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 …
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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 …
Closing Ceremony
Blog post 9 August 7, 2015 Wow. I remember the Opening Ceremony back in May like it was yesterday, and now, we’ve had our Closing Ceremony. During the Closing Ceremony, we received a certificate from …
都中文(All Chinese)
上海 Blog #33 二零一五年六月二十二号星期一 Monday June 22nd, 2015 Local Time: 10:30 Shanghai Time 我答应了我的美国朋友,我会写中文的博客的帖子。我现在在尝试。我希望我没有犯太多的错误。因为我们今天要回美国,所以我很伤心,很愁绪。虽然我想念我的美国朋友和家人,但是我也会想念上海和我的中国朋友们。我在中国参观了这么多地方比如苏州,茅山,杭州。此外,我遇到了这么多人,比如翟老师,马老师,邵老师, 梅老师,张老师,许悦,Arber, Barbra, Knox,还有其他人。他们都告诉了我一些上海的事情,并且帮了我练习了中文。我想同他们保持联系。我希望那是我们的缘分。我将要飞行十三个小时. 这太糟了!上海再见,我还会回来。现在,告别对我来说很难。 I promised my American friend that I would write a blog post in Chinese. I’m now trying …
A Unique Conversation with a Breath-Taking View
上海 Blog #17 二零一五年六月六号星期六 Saturday June 6th, 2015 Local Time: 22:29 Shanghai Time We’re shaking things up a bit off the beaten path today with our weekend trip to MaoShan. This is our first location …
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 …
Language Barrier Much?
上海 Blog #6 Wednesday May 27th, 2015 Local Time: 7:30 Shanghai Time (Note, China is all one time zone UTC +8:00) I wish I could sleep past 5am local time. It’s almost funny. I never …
Goodbye America, Hellooo China!
Oh my. At this time tomorrow, I will already be on my way to China! It’s coming up so soon, yet it still feels so surreal. Granted, I still have to finish up packing and …
The Last Hurrah
Classes officially ended for second-year Chinese on Tuesday, and finals were wrapped up by Thursday morning. That whole week was passed by spreading cliché-like sentiments around our dorm (“It feels like we just got here …
China – Take Two
Hello everyone! I am just three days away from the longest flight of my life, and I couldn’t be more excited. My name is Abby, and I will be spending my senior year as an …