August 30, 2008

SAT 30 AUG

School Year anew. By Jackie Dorrington

I've been into the groove of school for a week and a half now, and

it feels good to be back in that old routine, but I gotta say.

I will always miss my 2008 Summer. And I don't think I'll ever forget it.

 

But, sometimes I get a lil bored, so recently I've been drawing a

personal Doujinshi, and I will be showing it to select people only.

 

I am hoping to keep taking my chinese class at HSU, but they require

a 3.0 and I need to get my grades up by a few months or I am dropped.

But, with the way my grades skyrocketed last year, I will definately

keep taking that class, so no worries.

 

that's all I have to report for now, but. . .I'll try to get those

pictures of China up soon, it just takes a long time. Sorry...

June 29, 2008

SUN 29 JUN

China so Far.

Wow, I'm blown away by China, it's hot, and humid here but still quite lovely.

I met the family, and I'm awestruck by the oldest boy, Junlong who is absolutely

mature and independant, he took me for a moped ride the first night I was there to get some street food and hang out with a family friend named Nick and his girlfriend. Junde and Yurou are also very cool, and they're exactly

like Yuhan said they would be. . .which was really nice to know!

 

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the oldest of the four kids.

 

We washed the dogs on the 21st floor of the building, on the balcony

and then we took them up to the top of the building to dry them off.

While we were up there, Nick, Junlong, Junde and Yurou talked about

the snow they had in the winter, and how much was stacked up on

the roof!

 

That was fun, but I gotta say, nothing is better than those

moped rides around hangzhou, or the walk around Xi Hu at night.

that was a really good experience for me.

I hope someday to live in China and learn the language fluently,

but for now, I will probably be stuck learning it in a classroom and

become slowly immersed in the culture as time goes on.

 

THANK YOU YUHAN FOR THE AWESOMENESS SO FAR!!!

June 9, 2008

MON 9 JUN

My Life So Far. . . By Jackie Dorrington

Hey, It's been a long time since my last Blog entry,

 and I badly needed to update this puppy!

How about I start with what I've been up to and work down from there?

 

Lately I've been on Meebo.com RPGing as Kaji.

I'm mostly in the NARUTO ONLINE RESURRECTED chat site.

Its been a lot of fun, since the people in that chat are into

the JAPANESE version of Naruto, which I don't mind.

It's the annoying voice of the English Dub Naruto that ticks

me off. . .

 

So I went to my friends the Privats and played with their Chickies.

it was SO much fun, they were adorable!

Check them out!

 

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I went to the beach recently and had a lot of fun playing

with a kite! It was amazingly fun. I went with two childhood

friends, David Kerr, and Josh Altic. It was an absolute blast.

I got some great pictures from our lil' kite adventure.

 

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That beach trip was a lot of fun!!

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Well, I am kind of pressed for time right now, but I will write another

Blog entry soon, just to keep up with the world! And have them kept

up with me!

 

 

-Jackie D-

May 23, 2008

FRI 23 MAY

Talking Online By Jackie Dorrington

Hi again!

 

I was thinking about my buddies online, and I noticed that I hadn't

talked to a group of them in ages. I used to use Chatango to chit-chat

and I totally forgot I had it!

 

I just messaged all my buddies, and now I feel better.

I was feeling guilty for a while there. . .like I'd abandoned them!

 

Lord have mercy!

 

But I guess thats life! You get busy with things, and before

you know it your time is gone. Then you start wondering what

happened to it, and you look everywhere only to find that it's

been kidnapped by "Boredom" or "Work" or some other dastardly

fiend!

 

EGAD!

 

Anyways, I'm just writting this to tell you Chatango buddies

that I will try to get on there more now, but it's not a guarantee!

Sorry!

 

 

AnonP.

 

May 21, 2008

WED 21 MAY

Visa for China By Jackie Dorrington

I just got back from my trip to San Francisco to get my Visa for China!

I got home at 11:30pm. I left early monday morning at 2:00 am and we

drove along listening to Big and Rich, Westlife, and other music. . .

I had a lot of fun meeting with Yuhan's family.

 

It wasn't a long line when we arrived at the embassy 8:00 or so. . .

but by 9:00 an hour later, the line stretched for almost a hundred feet!

Our number was A017. And it took about 30 minutes for our name to be called.

and another 30 minutes to talk to the woman.

 

She was so stubborn! She thought we were just some stupid Americans

and she saw the paper work we brought and said that Yuhans mom's house

contract was expired.

 

But note, From what I understood Yuhan and her dad to say, was that in

China you don't  necessarily get a new printed Contract each time it is

renewed. So you pay the money for it, and it's just considered renewed.

Her father had to speak with the lady in Chinese for her to understand that

we were serious! He told her something like;

 

"What in the world! You're Chinese, you're from China! You should

know what it's like- and besides we've lived in China for years!

Qingdao and Hangzhou! You should know that a house contract is

not renewed on paper every time you pay money to get it renewed!"

 

Then he told her that if she wouldn't help us out that he would go

to the other side of the building and tell her superiors that she

was hasseling us. AND THEN SHE HELPED US!

 

It was fun non-the-less, and I enjoyed the trip.

So now I am waiting for the visa to come in the mail.