Acupuncture and Bloodletting, Oh My!
Posted August 6, 2015
There’s no fear of needles in my Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) class. For the last two weeks (and the next two weeks), I have...Category: China
Lose Yourself to Dance
Posted August 4, 2015
During the Long Weekend, which is a break between the two, four-week sessions of classes on this program, my group chose to go to...
Oh, you speak Chinese?
Posted August 4, 2015
It’s the question everyone asks you here, and it has dramatically raised my awareness as to the relationship race has within my identity. In...
The plan is to finish strong
Posted August 3, 2015
Down to about two more weeks in China! It’s getting to the point where a lot of us are getting homesick. You wake up...
The Great Wall of "My Legs are Killing Me"
Posted August 3, 2015
Ever since I was a kid, I was fed the lie everyone knows about- “You can see the Great Wall of China from Space!”....
Journey to the West (of Beijing)
Posted July 28, 2015
Over the long weekend break between the two sessions we went to Xi’an. It was a really cool experience to travel in China with...
Why I Speed-Walk
Posted July 27, 2015
Having been in China for a little over a month now, the single strongest impression I have of the country is its massive population....
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Posted July 27, 2015
One thing that I have since learned during my five month stay in Beijing is just how temperamental the weather is. The scorching morning...
Crawling Up The Great Wall
Posted July 14, 2015
These past couple of weeks in China have been a whirlwind of new experiences. Before I had even fully adjusted to the time change,...
Niu rou mian, please.
Posted July 14, 2015
It’s hard to fathom, but I’ve already spent three and a half weeks in Beijing! I’m going to be especially cheesy here, but time...