Tuesday, February 23, 2010

An Email From Last Year

I was clearing my email account (still am now) when I saw this email.

Hello conquerors of Qing Dao!!!!

Comrades! Great job in the conquest of Qing Dao! In a nutshell: Traversing on a four wheel "qiche" (as the chinese called it, a typical land automobile), we proceed up north from our base camp at puxi, shanghai to jinan, following that we headed southwards from Jinan to Si Ping Road in qingdao. Stealth and swift movements allowed us to infiltrate with ease.

At dawn, upon arrival, we established a pseudo camp at baoding road. our first objective was si bei shui, mt laoshan. Friendly allied forces escorted us near the top using qiche. We surveyed the area and reported sighting 3 dams and metal plank bridge. our military chefs provided us a satisfying seafood dinner at "pijiujie" (beer street). we scouted the terrain conditions for the beer museum invasion on day 3. In the night, our plan to zhanqiao (standing bridge) was shelved due to adverse weather condition (rain-a form of precipitation)
As the saying goes, we rest to walk a longer distance. we retreat to baoding and rest at there for the night. Intel sources updated us on the objectives at day 2.

On foot, we navigate around the western part of mainland qingdao. places sighted (in chronological order): catholic church, christian church, revolving observatory (resemblance to golden willow mushroom) at xinhaoyuan, da xue road (southern sea qing dao university), an old german house (wanyuan road), beach where we spotted a german ships: a warship, a small battleship and a submarine (the 1 and only submarine in china)

day 3 was the 3rd and final objective of the conquest - invasion of beer museum. we recce the place and reported information on tsingtao beer to our base camp. our mission was accomplished as we headed back to puxi in a tactical sleep-style qiche. The journey continues...

your fellow comrade
!!Eugene

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