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OCD: Candy Colored
By Ophelia Chong
November 6, 2009
The view from my hotel room in Seoul is filled with palaces and office buildings. If you minus the palaces, I could be anywhere in Asia. Taxis make a blur on the roadways, people criss cross across the streets, the smell of charcoal and noodles fill the air, I feel at home and I miss home.
OCD: Savoring A Moment
By Ophelia Chong
October 31, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click here.
Deep in the white clouds there are homes of men.
I stop my carriage, and sit to admire the maple-grove at nightfall,
Whose frozen leaves are redder than the flowers of early Spring.
Du Mu (803--852 AD)
OCD: Humor Chinese Style
By Ophelia Chong
October 29, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click here.
You would think by my previous posts that the Chinese (including me) don't have a sense of humor. You have to have one to be a driver or passenger in a car, it's your first line of defense when there's no rule book to go by and if there was one, no one's read it.
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OCD: Gone Feral
By Ophelia Chong
October 27, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click here.
Day 4 / Beijing, China
I rode through a small village on the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. The entrance to the village is marked by a sign "Pomegranate Cafe. Beer. Coffee.Here" Permalink Discuss (2 Comments)
OCD: Day 3 of the Locusts
By Ophelia Chong
October 24, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click here.
Homer Simpson: "Oh, Lord, forgive me for harboring such unworthy thoughts, but sometimes I wish I could tear it all down! " - Day of the Locusts by Nathanael West, 1939
I took a 5k walk around Houhai yesterday, a small lake in the 2nd circle of Beijing. I even saw a few hardy swimmers in the lake.
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OCD: The Donkey and I
By Ophelia Chong
October 22, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click below.
OCD: Day 2 / Beijing
Thirteen hours on a plane rolls by quickly when you time your Ambien intake. Take one half an hour after taking off, and the second the moment you wake up. So in essence you are really only conscious for 45 minutes.
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OCD: The Road to Incheon
By Ophelia Chong
October 21, 2009
All this week, Ophelia Chong will be touring China, all the while recording her observations, thoughts, and insights right here for you. To view more of her online diary entries, click below.
OCD: Ophelia Chong's Diary / Day 1
Oct. 21, 2009: I leave for LAX, my flight is at 12:20 AM. The airport is busy, people traveling to Mexico, France, England, and me, to Beijing China by way of Seoul, Korea. As per my usual obsessive compulsiveness I am there 2 hours early. After checking in and going through security, I had about an hour to fritter away.
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By Ophelia Chong
October 9, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission last Monday Oct. 5th proceeded to make online reviews more transparent by mandating that writers disclose "freebies" and payments that they receive from companies for reviews.
"The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.
"The FTC said Monday its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final Web guidelines, which had been expected. Violating the rules, which take effect Dec. 1, could bring fines up to $11,000 per violation. Bloggers or advertisers also could face injunctions and be ordered to reimburse consumers for financial losses stemming from inappropriate product reviews. " - From the New York Times
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