The travels of Justin

[Part 1 is here: Danger on Campus] Today was pretty uneventful, but that’s only if you measure it by Chinese standards. This morning I mingled in the morning crowd for safety as I went to a print shop to print some homework out to hand-in. I was startled by a large group of students with [...]

In a strange twist of events today, one of my friends in the student union took special care to warn me and Ryan to be careful when walking around campus for the next week or so. They say we shouldn’t be alarmed and that if we walk in the centre of the roads, and only [...]

On Thursday, Ryan and I went to the post office to see if any of our packages had arrived; both of us have been waiting for longer than we can remember for boxes from our families. China Post was very clear that unless we have a piece of paper with some kind of tracking/inventory number [...]

What a great week. We get back from Shanghai after an absolutely fantastic trip and we find the local grocery store has a sale on a camping BBQ with coal — RMB$50 (CAD$7). I don’t remember the last time I made my own burger patties, but I swear they were the best burgers I’ve eaten [...]

We were just outside our friend’s house for about 30 minutes waiting for someone. Here’s a few interesting things we noticed: A Bently The sign that measures sound also reports on SO2 (76), NO2 (76), and PM10 (99). A 2-level dragon vehicle that looked like it belonged in a parade drove by with a band [...]

As class was finishing up, Ryan and I started talking about how much we wanted to travel again. On my last trip to Shanghai I made a few friends, but didn’t see as many sights as I would have liked. Ryan asked me why I didn’t just go; after all, we study and prepare enough [...]