Bejing IV, China (11/16/2009-11/23/2009)

My first time in Beijing was for athletics. My second was for sightseeing. The third time was for studying, and finally here I was in Beijing for business.  Ultimately, what it really meant, is that I ate better than the previous 3 times :).  And no pics of any touristly places (other than Houhai, which BL told me to go to and a girl from the office kindly took me to). On a more serious note, the opportunities here are staggeringly bright and I can't express enough how lucky I am to have met some of the people you'll see here, and if anything more comes of it, then that is sheer icing on the cake (although that icing would likely be made of diamonds IF anything more comes from it).  I also can't express how frustrating it is not being able to speak Mandarin fluently when I know that I really really need to these days and I could have done so much more here if I could!

PS - Ivey folks should see some familiar faces :).