Yesterday, while chatting with Eg (real name Andrew) and his mom:
(His mom was telling me about all the places they travelled when her kids were young.)
Mom: …and when Andrew was just a baby, we took him to Turkey.
Andrew: I remember Turkey. My parents threw me away in Turkey.
Mom: NO!! That was Pakistan.
Archive for September 3rd, 2008
Why are some people’s childhoods so exciting?
Posted in Thoughts on 3 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Category Cloud
Gaze into my world….
...............................................
Places to visit in China......
................................................. Xi'an & terra cotta soldiers 西安
和兵马俑......................................
Suzhou 苏州..................................
Hangzhou 杭州..............................
Putuoshan 普陀山............................................ Shanghai 上海................................................... Inner Mongolia 内蒙古 (must ride camel!)............................................................... Beijing: Ming Tombs 明朝十三陵................ Beijing: Great Wall at Badaling 八达岭........ Find a quiet place to camp on the Great Wall...............................................................................
............................................................................. Places I've Already Been.........................
.............................................................................
Yunnan Province: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chuxiong 云南: 昆明, 大理, 丽江, 楚雄........................................................................ Summer Palace 颐和园................................... Silk Market 秀水街.......................................... Great Wall at Mutianyu 慕田峪..................... Tian'anmen Square 天安门广场.................... Forbidden City 紫禁城 /故宫........................ Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple) 雍和宮...... Temple of Heaven 天坛................................. Beihai Park 北海公园.....................................
............................................................................
Places to Hit Up (Again)............................
............................................................................
WuDaoKou 五道口 (Lush, Propaganda, Korean food, Karaoke).................................... Houhai 后海 (East Shore Live Jazz, paddle boats)................................................................. Sanlitun 三里屯 (Let's see if Nanjie's still there).................................................................. Peking University aka Beida! 北京大学 aka 北大............................................................... MY old neighborhood (try to locate some old pengyous, esp. the phone card lady and the little girls who enjoyed locking cats in a shed).................................................................-
Recent Posts
- China Tomorrow
- The Last of Saigon
- CYCLO!
- Day 2 – Saigon
- Viet Nam
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Vietnam
- Kim Jong-il is Ill
- We Live In Beijing!
- Ground Control to Major Tom
- Why are some people’s childhoods so exciting?
- Things I Dislike: Hummers, Crocs.
- Excitement and Fear (Mostly Fear)
- Saving Fish from Drowning
- 奥运会
Archives
- September 2008 (11)
- August 2008 (6)
- July 2008 (9)
- June 2008 (18)
- May 2008 (11)
-
Blog Stats
- 1,061 hits
