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

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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Recent Heavy Rains

Recent Heavy Rains

By on September 17, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Before I left for China we got some pretty heavy rain in our area. There was a long stream of storms from as far south as the Gulf of Mexico winding up through the Chicago area and continuing past us through the midwest. Most of the rain was the remnants of recent hurricanes that hit the south. A few […]

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Little Boys, Big Fun

Little Boys, Big Fun

By on September 17, 2008 in iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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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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A Distant Hello from my Little Men

A Distant Hello from my Little Men

By on September 16, 2008 in iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

I just can’t wait to see these little guys again. 

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Great Wall, Great Time

Great Wall, Great Time

By on September 16, 2008 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Today was an all day event to get to and from the Great Wall. It is about 50 miles outside the city, but it was a 2 hour cab ride each way (in part because our cab driver kept getting lost) and we spent about 3 hours walking the Great Wall, taking photos and having […]

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Walking the Great Wall

Walking the Great Wall

By on September 16, 2008 in iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post, Twitter with 0 Comments

Walking the great wall right now.   http://tinyurl.com/5ayrsa http://twitpic.com/bs9u

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Arrival, Beijing Grand Hyatt

Arrival, Beijing Grand Hyatt

By on September 15, 2008 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

This is our hotel, although the photo was taken several hours after we arrived (it was about 4pm when we actually checked in.  The hotel is very nice, the rooms are nice and the bathroom is awesome! All marble floor and counter, as well as a standalone marble shower.  

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On the way to the hotel

On the way to the hotel

By on September 15, 2008 in Twitter with 0 Comments

On the way to the hotel. http://tinyurl.com/5sczr7

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