ChinaLog: Day 1: USA -> Beijing

FLIGHT:
Our flight was delayed 2 hours, but we were inbusiness class, so we were waiting in business class, so we were waiting in a really nice lounge. When we got onto the plane, we were really surprised! It was really wide seat, space to lean all the way back, and an entertainment center! Each entertainmet center was a touchscreen TV/panel thingy and it was equipped with free movies, free TV shows, free music to listen to, and free games. Another cool thing is that some of the games were multiplayer. I beat my mom and sister in reversi. My dad beat me in chess. As food goes, I had pork. Even though I'm a really picky eater, it was pretty good! (I don't like meat and certain vegetables.) Yes... the airplane food was... better than my cafeteria food! The flight ended with me glued to the window looking out onto China. Along with masked people checking all of us with temperature guns. Luckily, no one in our section gave them a reason to quarentine anyone. We met our guide, Huang at the airport and then we drove to the hotel.

HOTEL:
We arrived at the hotel and said goodbye to our guide for the day, then had beef ramen for dinner. (Ramen, Noun. A bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often pieces of meat.) It's funny because my favorite meal is ramen. We finished dinner and then went up to our rooms to catch some Z's. Oh, and by the way, when we were on the way to the hotel, we saw a tollbooth... but it was no ordinary tollbooth... it was Asian-style!!!

Programming

I have begun to learn PHP and CSS. I already know HTML. My summer goal this year is to fully memorize/learn CSS and to get a pretty good grasp on PHP. To clarify all of this:

HTML:
Stands for: Hypertext Markup Language.
Uses: Website building, helps with customization.
Other forms: XML, Extended Markup Language.
Version: 4.0

CSS:
Stands for: Cascading Style Sheets.
Uses: Formats everything on a webpage in one place do you don't have to repeat tags (commands) over and over again.
Other forms: None
Version: 2.0

PHP:
Stands for: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
Uses: Databases.
Other forms: SQL (Structured Query Language)is like PHP.
Version: 5.1

Hopefully this can help all of you with your programming/scripting languages!

Sick!

I. Am. Sick.

Positives

1. I just got Sims 3 for my iPod literally 30 minutes ago.
2. I can rub it, Sims 3, in people's face's.
3. I am the first to play it, Sims 3, in my house.
4. I stay home regardless of if I feel good or not. (And play Sims 3)
5. I can study for a Chinese exam. (After playing Sims 3)
6. I can go on the computer and iPod from 10AM to 8PM! (And play Sims 3 Age of Mythology)
7. I bet for the above, you expected to see Sims 3, but no, my family does not yet have Sims 3)

Negatives:

1. If I touch my frogs, they will likely die. (And be as green as the plumbbob in Sims 3)
2. MORE homework (When the kids in Sims 3 have more)
3. .......this is pretty convenient, actually. (Because I can play Sims 3)

.....

♦SIMS 3!!!♦

Reading

I read the book The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. It's just what I expected from the guy. Sarcastic first person fantasy novel. Definately worth reading.

Yu-Gi-Oh! .... and stuff

Huh... YuGiOh!... once you actually look at it from an open mind, it's a pretty good anime/manga series. In other words.... "Congrats - Your site with username ranawastory is in the Top 1% of all sites created this week!" Came in my inbox yesterday! OOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! Was my predictable response. I also got a haircut. Hapiness and stuff.