Field notes
Field notes, small wonders, and everything we ate.
July 3, 2026 · GCC International College & the 8th Teaching Building
We spent one last afternoon defending market-entry strategies in Classroom 407, then gathered in the 8th Teaching Building for certificates, framed gifts, and a farewell dinner none of us wanted to end.
July 1, 2026 · Greater Bay Area institutes & CVTE
Two days took us inside the machinery of the Greater Bay Area: a glass dome full of smart materials, and a wall of interactive whiteboards we could not stop drawing on.
June 30, 2026 · Maker Space & 9th Teaching Building
Day ten put us on both sides of a sale: a morning in a real green-screen livestream studio pitching gift boxes to camera, and an afternoon learning how AI now designs a brand's face.
June 29, 2026 · Art Building & Training Building
On day nine we made Lingnan twice: with AI in the morning, dreaming up qilin and phoenix mascots, and with brush and ink in the afternoon, right down to a sheet that read "China loves Egypt."
June 26, 2026 · GCC International College
One day held both halves of us: the careful language of international contracts before lunch, and small robot cars racing across the classroom floor after it.
June 25, 2026 · A partner institution
Day five held two shades of blue: the deep space of the Beidou satellites in the morning, and the indigo of an intangible-heritage dye vat in the afternoon, one on a screen, one soaking into our own two hands.
June 24, 2026 · Guangdong Museum, Canton Tower, Yongqing Fang
On day four we crossed the whole city in a single day: the Guangdong Museum, Canton Tower, and a slow, unhurried walk through the mended old lanes of Yongqing Fang.
June 23, 2026 · GCC sports courts & gym
In the morning we ran until our shirts stuck to our backs on the blue outdoor courts. In the afternoon, in the gym under the 8th Teaching Building, an instructor in blue silk taught us to slow everything down.
June 22, 2026 · Baiyun Airport & GCC
We stepped out of Baiyun Airport into warm, humid summer air, and the next morning the study tour opened with speeches, a Hanfu performance, and a photo on the steps.
June 22, 2026 · GCC campus & Knowledge City
A morning under the trees of the GCC campus, and an afternoon inside a scale model of a city that does not fully exist yet.
Photos are placeholders for now. Real ones coming soon.
