Elevator and escalator etiquette
Posted November 15, 2016
If you want to stand on an escalator, be sure to stand on the right. If you wish to walk up or down the...Category: China
It's Good to Be Back!
Posted September 28, 2016
Hello There, This is my last blog post! š (I know we had some good times). I have been back in the U.S. for...
Reverse Culture Shock
Posted September 27, 2016
It has now been five weeks since I left Peking University and China. Since then, I have traveled to South Korea and Nicaragua. When...
10 things you must have done if you celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival
Posted September 26, 2016
1. You heard that there once were 10 suns This begins the legend of why Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated. The legend goes (as told...
Readjustment and Growth
Posted September 21, 2016
My experiences in China feel like a combination of something that happened eons agoĀ and something that happened only yesterday. Coming back to the States,...
My heart is still in China.
Posted September 16, 2016
Itās been exactly a month since my return home, and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Now that Iām back on campus,...
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Posted September 16, 2016
I had high expectations for China. The Political and Economic Development Program looked like it was made for me: it was hosted by my...
International FOMO
Posted August 29, 2016
In these days before I depart for Hong Kong, abandoning the familiar saddens me a bit. Travelling inherently holds this trap: leaving a home,...
15 hour flight calls for some quality reflection time….
Posted August 14, 2016
Wow, I can honestly say that 2 months ago I did not think I would be sad to leave China and head back. However,...
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Posted August 13, 2016
Hey guys, So as I just looked through a bunch of my photos from my trip thus far, it hit me that I have...