What a cute apartment. What an awesome Czech flat mate (shout out to Bara). What nice roommates (shout out to Ashley and Kendall). What good food. What a nice atmosphere. What amazing views. What fun …
Summer 2015
Busy, Busy, Busy!
Today we split into three groups to meet our host families for the day. In my group was Deshawn, Omer, Kyra, and Emily! We visited a family that was about a ten minute walk away. …
Cultural Revolution Through Art
上海 Blog #13 二零一五年六月二号星期四二 Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 Local Time: 20:59 Shanghai Time Given this being my 13th blog post, I’d like to begin by debunking a common myth regarding China. In my hotel/dorm/thing whatever …
A Whole New World
Blog post #2 Saturday, May 30, 2015 Maybe it’s the jetlag. But maybe not. All my life, I have been the exact definition of a night owl, going to bed after 1am, getting up after …
Bartering in 5 Easy Steps: Maybe a Car?
上海 Blog #12 二零一五年六月一号星期四一 Monday June 1st, 2015 Local Time: 22:59 Shanghai Time Don’t worry, I plan to keep this one short because I am exhausted and something about the heat wave today has my …
It’s Chinese to Me: Host Families and Wandering
上海 Blog #11 二零一五年五月三十一号星期四天 Sunday May 31st, 2015 Local Time: 23:56 Shanghai Time We broke up into groups of five to visit one of three host families. The family I visited wasn’t far from campus, …
The Deceivingly Bad First Day
Traveling day to go study abroad can be a rollercoaster of emotions and moods. First, you’re excited and nervous to be in another country alone. Then, you’re unbearably uncomfortable for 8 hours while you try …
The Maybe Not So Humble Administrator’s Garden
上海 Blog #10 二零一五年五月三十号星期四六 Saturday May 30th, 2015 Local Time: 21:00 Shanghai Time I was woken today by a knock at the door around 8 o’clock. A kind little maid began rapid fire Mandarin-ing me …
Out and About
My classes have been getting progressively better, which is wonderful. But I keep having to remind myself that we have actual homework and readings to do! I feel like we’re constantly busy, so when we …
Fashion Faux Pas –> Ice Cream
上海 Blog #9 二零一五年五月二十九号星期四五 Friday May 29th, 2015 Local Time: 23:00 Shanghai Time We had our first class quiz today in Chinese International relations. The quiz was oral and consisted of reading an article for …