Alleyway Originally uploaded by arewethereyet My first day back in
Beijing was blessed with beautiful blue skies. I posted some pictures
on Flickr, although there seem to be some censorship problems with the
site for me so I'm not sure if I'll keep using it. But then again my
blog is also still censored.I was very productive on my first day. I
got a new phone number and a bank account. Liu Shaochun (the special
effects props guy) called me and said that Ken was talking about coming
back for some production in February or March. Xu Ke (my old roommate)
invited me to spend the spring festival at his family's in Hunan. By
freak chance, I ran into the behind-the-scenes cameraman from the Kite
Runner on one of the new subway trains (what are the odds?), and he
gave me his card and said he'd be in touch. I met up with a bunch of
other translator friends for dinner. It's been a long time since I ate
in a smoke-filled restaurant. Quite a different feeling.I ate a
beautiful breakfast in one of these alleyway hole-in-walls, of steaming
baozi, soy milk, and hot salted radish. I wanted to take a picture but
couldn't quite bring myself to take out my camera.Today I'm having
lunch with Andy, who I think will be able to get me some day jobs with
his production company. I feel pretty good, I think things are going
well.

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Posted By Joel to Joel's World!!!! at 1/16/2008 05:18:00 PM