern, to be one of them, so I tagged along... EXCERPT: Hello neighbor. One of the most useful and reliable shops in the immediate area of the Yinghua Hotel has been the Weidoumei bakery. Upon entering, all bakery staff will shout out a welcome in Chinese as the aroma of freshly made pastries fills the air... EXCERPT: Armani. Get me Armani. And bring Dolce and Gabbana too. Those were a few names I had in mind when I entered Beijing’s Silk Market, the pan-ultimate shopping center for bootlegs, knockoffs and knick-knacks of every kind. Jeans, shoes, shirts, suits, purses, jackets, golf equipment, iPods, DVDs, watches, dishes, jewelry, luggage, computers, ties, hats, wallets, swords, belts, sunglasses, rifle scopes and even contact lenses were all at my fingertips if I so chose to spend the cash. Needless to say, I was going to take a peek... |
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