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05 Jun

I’m so over this city

Not really—I’ve loved Beijing a lot. Today’s our last full day in Beijing, and we’ve had the day mostly to ourselves. This morning, …

04 Jun

798 Art Village – Where Originality Originated

Today was the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, and it turns out the rest of the world cares way more than the Chinese …

03 Jun

Another day, another dollar

I’ve been rationing myself, now that I’m reduced to the $100 US (almost Y700) that I got changed out after I lost my wallet. It’s been …

02 Jun

Like an Olympian

Today was a pretty standard day– Chinese class in the morning, speaker in the afternoon, time off in the late afternoon (SOOO needed!), and– highlight …

01 Jun

Hooray for Mondays

First and foremost, I want to gripe about the internet here. China’s supposed to be using more internet bandwidth than the United States, and yet …

31 May

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Last. Night. Was. Ridiculous. After the entire group passing out at around 9:30pm on Friday night (I slept from 8pm-8am), we decided that we needed …

30 May

Excuse me while I eat my words

So here I was la-dee-freaking-da talking about how everything was going so smoothly and there were no hitches with the trip so far and today …

29 May

The Forbidden 7 Minutes in Heaven

While I’m sure it wouldn’t surprise you to hear that we’re all playing spin the bottle and making out with each other in closets, that’s …

28 May

Best Buy ain’t got nothing on Computer City

After our last class of the week, we went to Zhongguan cun—the so-called “Silicon Valley” of China. There were lots of big corporate office buildings …

27 May

Nevermind about the Wudaokou sentiments

Last night we met up with some students from Illinois Wesleyan and went down to Wudaoco to go dancing, and it was RIDICULOUS. It’s a …