4 Days

4 days upon arrival and I'm "settled" in. Or that's what I would like to say, but I'm far from it. Sorry for the inactivity but I thought I would have more time to post, but apparently I had less time than I thought and internet is only available outside my room. Kind of hard to roam around the campus here at 11pm trying to find a plug and well lit area for me to blog.

Anyways, since my last blog, I've basically accustomed to the lovely team of 50 heading to Sichuan tomorrow. We will be meeting another group of 15 or so so they'll be roughly 70 of us going on this trip. Preparations are basically done and we're all busily running around to get stuff. Found out yesterday night that I had to bring utensils to China... haha who would've thunk it? Well i guess with this hygiene stuff, I'm not surprised.

My living quarters are fairly adequate. Not really accustomed to the toilet that is roughly 3 feet tall. Kinda creeps me out. Another thing that I'm definitely not used to is the extremely small sink (1x1.5ft), the handle shower and crawling newts. Yes, there are live creatures crawling around my bedroom. Kinda makes me wonder what they'll do when I'm sleeping. Definitely not my cup-o-tea. Tried to get them out but I failed miserably. I think I should've just left it alone.

Despite all that though, its homey. I like the luxury of not having a roommate or having to share stuff. I get all the space I need to live and no one to really bother me when I scream at the top of my lungs when singing or jumping for life when a 2 inch newt/lizard/thing crawls in front of you. Seriously, I don't understand how such a small creature can cause so much havoc for me.

I'm glad I had bought liquid detergent cuz I will definitely be using that to its full extent here. I had totally forgot that the odds of me changing a shirt twice a day would be acutally put into full use. No matter, they have a dryer. :D That was the one thing I was really worried about. Drying clothes in the wind wasn't really what I was hoping. SO GREATFUL! I knew we were privaledged and spoiled in Canada, but yea, you really understand it once you're here. It'll probably hit harder when I'm in China, but I'll have to update that later on.

Sorry no pictures or videos are posted, but I'll probably do that later on tonight. I need to get some major packing done and take a shower (but that can wait). The mosquitoes here are NASTY little buggers. I'm already starting to itch all over and i'm inside the building haha.

Well I best be getting on my way to packing and perhaps have a little supper. I totally forgot that you have to tell them to make dinner or else they won't give you any. lol Oh well, that's why going out for dinner is FUN. lol

Ok buddies. I'll have my laptop with me in China but I'm not sure if i'll be blogging. If so, see you then. If not, I'll see you guys on the 13/14 blogging my life away lol

Cheers!

Vids for you to check

VOILA lol My uploading skills are failing quite horridly but I still got it up lol

ok videos' will stop loading for the next bit

Hopefully I'll upload more when I arrive at my other destination.
Till then, Cheers!

The HK arrival

I have finally arrived in HK after a very turbulent arrival in both Vancouver and HK.
Old granny took my seat to Vcity... but thats ok. It was only an hour.
My HK flight however was gruelingly painful. Who knew that having a front aisle seat would be THAT disastrous.
Couldn't sleep properly, couldn't get very much done period. Food tasted really bad but it was slightly filling. I tried to sleep, but failed miserably. I had to crawl up in a fetal position to TRY to sleep but failed after countless tries. I did get a lot of shut eye... so that counts right?? lol
Yea.. I'll keep this short, cuz I seriously feel like i'm floating on a boat... :S and I'm really pooped.
Gotta take a shower cuz it is soo gruesomly hot and sticky. Till tomorrow morning or evening in your case, Night.
PS: enjoy the videos and pics lol

Lies!

Hahaha Ok... so I guess the joy about having free internet at the airport is I get to play around here. lol
So yes, there is actually free internet along the entire airport. WICKED!!!!
So I'm sitting at my gate, waiting to board. BORING!!! My Embraer 70 (for those that don't know, its a plane that seats roughly 70 people with 2 seats per side per row) is sitting outside being groomed by the crew and checked by the captain. Luggage hasn't arrived but the crew has... lol
So yes, As I sit here and wait bored to death I'm slowly contemplating what I will be eating at YVR (Vancouver Airport). Should save me the boredon and call me lol or text. lol
PS: I didn't tear when I left. WOOT! I think i cried too much Sunday so that made up for today lol
So yes, peace out for now and have fun chums.
As Arnold would say, "I'll be back!" lol

12 hours to go

Hey guys,

12 hours left before I spend the next 17 hours on an airplane or at an airport.
This will be my final post before I reach HK. Hopefully I'll have some internet when i arrive at my hotel so I'm planning to post at around 9-11pm local = 7-9am Calgary time. If not, well I guess you'll have to wait till June 5 where I will have access to internet.
On that note, I totally forgot that I believe I won't have internet access when I'm in China, so for the week of 7-13 you'll probably wont be able to here from me. No worries, I'll do my best to keep you updated through that area and most definitely I'll probably blog an EXTRA long blog on the 13/14.
Till my next post, Cheers!

B storm!

Informations de contact; información de contacto; informazioni di contatto; 聯繫信息; 連絡先情報

And for those of you who are language challenged, Contact Information.

So my contact information is quite easy while I will be in China. I have my own personal mobile and computer to keep in contact with all of you here and plus the handy dandy Skype!
Hopefully I remember all of it... If not, you'll see a blog about my contact stuff.

MSN/Email: brian.storm.li@hotmail.com (please no spam)
Skype: Brian Li Calgary, Canada
Facebook: Brian Li
Blog: tripplebees.blogspot.com
Cell HK: (852) 6618.6891
Cell China: (86) 132.6694.6891

The best way for you to get a hold of me is by either commenting on here or through facebook or email. The ods of me spending over 20-30 min on the internet chatting is rare especially since I will be 14-15 hours ahead.

WOot. 2 more days. see ya'll when I get back or if you have a coffee appointment with me tom, see u TOM! :D

PS: for those that WANT to follow me on this blog, easy.
Notice on the top of this screen there is a little thing text box and other random stuff on it? To the left there is a text box along with 3 other buttons. 'Search Blog', 'Flag Blog' and 'Follow Blog'. All you need to do is click the "Follow Blog" and sign-up with a google account if you don't already have one and voila, You are now a follower.
OR
you can click the Follow button located on the top left of your screen beside the title of my most recent post.