| Author | Message | ||
     Buellgirlie |
eeeeeek! headed to shanghai out of chicago o'hare sunday morning..... will be back for 2 weeks in mid-late april, and then its china china china for an indefinite period. eeeeeeek! wish me luck, D | ||
| Oldog |
Good Luck there in China. You really are "Dora The Explorer" Have fun and Be safe, and write us once in a while so we know that Your doing ok From the porch, Jim Bryant Aka the "Oldog" | ||
| Leftcoastal |
When I grow up I want to be a world traveller like Dora!! Good luck with your adventure!! Be sure to keep us up on what you're up to - Bike or not, you'll always be 'Buellgirlie' here! AL | ||
| Old_man |
I hope you will stay with us here. Even if you're temporarily bikeless, I feel you'll always be welcome here. I'm interested in what you have in store for yourself in China. Please keep us posted, you seem like one of the family to me. | ||
| Oldog |
Sorry I could not resist....  I wonder if the idea for the Cartoon did not come from you?  | ||
| Buellgirlie |
oldog - you are hilarious! that is now my desktop wallpaper!!! left and oldman - i'll still check in. matter of fact - i'll be at a racetrack in shanghai later this month on a yamaha tzm 150cc racebike  here's a link to pics of that bike - just a little engine version of a yamaha tz http://www.bikepics.com/yamaha/tzm150/07/pics.asp i'll be doing luxury automotive marketing. primarily through customer events, driving experiences, and brand launches. will be working the mercedes amg (the tuning, racing engine branch of mercedes) brand launch in beijing at the end of the month. life's a big adventure, and i'm super excited, a little scared, and all around happy about life. D | ||
| Rich |
You deserve it, D. Best of luck to you. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
keep the pics coming to. i personally think that you make this website more interesting than anyone on here, bar none. have a safe flight and enjoy. | ||
| Swordsman |
Whatcha' doin' in China? Not the safest place in the world... One of my wife's co-workers had a son that went over there to teach English. Turned out to be a total disaster... longer hours than what he was initially told, rat-hole accommodations, lower pay then he was originally told. Apparently things started getting kinda' scary, and he hightailed it on a plane back to the States without warning. After a bit of research, found out that the Chinese govt. has been luring college grads from all over the world to teach, then working them to the bone and practically keeping them hostage. Several cases of them having to sneak out under the cover of darkness to get back home. One guy even wound up dead... the govt. claimed it was a car accident, but the doctor that did the autopsy back in his home said that wasn't possible, that it was a very specific blow to the head. Creepy stuff! Supposedly USA Today did a story on it. Sooo, if you're going over to teach, ya' might wanna' reconsider! ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on March 08, 2007) | ||
| Buellgirlie |
rich and never - thanks! appreciated. swords - i'm not headed over to teach english, but thank you for the concern. see above for what i'm doing. i did think about it, as a backup....but more mandarin and english for one of the international schools for expat kids in shanghai where a friend's brother is the headmaster. so, a totally different situation than what you're talking about. 3 days and counting, D | ||
| Swordsman |
oops... ha, that's what I get for skipping ahead in the postings, huh?  ~SM | ||
| Bomber |
Dora -- break a leg, ma'am! You'll do aces over there -- being a lil scared is a good thing, I'm thinkin -- opens up the mental pores so you can absorb all the new experiences a bit please do let us know how you fare, and enjoy yourself! | ||
| Spiderman |
A racing teacher, Awesome! best of luck to ya and keep postin on the BadWeb and post cool pics! PS find me some funky Chinese Spider-Man toys | ||
| Stingaroo |
Rock out and enjoy! Let us know when you have safely landed and get settled down. Looking forward to some sweet pics! Best of Luck! | ||
| Irideabuell |
Best of luck Dora! Did you remove the old flight tags from your luggage? | ||
| Hotrats |
hi dora, hope you enjoy the new job. envy you on this!!!! we'd like to visit china sometime - closest we've come is about 1 k from the border. if maybe you're going through vietnam on your way back, we'll be in saigon late march/early april. send a note, & we'll have some home cooking there. really - enjoy the new adventure!! andy & my phuong | ||
| Buellgirlie |
bomber - my mental pores are open!  spider - i wont be teaching...just riding/driving and also helping on the client side of the events. your keys are in the mail today, btw. sting - yup pics will be posted! iride - just barely. i've only been back about 6 weeks from my last month long trip to asia hot - unlikely i'll be in vietnam at the end of the month...i'll be in beijing. but thank you for the invite! be sure to be in touch if you get to shanghai or beijing. less than 48 hours til i'll be on the boeing 777! D | ||
| Road_thing |
Be safe, Dora! Sounds like a great adventure! rt | ||
| Slaughter |
Bye Bye Buellgirlie Keep us posted on Dora the Explora's big adventures!! | ||
| Spiderman |
I knew I shoulda edited that, I ment a teach who races. | ||
| Blake |
Stay in touch and send postcards! | ||
| Ftd |
Hey Dora, Good luck and stay in touch. The bike events won't be the same without you! Frank | ||
| Buellgirlie |
rt - thank you. i walked away from the alabama deal...but you probably figured that out by now! slaughter - will do. i should be back to marina del rey on a semi-regular basis, so i'll keep you posted. spidy - no prob. sent off the keys yesterday. blake - i'll post pics and stuff! ftd - i missed daytona and casa del frank this week  it sure was fun seeing you and steve-o the last couple of daytonas and that new years w/k! i'll be back though - you need a buy another bike that i can ride when i come visit...  i'll be at the airport in 6 hours. taking off from o'hare to shanghai in the morning - see y'all later!!!!! D | ||
| Buellgirlie |
HELLO FROM SHANGHAI!  D | ||
| Nevrenuf |
how was the flight over and what's your first order of business. i take it you all ready have living arangements made. | ||
| Oldog |
My pleasure Dear, Stay safe and stay intouch! From JAX FLA ( the other Porch,, Oldog) | ||
| Road_thing |
Ni Hao, Dora! rt | ||
| Josh_cox |
Glad to see you got there safe! | ||
| Buellgirlie |
never - flight was great, smooth and easy - direct flight from chicago to shanghai. was met by a bmw motorcycle friend who is the avionics crew chief for AA and escorted on the plane with some flowers and a big bag full of snacks (no upgrade though, he did try!). 15 hours later, i was in shanghai. didnt go to bed the night before, stayed out til about 2am in chicago having my "last" black angus and cheddar cheesburger and then the rest of the night packing up. oldog and rt - thanks! doin' good here so far. i'm headed to beijing today for the rest of the week to attend some client meetings and then to stay the weekend with a grad school classmate of mine - should be super fun! josh - dooooooooooo you have the bike yet? did the chaos finally clear up? please tell me you're getting to race it!!! D | ||
| Stingaroo |
 Glad to hear the safe trip! |
