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Its my first week in China and I’m already having trouble with the powers that be. Facebook is blocked by the Great Firewall of China. No more trouncing my non-journalist (and journalist) friends in Scrabulous. No pithy status updates. Its true that I have found proxy servers that let me use some of the Facebook features, so I continue the soft surveillance of my friends and see new photos of my little cousin. But still, this is an annoyance.
It's been wonderful to spend nearly a month in Canada and the United States, touching base with my family, my friends and my roots before heading off to China on Friday.Bangkok seems very far away. Some emails with some friends are the only concrete reminders. I am getting used to the cold, and the high prices.I visited New York, which is still an astonishing city to be in. It is beautiful, vibrant, rich, and full of life. Also, multiculturalism is HOT.My sister asked me if I missed the vibrant
Not the event, but the trip. My dad has to work. I could go alone, but the entire point was to spend time with him. Toronto is always changing, but the changes are easier to see after being away for some long. The women here have their own fashion, a kind of thrift shop possibly ironic fifties suburban housewife look. Partly because it looks good even if you are a little not-skinny.This is a great city, but each day reminds me of the two most basic, primal things that Thailand offers: warm
Planning a trip to Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert with my father. May take weekend road trip to NYC. After taking 12 hour bus trips to Krabi to climb for the weekend, a 36 hour drive for a week of camping and partying seems like an ok deal. Burning Man makes the Full Moon Parties look like high tea.
My visa for China has been delayed. My new supposed employer is being quite vague about the details. I'm in my hometown and its very cold. My father started a fire in the fireplace. Just visited my grandmother. Although we are supposedly a more advanced society, it breaks my heart to see her living in a home away from her family, just waiting out her last days. It is breaking her heart too. Not that I blame anyone. For example, you dont see me dropping everything to take care of her.
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