I'm excited to be writing my first post...

...because it means that soon, very soon, I'll be in China. My flight leaves on January 9th, 2008. After 18 hours of hurtling over the Pacific Ocean, my flight will touch down in Beijing, and soon after that, for the first time, I'll set foot on Far Eastern soil.

My Chinese mission is twofold. First, I'm learning how to fluently speak Mandarin Chinese. Second, I want to absorb China: the culture, the lifestyle, and especially the people.

I want to relay all of this to the world, so I've started this blog. The blog's name is "Good Morning China." It's both an allusion to the Robin Williams movie "Good Morning Vietnam", and a reference to the fact that my Chinese class starts every morning at 8AM.

So, good morning, China. Happy reading.