OK, It's not working out. I'm coming home.

[skyring]

Well, the make-long-blog-entries bit isn't going so well, I'm living my life faster than I can write about it.

Here's the executive summary.

Day 1. Saturday. We get on plane(s) and fly to Hong Kong.

Day 2. Sunday. We get on train and cross the border to Shenzhen. We get ripped off in several ways, but that's okay. It's a fun day.

Day 3. Monday. We rip off a taxi driver. Take tour around island, go on sampan ride, awesome bus ride up Victoria Peak where sky is murky. Eat offal for dinner.

Day 4. Tuesday. Kerri and DD return to Shenzhen. I leave DS to vegetate with cable TV to see our ship come in. Which it does. I buy software unlocked iPhone. Girls return from Communist China laden with shopping success. Hillary's speech is viewed in public with deep interest. Nobody here will vote for her. Hillary dolls sold on street corners at huge prices for people to take home and destroy in inventive ways.

Day 5. Wednesday. Today. In half an hour we'll take offspring to airport train, wave goodbye, then run giggling through Hong Kong to ship, where we will board and harass the steward for real coffee with real milk.

Comments

Re: Thread Hijack

[shendoah.livejournal.com]

Why do you want an iPhone? seriously. I have one and I'm not overly impressed. For the price tag, had I known about EEpc's, I would have bought one of those and stuck with a better phone.

So depending on the reasons you want one, you may be better off with something else.

Re: Thread Hijack

[newkaligula.livejournal.com]

interesting you say that.

I dislike my Ipod. lots of promise with little substance and damn hard to use despite all the hype

Thanks for comment

Re: Thread Hijack

[skyring.livejournal.com]

iPod Touch is easy to use. For me, at any rate. I resisted having an iPod in the ca for a long time, but the Touch has big buttons that I can read and use while driving. iPhone has same interface.

Re: Thread Hijack

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Two reasons. First, my old phone had cracked screen, which made using it difficult, as I could only see maybe 40% in fragments. Cost of replacing screen was more than new model of same phone, so I needed new phone anyway.

Second, I could transfer all the media from my iPod to my iPhone - it's a 16GB model - and have one fewer electronic device to carry around and look after. Plus I gave my old iPod Touch to my son, and bought new one for daughter.

Third, I LOVE the iPod Touch interface, with the pinching and the gestures and the Apple elegance.

Re: Thread Hijack

[shendoah.livejournal.com]

hee, I knew why YOU wanted one. It'll be perfect for you.

I was curious as to why nuke wanted one. Because of the reasons I wanted one, it doesn't do what I want as well as an EEPC probably could and the phone service is awful here.

Re: Thread Hijack

[woosang.livejournal.com]

eeekkkk I am so jealous. I didn't think of buying one when I was in China last year. Damn!!!

Can I mail you some money??? I never go tto the post office to send you the shirts, but I will try to post one to the lady you referred me to.

Glad you are having a great time! I look forwards to your pictures.