China June 2 – June 6
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- On the flight from Seattle to San Francisco, I gave up my window seat to a kid who’d never flown before. Worth it.
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- At SFO, i couldn’t find an empty table, so I ended up sitting with this guy – who’s actually an airline captain. We discussed programming languages, and I got him back into the groove with Ruby.
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- Upon arrival at PEK, they use a thermal camera to watch for sick people.
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- This was at the PEK baggage claim. It sort of looks like a camera.
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- The kitchen / bedroom area.
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- The bathroom
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- I tested the tap water here. Everything is ok so far. I still need to test the bacteria content.
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- The view from one of the windows on my floor.
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- Microsoft Research Asia – There’s something Zen about it.
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- Old + New architecture.
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- This is the rating system at the Bank of China. I saw something similar at the PEK airport. It’s an interesting way to acquire customer feedback.
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- Precarious!
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- This clothing store had pretty much every Dreamworks character promoting its clothing.
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- I only brought business casual in my luggage. I stand out a bit, but I think it’s in a good way.
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- American brands, such as Playboy, are really stretched here. BMW also makes clothes.
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- There is a ton of great teas. I got to try a bunch in Wangfujing.
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- There are some really huge shopping malls in Beijing. This one is Joy City and is 11 stories tall.
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- This is Wangfujing. There are a lot of foreign goods sold here, but they’re marked up quite a bit.
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- Haagen Dazs is considered ultra luxurious here. The ice cream costs about the same as the US, but there’s a lot more effort put into the presentation.
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- This is a building with a nice sculpture in front of it in Wangfujing.
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- The Garfield brand is repurposed to represent a high end bakery chain. Pretty much anything with American branding is a luxury good or service.
Tejas 11:30 am on June 6, 2010 Permalink
Nice snaps, what camera were you using ?
Kevin Chiu 11:45 am on June 6, 2010 Permalink
It’s a Canon EOS 550D.
Nadia Hsu 1:26 am on June 7, 2010 Permalink
Sounds interesting~~~Have fun!
lenchante 4:03 am on June 10, 2010 Permalink
Nice updates……..great way to learn about Beijing