um, testing?

OK, so I find the whole concept of the blog to be sort of weird, but I figured that this would be an easy and economical way of keeping folks at home appraised of my progress (and aware that I am alive and not under lava from the latest volcanic eruption or buried by an earthquare or dying from avain influenza...by the way, I finally saw that BIRD FLU made-for-TV movie and I now have a new role model...she's a pathologist; no, she's an epidemiologist; no, she's an infectious disease specialist; no, she's Barbie (but not Pet Doctor Barbie); and she's so smokin' that she doesn't need PPE!)

I leave on Thursday 06/15 PM and arrive on the 17th. I hope to have reasonably frequent access to internet cafes so that I can keep this thing updated. With photos, as long as my camera and/or jump drive remain in my possession for the duration. I head home on 07/30, and arrive eeeearly on the 31st (yep, I'll get to have the fun of leaving Hong Kong at 4:15 PM and arriving at LAX at 2:30 PM. I won't be confused at all.)

So, um, yeah. I have a blog. I figure that if Mom Calabro can operate a laptop, I can operate a blog.

-Janine

P.S. I will be checking my gmail email account more often than my school (or work, depending on how long you've known me) email since it will be easier/faster.