Hello all! My apologies for not posting sooner, when I was getting ready to write this post I was stalled by a speech contest that took up all of my free time! So instead I …
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Where Has the Time Gone?
Hi all! So we’re about halfway through the semester (which I am extremely disappointed about), and so I thought I’d take a little time and talk about a few things that I wish I’d had …
Inner Mongolia for the Holidays
Hello all, 国庆节快乐！This week celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic China and so I have a week off of classes! As this is really the only break that we have this semester, I wanted …
China is like Spirit Airlines: Life in Beijing
Where does one even begin? I cannot believe that it has been almost two weeks since I arrived in the Beijing airport, nearly 24 hours after I packed my three bags into my dad’s car …
Introducing Katie
Hi all! My name is Katie McClure and I am going to be studying Chinese this fall at Peking University in Beijing! I am so excited for the chance to get to share my experiences …
The Thing About Believing in Time
I feel like a lot has changed in a month. I try not to be cheeky when writing those words— like duh, yeah, a lot has changed with my education, experiences, and points of view. …
The Sore Thumb
As privileged as this may sound, it is really strange to feel like an outsider. I’ve spent my entire life as a white, cis gendered American who grew up in a rural area in Wisconsin— …
Point and Shoot Man. Point. And. Shoot
Food: the great end-all be-all. The button to your coat. The hinge to your door. The joint to your…. knee? For those who know me, you know I’m closing my left eye, curling the left …
Mapping the Unmapped Map
Thirteen hour flights are inhumane. I cooped myself up in a 50-seat plane from Milwaukee to Toronto, then rode in a huge slingshot across the Arctic Circle to Beijing. You’d think that time and half …
Leaving the Bed 6,157 Miles Behind
My dad keeps texting me the number of days I have until I leave for China. He sends them intermittently throughout the week, and they pop up on my phone like strange numbers left by …