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A Year in China
Follow along as I learn, adventure and ask questions on this new journey.
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Food for thought
A dirty, hole-in-the-wall restaurant filled with old men smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, a dog running up to the second floor and a...
Living on China time
As I sit down to write my first blog post in China, my mind is overflowing with thoughts - both in Chinese and English, my stomach is...
The Physics of the Quest
In the early months of my final semester at Hesston College, I sat down to lunch with President Joseph Manickam, or Joe as we all call...
Language will take you places.
In less than 24 hours, its back to speaking English, back to normal life, back to the real world. But I am not the same person I was 8...
All things love & politics
Republicans, Democrats, and falling in love. It was an interesting week to say the least: Day 1: Male & Female Equality Day 2: The...
加油！加油！加油！
Just like in English, the Chinese language also has many fixed expressions. So before you use Google to translate this week's title, I...
Making Friends, Middlebury Style
I'm about 85% introverted. Or at least that is what my Myers-Briggs personality test tells me. But what exactly does this mean? Well,...
Time for a water break
If this was a marathon, I would be at mile 13.1. In other words, over 200 characters, 64 hours of class, and 15 chapters later, I have...
Peanut Butter Sandwiches & Chinese Cabbage
Attention: If you currently think you are even the least bit hungry, don't read this post. It was food and only food on the minds of all...
A Week of "请再说一遍?"
"请再说一遍?" After two weeks in Middlebury, I would argue that this phrase is the most useful of them all. "Can you please say that again?"...
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