Phone number in China... |
So through skype I got a local Miami telephone number so that you can call on your cell phones (meaning you won't get charged long distance). You don't need to be on a computer now to talk ...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST |
Shanghai, People and Pictures... |
This weekend I went a weekend trip to Shanghai with some friends from school. Shanghai at one point in time was considered to be called the whore of the east given the amount of cultures and peo...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST |
Great Wall!!!! |
Today I went with my school to visit the Great Wall. There are five section that are open to the public. The one I went to was pretty commercialized given there were food vendors and ...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:02:00 PST |
Censorship in China and other hipocrisy... |
Ever since the heated protests with Tibetans and Chinese several websites that I usually visit to check stock quotes or read the news were temporarily disabled.I normally don’t have a problem lo...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:35:00 PST |
Xi-an Weekend Trip.... |
This past weekend I ventured into the heart of China to one of the oldest cities of the world. Xi-an in habits one of the oldest villages of the world, confirmed to be around 5,000 b.c. Although...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:39:00 PST |
Videos of my daily commute... |
Below is a link of my daily commute to school. Later I will post some pics of classmates and stuff from my trip this weekend to Xi'an where the Terracotta warriors are located!
Enjoy!
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Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:42:00 PST |
My first week at school |
Tuesday was the first day of Mandrain classes at Beijing Language Culture University. I didn't know what to expect. One thing I didn't look forward to was going back to the High School rout...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:02:00 PST |
All things DUCK!!!!! |
So a couple of words of advice for those who plan on traveling to any where in the world for a long period of time (months). Whatever you do don't take the flu shot. I have...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:50:00 PST |
My first few days in Asia! |
My first true asian experience was walking through the airport in Japan. The people are really nice and very respectful. The airport itself was very clean and decorated nicely. I was...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:35:00 PST |
Bausch and Lomb my new best friend! :) |
The logo deserves to be my profile picture for 50 calendar days! Ahh the beauty! By now I believe some of you may think I am nuts, however, I can explain why it may seem so at the surface. I invest in...
Posted by "Thrifty" Derek on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:22:00 PST |
