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Residents of what countries have the most freedom to travel.
America's not too bad, though I wouldn't mind holding a UK passport. The odd thing is that, while HK isn't too high on the list, most of its residents also hold a UK passport, which puts them at the top.
I'm glad I'm not a Chinese resident. Barely better than being from North Korea.
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NGOs and my Hypocrisy [blog comment]
[THE Lowly Peon] [28 August 2010]
Well, it just so happens that while my friend Jeremy, his wife, daisy and I were walking through downtown Colorado Springs, a pair of hippies asked that annoying question — do you have a minute to save the environment? — so as to make you feel like if you don't have a minute, or
On Thursdays, Sundays, and Working in China [blog comment]
[Keri] [26 August 2010]
That's really a bummer! :( Good thing October's not too far from now... Enjoy your vacation this weekend!
On Thursdays, Sundays, and Working in China [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [26 August 2010]
While in Houston a few weeks back, I noticed that all of our Chinese servers were going down for huge chunks of time without anyone notifying us. Turns out that, due to energy shortages, the Chinese government has ordered that we close the factory on Thursdays, and we'll work on Sundays to make up for it.
I'm tired of being wet. [blog update]
[THE Lowly Peon] [25 August 2010]
Side note: if I take a bike home, from where the company bus drops us, it takes about 12 minutes, so I get home around 5:40. Today, by bus, it took me until 6:50.
I'm tired of being wet. [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [25 August 2010]
Since I came back to Hangzhou on Friday, I've been loving almost every minute. The minutes I don't love are the ones where I'm soaked from the 90+ degree 95% humid weather. No exaggerating, I sweat through my clothes less than ten minutes after being outside, even if I'm doing no sort of physical activity.
Another Travel [Almost] Snafu [blog comment]
[Benji!] [16 August 2010]
Shucks! I was hoping it wouldn't work out and you'd have to come back and live in our apartment in Aurora!
Another Travel [Almost] Snafu [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [16 August 2010]
For the last three years, I've had more or less the same annual schedule. Home for Christmas in Chicago and a quick business trip afterwards, then home for the summer to renew my Chinese visa. I'm in Houston now as part of the latter requirement — here for over two weeks to get a visa and meetings and stuff.
Words (Short Film) [link]
[THE Lowly Peon] [14 August 2010]
Beautiful lilttle short. Reminds me of a more comfortable Baraka.
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A first for my geocaching log [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [14 August 2010]
After work yesterday, when it was 105F and there wasn't a cloud in the sky to protect me, I decided to go geocaching quickly before going up north to crash my colleague's weekly mexican food party.
THE Lowly Peon [ellipsis]
[THE Lowly Peon] [13 August 2010]
keep forgetting I'm not actually Chinese. in Houston 2.5wks to renew my visa, and only realized three days before leaving I haven't yet.
The difference between 120 and 240 [blog comment]
[Benji!] [13 August 2010]
I like the beard, too! You need to update your Avalantern profile photo!
Colorado College [link]
[THE Lowly Peon] [12 August 2010]
So Forbes has CC ranked as the 51st best school in the country. This is far from what I had thought, but still places us above Berkeley and some other good ones.
Note also that it's the 105th most expensive, which I guess means we got a good deal?