July 15th, 2004
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Into the great wide open (sort of)
I’ve been gearing up the past couple weeks for a trip to China. This Saturday I leave for Shanghai and will be wandering the sinking city with my orange Ferrino and five o’clock shadow over a long weekend for Umi no Hi (Ocean Day). Initially this trip (much like my excursion to Thailand) was supposed to be done in tandem, but as it seems to be my fate, I am again adventuring alone (much like Indiana Jones as I see it). If only I hadn’t left the Stetson and bullwhip in my room back home…
I’m kind of torn about how much to plan this. I bought a Lonely Planet guide in advance, so I have much more location-based information than I have use for. However, I think it’s really kind of against my nature to put restrictions or standards on off-time. So, I have a short list of things I want to see in particular, and the rest is just walking, walking, walking, with brief periods with an underdeveloped subway system. Saturday night I’m going to try my damnedest to get into the Rojam, a pretty famous disco home to one of Oakenfold’s best sets.
Other than that, I think it’s just Chinese people and rickety buildings I want to see. This trip will be the maiden voyage of my voice recorder, provided the authorities don’t seize it and myself for suspected espionage. I have over five hundred megs of compact flash to take with me for the PowerShot, but that’s still not enough really, since I ran out of space during The Great Journey just last month. My next big trip I hope to have a sweet little DV camcorder with me to satiate my burning desire to work on short, art films. But that’s going to take a couple months’ saving (sans binging both alcoholic and digital). Why am I doomed to I sink so much money into technology?
Anyway, all the money in the world won’t do me any good if I can’t get my tones right and master “I don’t want it.” [bu yao]
Wo shi bu hao da meiguoren!
