| Jan 6, 2004 | Arrival in China |
| Jan 9, 2004 | Hongqiao, Liulichang, and Hutong |
| Jan 13, 2004 | Lama Temple, Wangfujing, restaurants |
| Jan 17, 2004 | TV, food, toilets, and other observations |
| Jan 20, 2004 | Xi Jiao hotel, snack foods, odd juxtapositions |
| Jan 25, 2004 | New Year celebrations, some good deals, settling in |
| Feb 2, 2004 | Acrobats, computer megamalls, bad pop music |
| Feb 11, 2004 | Apartments, concerts, some museums |
| Feb 12, 2004 | One-way ticket to Chengdu |
| Feb 23, 2004 | Moving, bureaucracy, goons, tea, Linux |
| Mar 13, 2004 | Brain strain, dreams and social scenes |
| Apr 6, 2004 | Steel trees, sleeping Buddha, silly products |
| Apr 22, 2004 | Cassius Cricket, intestinal fortitude and "You thought your job sucked" |
| May 25, 2004 | Two roads diverged in a wood |
| Jul 5, 2004 | This Chinese Tibetan medicine is really special |
