BEIJING BARBARS LET'S GO!

Beijing is quite the transient city, where often times you don't even know if or when you'll see each other again.  Some fall in love and leave the city; others are looking for an adventure, to find themselves, while others have found careers here, that sometimes includes going down the path of starting a family.  Whatever the case, we're all here for one reason today to cheer for our team the Beijing Barbarians!

Needless to say, refs take favorite to say the least--where free kicks and cards are thrown around when expats are playing a Chinese team, but this time was not much different with two expat teams.  Despite the few unfair calls made, there was no way around keeping 'em back.  

Last weekend my friends, the Beijing Barbarians played an absolutely kick ass game against Africa United.  They made the victory seem like a breeze against the undefeated team of 2 years. That's f*cking right, two years 'til now ;) Thank you Beijing for providing a clear and crisp Autumn setting for the game, unlike the previous weekend with an AQI of 300+ (but a game where we came victorious AS WELL).  A hip hip hooray and three big cheers to the Barbarians for the last weeks' victories, and for this next weekend's as well ;)

Make sure you check them out at www.beijingbarbarians.com/‎

Keep it up! Stay humble, stay bold.

♡ Daisy 

Inner Mongolia... No Wait.. Bashan, Hebei Province China

My friend Mona organized a trip for us to go do some China exploration! Originally I thought we were going to Inner Mongolia, but when I arrived and asked the gentleman leading me with the horse if he were Mongolian... I was just given an odd expression T__T guess we never made it to Inner Mongolia! HAH! Anyway, here are some photos.  We only stayed one night, but this is how the Chinese spend a weekend away from home.  Of course, there was a fresh lamb roasted for dinner along with some Chinese styled Karaoke and a bonfire to end the night, but I'll spare you guys from that ;) And to finish the trip off, we woke up at the crack of dawn and busted our butts up the hill to watch the Bashan sunrise :) I'm so lucky to have these wonderful colleagues.

♡ Daisy 

Tim Vossler Hits Beijing!! WOoOOOo

Tim Vossler, now known as  Dr. Tim (Dr. Vossler if we're being formal) just finished med school at USC! CONGRATS!!! *CLAP CLAP CLAP* AND he decided to take a trip to Beijing and visiting his great friend (and one of my favorite people) Mr. Will Panza before starting residency at LA County.  Actually, he finished over a month ago, but my post is a bit late.  Anyway, I'm going to keep writing as if he were just here. Dr. Tim chipped chipped his tooth on his first day here, and after many nights of serious contemplation, we decided to let the dentists back in the states handle this.  Not because we aren't totally capable of performing such an act, but because it adds character!  Since I've been in China,  I haven't had a chance to see any doctors or pay any visits to the international hospital, so it was really such a treat having an in house doctor.  Thank you for answering all 254 of our questions, and being such a wonderful guest and shopping buddy.  Here are some photos from the two weeks!  We all went to some touristy places--Hou Hai (The man-made lake with bars and restaurants surrounding it), The Temple of Heaven (I trust you can decipher the temple from the photos), and also watched Tim eat some scorpions...

♡ Daisy