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June 22 - Justin in his lab with his graduate mentor,
Chen Luo.
(I'm posting this from the NWA Worldclub at Narita, between flights...
what a wonderful world we live in). |
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June 22 - The last dinner I had with the students, before the
kung fu show, was at Mr. Pizza "made for women" ... |
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The Olympic Friendlies |
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June 22 - Some knock-off (on the street) versions of HuanHuan
and JingJing now live at the apartment. |
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June 22 - You can find the account of this over in the student
blogs, of how Brian joined the PKU Chemistry soccer tournament. Here
are Brian and Charlie (or Sun Chiang Liang, the grad student who
is working with Tiffany). |
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June 22 - Uniforms! |
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June 22 -
The football: bouncing 12 feet or so off of Brian's
head.
Brian: bouncing a few feet or so off of the ground.
(Note to the future: select students with super powers) |
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June 22 - Brian was sore all day Saturday, and Charlie broke
the nail off of his big toe. |
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June 23 - Free time at Yanbeiyuan |
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June 24 - Some scenes from around the apartment and around campus. |
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June 24 - Some scenes from around the apartment and around campus.
Although it lasted only about 30 minutes, today was the first day
where there was any substantial rainfall, which always helps clear
the air a bit. |
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June 24 - Some scenes from around the apartment and around campus. |
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June 25 - Here is the view looking to the south from the chemistry
building during the afternoon commute. The East Gate of PKU is
just past that little white building (on the right) with the blue
roof. That white building, by the way, houses migrant workers
who are doing substantial labor in construction-type jobs. One
of the interesting lessons we got during the Boot Camp was when
it was pointed out that the rural-to-urban migration within the
country is the largest such movement in human history: 200 million
people (put that in context: the entire population of the US is
300 million... so this is equivalent of the relocation of every
person in the US between the ages of 15 and 64). |
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June 26 - On one of the decks at the chemistry building (this
one is a smoking room). |
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June 26 - The view from the smoking room. |
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June 27 - The news today in Beijing is the weather. I big storm
system moved in from the south and the sky turned dark at midday.
This is a photoshop-enhanced image of an otherwise nearly nighttime
view. This was the first substantial rain since late May. |
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June 27 - I'll post the picture from before the
enhancement below... |
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June 27 - ... here! |
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June 27 - Justin's research group, heading out to celebrate one
of the students earning his PhD. |
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June 27 - Justin's research group at the celebration dinner. |
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June 27 - Justin's research group at the celebration dinner. |
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June 27 - Some of Justin's research group after a bit too much
at the celebration dinner. |
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June 28 - Parking lots that also have spots for grass to grow. |
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June 28 - The local grocery store where the students shop. |
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June 28 - The local bike repair operation. |
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June 28 - Brian's group hard at work. |
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June 28 - Tiffany at work. |
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June 28 - Tiffany at work. |
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June 28 - Tiffany at work. |
