Journal The Fun Guy's Journal: 192? So tired 2
It's almost noon here in Beijing, almost midnight in my pituitary gland. In 10 minutes I go for lunch with one of the scientists here, so I can be introduced to some of her colleagues and students.
I've had precious little sleep since Sunday, 3-4 hours a night tops. I get to bed around 11 after dinners and evening meetings, then wake up irretrievably at 3 or 3:30. I'm dog tired. Having to be "on" the whole time is quite wearying, too. Extroverts love this stuff; introverts are drained by it.
Some alone time is what I'd like to have. Maybe a nice long walk over to that shopping district I saw from the cab.
A side note: the Great Firewall is no joke. Blogs, news sites, video feeds, anything with images - blocked almost entirely on my hotel internal hookup. My Blackberry Global still gets it all, though, but that's because I have a U.S. account with Verizon.
Sounds like quite the adventure. (Score:2)
VPN (Score:2)
if you have access to a VPN that is in the US - that is your tunnel through the wall.