Time to Grow

大家好！
Greek man here reporting from...Greece! Been here for about 4 days now for some time with family and friends. Kim's coming in on the 29th too so I'm pretty excited. Can't wait to show her around Athens and stuff.

I've been sitting around a lot lately so I got into some thinking of how I can improve the blog and make it more fun. So far I've followed the standard procedure of just writting about the things I do as they come to mind. But I feel that this isn't really enough to really capture the marvels of this incredible experience I'm living through.

After the jump I'll be breaking down what I'm considering.



So for starters I feel that there are so many topics that I can work with that are also part of the things that most of you (my readers) are interested in learning about. Things like the real chinese food, city life, places of note and how a western person is able to adapt to all of these. So instead of cramping all of that stuff into generic journal-type of posts, I will break them down into several columns that I can post on a weekly basis.

Sweet and Sour
This is a column I believe many people would like to read about. The idea is to present Chinese dishes that I try. I would also like to present how the Chinese adapt our own western delights into their own preferences. Some might wonder, for ezample, what McDonald's and Pizza Hut might be like. All of this will be neatly packaged in this "tasty" column.

A Picture's Worth
This probably speaks for itself and it's been something I wanted to do for awhile. Given, though, that I forgot my camera in Greece I never really got down to it. The idea is simple. Take a lot of pictures and just bring them up here for all to enjoy.

Shock of the Week
Regardless of how long a time you might spend in such a different country like China, there's always going to be something new and "shocking" that will catch your attention. I run into such things all the time but after awhile they stop being so shocking so I forget to talk about them. This is what I intend to do with this column through pictures and some comic relief.

Finally, I got some ideas for a podcast and video log to share my progress with the language and give you an even better taste of what Beijing is like. This will come in time given the resources. I got more ideas to improve the blog. Just wanted to share a few of my fresh thoughts.