08.28.2007

I set out back into the city this morning in hopes of exploring a little bit more. As I crossed the bridge I saw a billboard for a drifting company. When I was told Yongzhou is famous for drifting I was thinking of a little canoe down a river. Well this billboard showed me that once again there is a little something lost in translation because their version of drifting is our version of White Water Rafting! GAME ON! I kept walking and found a badminton museum which goes to prove how seriously they take their badminton here and a sports arena of sorts that contained a golf driving range. Then I came across the Tour Shop for the Drifting place and luckily one of the employees, Keith, speaks english! We quickly became friends and he then helped me to find a map of Yongzhou so that I can locate where everything is.

08.27.2007

I was beginning to freak out a little bit when I couldn’t find my portfolio which contained my passport and official contract between me and Yongzhou #6 Middle School. I had a hunch that I left it in the school’s driver’s van, Mr. Qi (Chee), but I had been unable to locate him till this morning. Luckily it was there and after chatting it up with some of the other teachers I was off to town to open up my account with the Bank of China.

08.26.2007

A portion of the people who showed up to wish me farewell. . . who wants to tag this?

08.26.2007

After much frustration with DotNetNuke I have chosen to use WordPress as my new blogging tool. WordPress is 1000% easier to use and I can move to a cheaper host since I no longer need asp.net to support it. There seems to be a lot more 3rd party plugins available for WordPress as well so keep an eye out for some nifty stuff.