Qingdao Beach

This is one of my favorite pictures taken in Qingdao Bay. That's me in the middle, Tassanai's in the left, and Maya is in the right. I can still remember what I felt when this picture was taken. Amidst all the turmoil and chaos happening in the world, there is still a place where everything, and everyone is beautiful.

This is our first time in the beach. I remember, I think it was on the 3rd or 4th night, Tassanai and I went out at night to go find the beach. We walked and walked non-stop until we came upon a highway. We realized that we were far from the beach so we went back. The next day, we asked some help from our friends and realized that if we just walked farther enough the night before, we would have reached the beach! Anyway, the excitement of trying to find it was what made the experience worthwhile.

I feel very lucky in this picture, with the beautiful view of Qingdao, and with gorgeous ladies at my side, what more can you ask for?

Moments in the Island

These pictures were taken during our tour in the Small Qingdao (Green) Island. I can't remember the Chinese name of that small island but it is just 5 minutes away from Qingdao mainland. We took a ferry ride and were treated to 5 minutes of genuine artistic, picturesque view of .... the people's backs. You see, there were so many people in the ferry that they blocked our good view of the sea and sky, so we just managed to look at their backs and their colorful t-shirts. Hmmph! Hehehe.

Anyway, when we arrived in the island, we were dumbfounded. Everything was so nice, the majestic view of nature and architecture there was really a sight to see. I have a picture here of Mutty from Malawi and we were checking out my camera and the pictures I have taken. Mutty is inspecting the camera and I said he could buy it. (I asked Mutty to buy the camera for 100 RMB but he refused, hehehe). Mutty told me that he worked in a Pasetto in Malawi (hey, Mutty can you email me if the spelling of Pasetto is wrong okay? or you can comment here).

The other picture I had here was with Maya from Indonesia, here she is enjoying her ice cream. Maya is a very good conversationalist. We often exchange views about life, religion, and intellectual property. She is also a good listener. But a conversation would be nicer if you had ice cream especially in a hot and sunny day. I finished my ice cream earlier because it was hot in the island and we had to walk long roads. But it was fun and the spectacular scenery quenched our thirst and fatigue. This island is memorable because I had meaningful conversations here with friends from the seminar.

I hope these memories will help us keep our friendship stronger and stronger. To all the IP seminar participants, fei chang gan xie (thank you very much).