Archive for September, 2009
wo de fangjian / my room
23Sep09
大家好! / Hello!
One week down and I’m full swing into life here. School’s finally started and apparently my Chinese was so terrible that they want me to start from scratch. I want to shoot myself it’s so simple right now. That being said, just like an MBA, the majority of benefits come from outside the [...]
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Tags: beijing, beijing language and culture university, blcu, China, chuan'r, conference center, first day, smog
ni hao beijing!
21Sep09
Ahh, finally here and finally blogging. It’s been about a week and I think I’m finally over the jet lag, finally over the culture shock (not really) and finally over the fact that I’m a fob here.
Me: “I want one of THAT. *point*”
Vendor: “This?”
Me: “No… THAT. *emphatic point*”
Vendor: “OK. How many?”
Me: “What? I want one [...]
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