The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA

Tag: Beijing China

Almost Home

Almost Home

By on September 23, 2008 in iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

After a uneventful flight, i’m just a few minutes away from home and couldn’t be more excited. As much as I love taking these trips I always look forward to coming back home too.

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Yet Another Snooty Lounge

Yet Another Snooty Lounge

By on September 23, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Once again, Brian the snooty world traveler, was able to get “back of the bus Tom” into a nice lounge. My personal opinion is it’s not as good as the one in Chicago, but who am I to complain. Free food and drinks, and free wireless internet.  Our flight leaves in about an hour and there’s not reason […]

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Last Day, Last Edit

Last Day, Last Edit

By on September 21, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Today will probably be another long edit day, but it is the last day here so no matter what we’re done after today. I’ve been gone on trips longer then this, but for some reason this one just seems a lot longer. I’m pretty home sick and looking forward to returning to Chicago tomorrow. 

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Photos Updated

Photos Updated

By on September 21, 2008 in Photo Post with 0 Comments

You can find the most recent photos added to SmugMug. The guy second from the left seriously thinks you need to check them out. Don’t make him mad. 

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Exotic Eats

By on September 21, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.jpg /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov 500 375] Not your typical food back in the USA, one popular item here is eating scorpion! Jim Lucy, one of the camera operators (based on Chicago) was challenged to eat them while being recorded on video and he was more then happy to. Also part of this little display of questionable judgment are […]

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Fast Food in China

Fast Food in China

By on September 20, 2008 in Photo Post with 0 Comments

How do you say “Blizzard” in Chinese? Blizzard.

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Where to? Apple Store Please

Where to? Apple Store Please

By on September 20, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

How do you write “Take me to the Apple Store” in Chinese? Well, I can’t tell you how but I can show you. The card was prepared by the front desk of the hotel so that I could just give it to the cab driver and he would know where to take me. None of […]

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Another Day, Another Yuan

Another Day, Another Yuan

By on September 19, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

This is the view from the edit suite where I’m working. The edit suite is just a dedicated hotel room. Today is the first seriously busy day of the job. The show has officially started and the tapes are starting to come in fast. Our job is to take about 6-8 hours of a recorded […]

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On the Job

On the Job

By on September 18, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

While the first day was a nice reset/sight seeing day, the rest of the week and weekend is all work.  I have a small setup this time, but it’s more then enough to get the job done in quick order. I have a separate room that’s being used just for the edit suite. 

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Up and Down the Wall

By on September 16, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

Although we could have walked up to the wall, I’m glad we didn’t. It was a pretty long walk, and even once you’re on the wall it’s a lot of walking and at times on very steep angles. So, we took a cable car up on one side, walked a couple of hours to the […]

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