Today was game day. We had shoot around this morning at 9am. At the end of shoot around, we all got 3 chances to make a half court shot for 100 yuan. Unfortunately, I didn’t make any of mine, but maybe next time. After shoot around, we went back to the hotel and I made…

This morning we had an optional shooting practice. I went and we just got shots up for about an hour/hour and a half. After that we went to eat lunch at the facility and then headed back to the hotel.  Today’s second practice was at 3:30pm because we had to give the away team a…

This morning I went to the immigration office to get my work visa. It was a pretty simple process. I took a picture and verified my personal information with one of the officers and that was it. While I was doing that, the rest of the team was lifting. I missed the first half of…

Today was a rest day for most of the girls, however, there was a walkthrough for me and Myisha (my American teammate) and some of the Chinese players came to help us learn the plays. We were able to get some shots up after the walkthrough and then I got a little treatment done with…

There was still no word about my test results this morning so I didn’t participate in the morning weight training session. I decided to go to the gym in my hotel and do a little workout by myself. There isn’t a ton of equipment in the gym but I will make do with what there…

Today I went to the doctor’s office to have my physical done. It was very different than the doctor offices I’m accustomed to. There was a different doctor and room for every procedure. I started with an EKG and then went to get an X-ray of my chest. Then I had an ultrasound done on…

I landed in Daqing, the city I’m living in, at around 2am. I didn’t sleep much that night because I wanted to get up at a good time and try to get adjusted, but that backfired – I felt like a zombie the entire day. I ended up going to lunch with our translator, my…