http://www.rah-kun.net A Travelogue and (occasional) Sketchblog Sat, 15 May 2010 01:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/02/digesting/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/02/digesting/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:50:45 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=1077 Just got back from something that was simultaneously the coolest and coldest things I’ve ever done – Spring Festival out in the boonies, a few hours outside of Xiangfan. During one of the coldest weeks of the season thus far. There’s a lot to digest – both literally and figuratively – though I will say this: [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/02/digesting/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/01/holiday-rush/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/01/holiday-rush/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:54:36 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=1012 Happy New Year from 13 hours in the future (by the EST reckoning, which I now tend to refer to as the “Shire reckoning” for ha has). Today has stacked up to be one of the more ironic New Year’s I’ve experienced on record. As some of you may remember, I have made many posts, especially [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2010/01/holiday-rush/feed/ 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/11/whirlwind-days-concerts-new-arrivals-and-bills/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/11/whirlwind-days-concerts-new-arrivals-and-bills/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:27:39 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=993 It’s been a nutty week or two here, time seems to be flooding by both quickly and slowly. I tell people, “I’m two minds, really, one part of me loves it here and wouldn’t mind staying a bit longer, the other part really misses Kelly and wants to be back with her.” Well, both halves [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/11/whirlwind-days-concerts-new-arrivals-and-bills/feed/ 4 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/more-on-that-pesky-mid-trip-crisis/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/more-on-that-pesky-mid-trip-crisis/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:31:26 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=947 I’m getting itchy. Like… under my skin. I’m getting tired of a bunch of things here – mainly my inability to form connections due to the language barrier, that damnable wall I hit every time I try to forge some new communication with someone, or when I have a question I want to ask but [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/more-on-that-pesky-mid-trip-crisis/feed/ 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/wuhan-pictures-ive-got-no-clever-title-for-you-tonight/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/wuhan-pictures-ive-got-no-clever-title-for-you-tonight/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:38:55 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=833 Strawberry/Grape/Cherry/Tomato juice. The jury’s still out on this one. I’m a bit wiped out today, so I can’t talk in depth about the stuff I saw in Wuhan. My picture captions (memories on demand!) will have to do for now. This week? Well, it’s gonna suck until its over, and then a new set of suck [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/wuhan-pictures-ive-got-no-clever-title-for-you-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/a-bit-of-the-old-endless-drifting/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/a-bit-of-the-old-endless-drifting/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:56:42 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=820 Somehow, Fried Squid-on-a-Plate is less appetizing than Fried Squid-on-a-Stick. Nevertheless: Things have been quiet out of me lately because, in the last week or two, I’ve slipped into something of a state of normalcy. I work slightly irregular hours over the week, do my two 8 hour shifts on the weekends, then hide in my apartment [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/10/a-bit-of-the-old-endless-drifting/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/massive-post-the-mushrooms-are-hydrating/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/massive-post-the-mushrooms-are-hydrating/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:36:23 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=805 …in my stomach, as we speak. Which brings me to my next point: I created life today. Not much of it, but after a bit of nagging, I managed to wrangle a new frying pan out of the powers that be at my school. The previous one both sucked as a cooking implement AND seemed to be [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/massive-post-the-mushrooms-are-hydrating/feed/ 3 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/mental-strangulations/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/mental-strangulations/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:03:28 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=790 I’ve discovered, recently, that 6 hours of sleep is an inefficient method of getting the requisite energy for teaching 6 hours of classes the next day. In fact, I have discovered, the energy to activity ratio is hardly 1:1. This, sadly, made today and yesterday a time wherein it, as they say, “sucked to be [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/mental-strangulations/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/two-day-whirlwind/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/two-day-whirlwind/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:26 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=775 You’ll have to pardon me, I am, once again, slightly tipsy – save this time, I’m writing a post. With A. on his way out, tonight was his treat to the girls (the CTs) as a kind of parting gift. After a fairly good dinner at a nearby Brazilian barbecue place (for whatever reason, these [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/two-day-whirlwind/feed/ 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/generous-helpings/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/generous-helpings/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:37:29 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=752 As a sort of capping event to the last couple weeks’ worth of under-the-table classes with Nye (as I’ll call him), Xiangfan native and Nanjing University student, we had a get together at the A.’s (the Chinese teacher’s) parent’s house. Somehow, that was an incredibly awkward line to write. Anyways – all awkwardness aside, this [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/09/generous-helpings/feed/ 1