So I've decided to make today my last day at CHUEE. I bought a ticket to Kunming for tomorrow... Calvin's not even in the office so I don't really think anybody would miss me if I didn't show up. They've stuck me in an office down the hall from everybody else so I don't even see anybody. Yesterday it wasn't until about 4:45 that someone sent me a press release to proofread and then they left at 5. That was cool. I also managed to lock myself in my office for awhile... I was just watching a movie and didn't want to make the office look bad by being a lazy intern (you have to walk by my office to get to everyone else...) so I closed the door and then discovered an hour or two later that I couldn't open it. That was fun. Obviously I got out eventually... but not until after freaking out about the empty office and my isolated location and my lack of a cell phone with minutes (I really should take care of that...)
Over the weekend I found this sweet place called Beijing Bookworm. It's a bookstore/library/coffee shop place where you can just go and grab a book off the shelf and read for awhile. I studied a bunch of Chinese while having the first legit smoothie I've had in China. I'm considering going back today to read. I'm in the middle of The World is Flat by Friedman (Brad Brown would be proud) and curling up in a chair there sounds nice. There's nothing to do here anyway. If there is, they'll just email it to me and I can do it from wherever I am.
Last time I was at BB, I sat by the "self help" section by coincidence. I think their shelving system needs work. There was everything from "The Yeast Connection" (whatever that means) to "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". There was also "The Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling". As I told Andrew, I'm not sure that book should exist... we really shouldn't encourage idiots to keep their kids out of mainstream schooling and spread the... idiotness.
anyway, I'm off. Thinking about getting some last minute stuff for my trip to Kunming (I'm really excited to see the Hemmats!) and then just hanging out at Maryam's to pack and stuff. zaijian ya'll.
Over the weekend I found this sweet place called Beijing Bookworm. It's a bookstore/library/coffee shop place where you can just go and grab a book off the shelf and read for awhile. I studied a bunch of Chinese while having the first legit smoothie I've had in China. I'm considering going back today to read. I'm in the middle of The World is Flat by Friedman (Brad Brown would be proud) and curling up in a chair there sounds nice. There's nothing to do here anyway. If there is, they'll just email it to me and I can do it from wherever I am.
Last time I was at BB, I sat by the "self help" section by coincidence. I think their shelving system needs work. There was everything from "The Yeast Connection" (whatever that means) to "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". There was also "The Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling". As I told Andrew, I'm not sure that book should exist... we really shouldn't encourage idiots to keep their kids out of mainstream schooling and spread the... idiotness.
anyway, I'm off. Thinking about getting some last minute stuff for my trip to Kunming (I'm really excited to see the Hemmats!) and then just hanging out at Maryam's to pack and stuff. zaijian ya'll.
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So office internships are boring even in China? Wow. I guess it isn't just me, after all. Great blogging!
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