Chengdu

I haven't posted in 5 months due to the Chinese Gov's attempt to stifle blogging, social networking of any kind due to the recent events in Western China. Finally I found a way to bypass the firewall.

What has happened since?

I got the hell out of Qingdao. That place really got my down.
I moved to Shanghai, to be with my girlfriend, stayed there lost for a month and broke up with her, not knowing what I would do next.
I came to Chengdu to find a new city, a new job, new apartment, new friends, a new life...
I work as an English Teacher at a large English school. The best part are my coworkers and meeting the ocassional brilliant and open minded Chinese student who wants to talk politics and spar. I have taken to being subversive. I bring up topics such as Japan to my students to see how far I can push their molded-by-propaganda minds.
I climbed Emeishan with my friend Thinh. No more fucking Chinese mountains again. 2 days of hiking straight up, with rain, monkeys, stairs that would never end, thin air. That said, I'm glad I did it. Now let's never do it again.
What they say about Chengdu is true - a beautiful relaxed city with even more beautiful women. They say places near rivers breed beautiful women and mountains breed handsome men. I literally live next to a river. Bodes well.
The food here is way too oily and spicy. Actually the spice I can handle. It's ubiquitous and I barely notice it's presence. The oiliness is over the top though. If only we could convert cars to run on all the chili laced crimson oil from Sichuan. Then we would solve global warming.

Ok going to eat some Kung Pao Chicken for dinner now. Seriously.