The travels of Justin

For kicks and giggles, I decided to play along with a little meme that I just read about at Bound by Gravity. Here’s the idea

Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 161.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Don’t search around and look for the coolest book [...]

A few days ago I was considering asking for access to the remote control that would turn on my air conditioner. These days I’m usually wearing a t-shirt during the day while others are bundled up below several layers; meanwhile, I’m trying to stay cool while the radiant heating ensures that if I close my [...]

I spent my weekend in 北京 (Beijing) and, as always, I return home exhausted from so much walking around with a giant rucksack. I visited Beihei Park, Lotus Lane, some hutongs, the Temple of Heaven before returning home this afternoon. I guess it’s a good time to share some big news, but not without first [...]

A fellow TRU exchange student in Austria has written a few times about cooking that once in a while gave me those pangs of food from home. In December she wrote about cooking a Christmas turkey and then baking cookies in January. No matter how much I love Chinese food, there are moments I just [...]

Moments after writing my last entry, I stood up and said goodbye to the only other determined computer user left in the office. Knowing that doors are locked until morning, I waited patiently until 6:30 AM when I figured the doors would be unlocked. As I stood up and said goodbye, the fellow in the [...]

I got started at bit late last night — 10:30 pm, to be exact — determined to do some research online before bed. No, I’m not going to stay up too too late. So I joined some of my friends at the computer centre at TUT. These young men and women manage the websites for [...]

Over the last six months — fantastic six months — I haven’t received any packages from home. It’s not as thought no one has sent any. Within the first month or two of being in China a few friends and family members told me to “keep my eye out for a package.” When I was [...]

From Boiling to Frozen: A man throws boiling water into the air in Saskatchewan during a typical mid-winter, -40c day. The amazing result speaks for itself.

My train arrived in Tianjin on the Feb 20th only 3-hours before my first class and I’ve been busy busy busy every since. Shanghai was a fantastic trip and is really an amazing city. Unfortunately the internet is slow as molasses again as students have returned and the network infrastructure can’t keep up with the [...]