I just made $75 in 3 and a half hours!
And it was only slightly illegal. A Chinese music teacher wanted me to help him transcribe parts of the Broadway show Chicago, one that he video taped while watching the performance in Beijing. His students are doing a rendition of the show and he wanted to know what the dialogue was between the songs. So I listened, typed, and a short time later I had made a LOT more than I do at my job now! So I have to look for more of those. Ah, the gift of being a native English speaker!
Life has slowed down I think. I am comfortably living at Hakim’s palatial residence while my new roommate Summer looks for apartments for us to check out. I have decided that I do in fact need to leave my job, but think it is best to ask to work part time so I still have something going on and I am not totally in the doldrums of unemployment. The job search starts tomorrow [yes Saturday].
What do you do for a living Mr. Fletch?
I’m a Shepard.
I would like to give a shot out to my favorite movie line quoter, yes Mr. Edward Thomas, isn’t he a cutie. For those of you on friendster I highly recommend checking out his photo, it is one of his best. Edward writes: >I just "posted" a "comment" on your "blog" which may get "censored" by the Chinese "authorities" and cause you to go to "prison" for the majority of your "child- bearing years".< And: >Actually I check it like 4 times a day, and curse you audibly when nothing new has been added.”
Two comments on this, you don’t need to worry about the “authoritie”seeing your “comments” because they cannot see them, I cannot see them, no one in China can see my blog, so to repeat again IF YOU LEAVE COMMENTS ONLY Y’ALL IN THE US CAN READ THEM. Comprende? You will have to email me [or through friendster] if you want me to hear your thoughts.
Additionally, please feel free to curse me when I don’t add something, but sometimes there is not a lot of action going on in this city. Sometimes it is just life. Ok, ok I do have a few stories that may spark your interest.
In the underpass from the Dongzhimen subway to get across the street- there are many people selling puppies in little duffel bags, only $4 per pup. Yes I almost bought one before I realized I would have to open quite a large dog park to rescue all this these doggies. What a life they must have three months old and getting treated the same way as the woman who sells combs treats her products, I try not think to about it.
The Chinese government has officially turned the heat off. This means heat is off in all government buildings, crappy old housing, and new fancy housing where tenants like Hakim are paying upwards of $1200 for his apartment [that is a lot of money here, you New Yorkers!] So, Hakim, like many other Chinese, still wears his long underwear [I refuse to put mine back on]. The weather is nice, earlier this week it was gua feng which means REALLY windy, like so windy you can not walk into the wind, and walking away from the wind really means running because it pushes you. So fun. Well at least I saw that I apparently have a mountain view [on some days].
Last night I arranged to have dinner with two girls that I met online through the Beijing honky classifieds, I invited my friend, Raleigh, and they invited some of their friends and the next thing we knew there were 10 of us all at dinner. All of them except Raleigh and me were from Europe, so there was a lot of Italian being spoken, lots of accents, but fortunately most of the convo was in English. Mostly grad students, all of them, so no real great job connections, but I always enjoy an international type friend to break through my Americano club. So hopefully we will get together again, in a smaller number, those giant tables make it hard to really talk to someone [especially with really loud Italian girls right next to you].
The folks have returned from their mega- venture to India, country of contrasts and ‘Dehli Belly. I will not relay the entire story but take Montezum’s revenge + my mother + long airplane flights, you know the outcome [bad]. Aside from that they said the trip was “good” [feel free to ask Patty for further comment]. In any case it is nice to have them home so I can take to them on the phone occasionally.
For those of you that know my girlfriend, Ms. Lindsay E. Shaw, she is turning 27 this Saturday, should you want to send her a birthday greeting. Happy birthday Linds! Miss you.
Life has slowed down I think. I am comfortably living at Hakim’s palatial residence while my new roommate Summer looks for apartments for us to check out. I have decided that I do in fact need to leave my job, but think it is best to ask to work part time so I still have something going on and I am not totally in the doldrums of unemployment. The job search starts tomorrow [yes Saturday].
What do you do for a living Mr. Fletch?
I’m a Shepard.
I would like to give a shot out to my favorite movie line quoter, yes Mr. Edward Thomas, isn’t he a cutie. For those of you on friendster I highly recommend checking out his photo, it is one of his best. Edward writes: >I just "posted" a "comment" on your "blog" which may get "censored" by the Chinese "authorities" and cause you to go to "prison" for the majority of your "child- bearing years".< And: >Actually I check it like 4 times a day, and curse you audibly when nothing new has been added.”
Two comments on this, you don’t need to worry about the “authoritie”seeing your “comments” because they cannot see them, I cannot see them, no one in China can see my blog, so to repeat again IF YOU LEAVE COMMENTS ONLY Y’ALL IN THE US CAN READ THEM. Comprende? You will have to email me [or through friendster] if you want me to hear your thoughts.
Additionally, please feel free to curse me when I don’t add something, but sometimes there is not a lot of action going on in this city. Sometimes it is just life. Ok, ok I do have a few stories that may spark your interest.
In the underpass from the Dongzhimen subway to get across the street- there are many people selling puppies in little duffel bags, only $4 per pup. Yes I almost bought one before I realized I would have to open quite a large dog park to rescue all this these doggies. What a life they must have three months old and getting treated the same way as the woman who sells combs treats her products, I try not think to about it.
The Chinese government has officially turned the heat off. This means heat is off in all government buildings, crappy old housing, and new fancy housing where tenants like Hakim are paying upwards of $1200 for his apartment [that is a lot of money here, you New Yorkers!] So, Hakim, like many other Chinese, still wears his long underwear [I refuse to put mine back on]. The weather is nice, earlier this week it was gua feng which means REALLY windy, like so windy you can not walk into the wind, and walking away from the wind really means running because it pushes you. So fun. Well at least I saw that I apparently have a mountain view [on some days].
Last night I arranged to have dinner with two girls that I met online through the Beijing honky classifieds, I invited my friend, Raleigh, and they invited some of their friends and the next thing we knew there were 10 of us all at dinner. All of them except Raleigh and me were from Europe, so there was a lot of Italian being spoken, lots of accents, but fortunately most of the convo was in English. Mostly grad students, all of them, so no real great job connections, but I always enjoy an international type friend to break through my Americano club. So hopefully we will get together again, in a smaller number, those giant tables make it hard to really talk to someone [especially with really loud Italian girls right next to you].
The folks have returned from their mega- venture to India, country of contrasts and ‘Dehli Belly. I will not relay the entire story but take Montezum’s revenge + my mother + long airplane flights, you know the outcome [bad]. Aside from that they said the trip was “good” [feel free to ask Patty for further comment]. In any case it is nice to have them home so I can take to them on the phone occasionally.
For those of you that know my girlfriend, Ms. Lindsay E. Shaw, she is turning 27 this Saturday, should you want to send her a birthday greeting. Happy birthday Linds! Miss you.
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