Another move

Last night I went out to meet my friend Scott, who I met through the OMEGA deal, for a drink or two around Sanlitunr. To be honest, a drink sounded like the best thing in the world at the time, because yesterday was one of the longest days of my life. I will first write about the crazyness of yesterday-day, then follow later with a fun tale about the chubby British guy who turned a night of "a quick drink" into a night of sillyness.

Yesterday morning I finally slept in without setting an alarm or anything. I've only done that one other time since coming to China.... it's nice to get away from those beeps for once! I got up, went out to the street, found some Baozi 包子 for breakfast, and then took off for the climbing wall to get some excercise in. However, by the time I reached the wall, I had only about half an hour to climb around because I had to be back at a computer to take an online editing test for a position with Edelman PR here in Beijing.

Anyway, I grabbed a cup of coffee at the Traveler's Cafe inside the hostel, and then took the test. It was quite interesting and actually a lot of fun!

I then immediately jumped on the subway to trek across town back to Gilbert's apartment to retrieve my belongings, including almost all of my money and clothing, and bring all of that back to my homebase in the hostel.

I hung out with Gilbert for a while at his place. We drank a few cups of tea while I helped him look over some of his past translations of economist articles. Seriously, the amount of time and dedication he puts into his translations astounds me!

After translating for a while, I packed up my things and said goodbye to him for now. It's not like I was leaving forever, but the other side of town seems kind of far sometimes!

I returned to the hostel, through my bags in the room, took a two-minute cold shower, and then went to meet Scott.

---------------------- Will post a seperate entry about last night---------------------------

Scott, being the nice guy that he is, invited me to stay in his place for a while until I figure out where I will be living and the job situation. Staying with him is much more convenient than the hostel, as far as I am concerned.... and definitely more comfortable (though I seriously do love the hostel atmosphere..... it's just hard to think clearly in such a random place).

So yeah. That's what's going on today.... I just dropped my things at Scott's place, and now we are both busy doing the same thing: hunting jobs.

In a bit I will make an entry about last night, but first I need a bit of time to compile my thoughts.

Over.