Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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After you arrive in the host country, you might or might not have a representative from your host university or the academic program to receive you. If you do, lucky you. If you don't, you'll just have to find your way to your lodging. If you arrive early, you ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
You know what I'm talking about. It was your first time away from home. The freedom was overwhelming. You didn't have a curfew. You met loads of new people. You might've even needed to cook for yourself or do your own laundry for the first time in your life. But ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
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On the taxi ride, I thought I could get some shut-eye, but the driver kept talking to me about how people from Beijing and people from Shanghai have beef with each other because the former is the political capital of China and the latter is the business capital. And ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
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This day, Friday would be the toughest day of the hell week.
Briefly after I crawled out of bed and took a long, cold shower, the other American students and I had our graduation lunch with our program administrator, the program assistant, and the two professors assigned to teaching only ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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Whereas most of my American friends and I had our return flights that Saturday, most of my European friends had their return flights that Thursday, meaning Wednesday night would be our last chance to hang out together. I couldn't say no.
Now here's the American group with our program assistant. ...
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