Is it so wrong to think that a college or university is a school for adults? Why then does it always seem like the students at the TV College are treated like little children. I’m not 100% clear on all of the rules enforced at the school, but the ones I’ve observed and heard about [...]
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October 23rd, 2009 | China | Leave a comment | Rate this post:
Tags: classroom policy, college, school rules, teaching, university In the highly anticipated (by me) return of the cool freeware feature, I’ll point you in the direction of my five favorite firefox add-on. Yes I’m well aware there are thousands of add-ons that are probably cooler than the ones I list here, I just happen to find these the most useful. FireFTP I’ve used a lot [...] October 22nd, 2009 | Technology | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: colorzilla, firefox add-ons, fireftp, freeware, measureit, mozilla, new tab homepage, screengrab
Much like Chengdu, Guilin doesn’t really have a lot going for it. It really just served as a pit stop on our way to Yangshuo. It was, however, home to one of the most frightening hostels I’ve ever laid my eyes on. I’m talking mushy, moldy floors and spider infested bedsheets kind of [...] October 21st, 2009 | China | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: e-bikes, Guilin, Liu Sanjie, Longji, rice terraces, Yangshuo
Chengdu is famous for it’s panda research facilities, but beyond that there really isn’t much to do in the city. The two attractions we saw while there were the panda facility and the Leshan giant Buddha, which isn’t even in Chengdu. It’s, um… it’s in Leshan. The main reason we even went to [...] October 12th, 2009 | China | 2 comments | Rate this post:
Tags: Chengdu, giant Buddha, Leshan, panda research facility, pandas In light of many of my friends returning from missions and many others deciding to go, I decided to check out the list of questions a bishop is supposed to ask when members are interviewing for a temple recommend. Most of it isn’t too surprising, your standard fare “do you believe? well, do you? do [...] October 12th, 2009 | Religion | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: atheism, atheist, blood atonement, hell, LDS, mormon, temple recommend I really wasn’t looking forward to my birthday at all this year. Being trapped out in the middle of nowhere with no one to hang out with and nothing to do plus having to teach on top of that didn’t sound at all appealing. I even made this weekend’s writing prompt about birthdays; my response [...]
Both times I’ve been to Beijing I’ve stayed in a hostel called Leo Hostel. The first time I was there all the surrounding streets were riddled with construction, making it quite an ordeal to get in. This time the surrounding streets had been finished, but the street it was on was now undergoing [...] October 6th, 2009 | China | 3 comments | Rate this post:
Tags: Beijing, forbidden city, great wall of china, olympic venues, summer palace There is a lot of hype in Shanghai surrounding an upcoming expo of sorts. I’m not even entirely sure what the expo is or why it’s being talked up so much so soon. Whatever it is, the cute mascot, Haibao, has become some serious business. This little fella is plastered all over the city, and [...] On a hot day there’s nothing more refreshing than a good cup of iced coffee. Fortunately it’s not hard to find said drink, although most places serve it in a rather unconventional way. It’s not uncommon to find iced coffee served with a dollop of soft-serve ice-cream on top. The first time I ordered one [...] October 3rd, 2009 | China | One comment | Rate this post:
Tags: drinks, ice cream, iced coffee, mcdonalds, starbucks The prospect of an indoor skiing area is really quite appealing; you can go skiing any time of the year and without the treacherous drive up a winding mountain pass. An indoor ski slope very well could be a sweet attraction, but unfortunately the Yinqixing skiing site in Shanghai is in fact lame ass. The [...] |
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