Beijing Reflection
Posted October 1, 2018
It has been a few weeks since I left Beijing and it is a little strange. I was jetlagged for a week after coming...Tag: Final reflection
Going Up One More Floor
Posted September 14, 2018
Guess where. Above 90 degree temperatures with sweltering humidity. Overwhelming swarms of people. Buzzing mosquitoes. Delicious food. Pandas. Yup, that’s my tropical island mansion....
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...
Readjustment and Growth
Posted September 21, 2016
My experiences in China feel like a combination of something that happened eons ago and something that happened only yesterday. Coming back to the States,...
My heart is still in China.
Posted September 16, 2016
It’s been exactly a month since my return home, and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Now that I’m 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...
Craving Niu Rou Mian
Posted September 28, 2015
After spending an additional four weeks in Guangzhou, I felt ready to return to Chicago (you should have seen the big grin I had...
From the U.S. to China and back to the U.S.
Posted September 22, 2015
It has been approximately three months since I left for Beijing, and about one month since I have come back. The few months of...
A look back at Beijing
Posted September 14, 2015
It’s crazy to think that just a few weeks ago I was in the capital of China, eating ridiculously cheap (and delicious) meals, taking...
Final Reflections
Posted August 29, 2013
Liang Gu, Public Health in China, Summer 2013 I am currently in my hometown visiting my relatives. After the end of the program, I...