Giving thanks

we made thanksgiving dinner with a hotplate, a microwave, and four foolish chicks. it was amazing.

Beijing 2

On the 2nd night in Beijing Ryann and I were stuck in the middle of no where with no cabs in sight, so we were forced to ride a shack strapped to a motorcycle. Not only did we think we were going to die, but we were also on our way to a club where the number 1 DJ in the world was playing. We pulled up on a pedicab. it was a  mortifying experience.

 It turned out to be Ok though, because the supposed number 1 DJ in the world sucks my balls. Also, everybody has glow sticks - what is this amateur hour?

 

There are very delicious snacks in Beijing.

Beijing

There's this small city in China called Beijing, you might have heard of it. We went there. The Great Wall is there. It's pretty great. we climbed it. This kid named Lucky took us on a tour of it. He wasn't really into the Great Wall, he was really into his girlfriend who he would not stop talking about. He also refers to fights as "wars" and told us about the "wars" at bars in Beijing. He also took us to government run Silk and Jade museums against our will. Besides that he was really chill. That day we also wen to the Forbidden city and Tianamen Square.

This is a Chinese soldier. He loves to party. Chinese soldiers are like British soldiers without silly hats. Also, sometimes they dress up as spies and hang out around Beijing. I think that's totally sweet and not creepy at all.

The Usual Suspects

Name: Ming tian
Occupation: Winner

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

School: Colgate University

Fun facts: Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Winner of "Girls vs. Boys." She can and will kick your ass.

Name: Ryann Gosling

Occupation: "Gossis" girl

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

School: NYU

Fun Facts: Is into "Creating her own Works,"

whatever that means. Ate a fish eyeball.

Name: Sala Kafei

Occupation:

Hometown: Buffalo,NY

School: University of Buffalo

Fun Fact: Frequently enjoys and partakes in "sexy meetings"

Name: Yui Matusumoto

Occupation: Professional

Hometown: Osaka, Japan

School: Shanghai Theatre Academy

Fun fact: Appears in Japanese

cult classic "Battle Royale"

Name: Lo Di Wen

Occupation: The boy

Hometown: Larchmont, NY

School: NYU

Fun Facts: Is a boy.

Name: Sasha Blaha
Occupation: My Roommate
Hometown: Amish Country
School: NYU
Fun fact: "If Hogwarts was a study abroad, I'd be there."

Guilin (Part2) pictures only, no stupid narrative.

I will say that they are really into hills that are shaped like stuff. See a hill shaped like a llama below.

Guilin (Part1)

Guilin is a city in the South China. Being there makes you feel like you're a part of a Chinese ink painting, or like you're on the film set of "Lord of the Rings"... just kidding, I wouldn't know that...it's not like I own the entire trilogy or something.

We were on a 4 hour scenic boat ride, that we had to wake up at 6 AM to get there. Many of us slept. It was really scenic.

We rode these sweet rafts made out of bamboo. 

There was a raft in the middle of the lake selling roasted fish on a stick. 

Suzhou and Zhouzhuang (China's own Amish Country)

Suzhou

Humble administrator's Garden.

Entrance to Zhouzhuang

It took us a long time to figure out if Zhouzhuang was a place people lived or a tourist attraction set up to look like a town. After examining the evidence, we have come to the conclusion that it is like Amish country. Even though there

 is an entrance fee to get into the town, people actually do live there  without electricity or indoor plumbing. The townspeople are trapped their until they can raise enough money to get out...just kidding...maybe.

Bread shop.

Iced Hulus. Lollipop freak of natures/ the Chinese version of a candy apple

The Shang

Bright lights, big city.

Daily Life.

gemers. bro-ing out.

Wujiang Lu- Shanghai's most famous street food can be found here.

Pan-fried dumplings, fruit shakes, pork sandwiches, and everyone's favorite, octopi on a stick.

Hangzhou

Hangzhou is tea country!

Among the rows and rows of tea plants I was an Asian in my natural habitat. 

Ryann, as per usual, was some white chick.

Hangzhou is a town two hours outside of Shanghai, and the scenery there is ridiculously beautiful.

This was the view from our table at lunch.  

October is also Hairy Crab season in Shanghai, so we had crab with almost every meal that weekend. We tore those fuckers apart.

Hong Kong

We spent national holiday in Hong Kong.

I fucking love this city. 

The exclusive view of the harbor from our hotel room.

Day activities included: HK Art Museum, shopping, visiting the highest point in HK (Victoria Peak), shopping, eating the most delicious food, and Shopping.

                                    

We ended up at this club, Dragon-I almost every night. I have never been to a club with such a high concentration of beautiful people. The guy in the picture is Jackson, he's one of the managers and he also has a sweet toupee (see below). He hooked us up with ridiculous amounts of Veuve Clicqout. One of the chicks from America's Top Model was there almost as much as we were - she was a little strange, a natural side effect of spending too much time with Tyra Banks (that bitch is crazy). 

This kid is DJ Dimsum. We chilled with him in the DJ booth of Prive sometimes. Good Hip-hop in Asia is a scarce resource, but we know how to find it.

A typhoon hit Hong Kong the day we left. 

VIP

I live here now.