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My Hell Week Between China and Costa Rica (4/4)

Monday, April 21st, 2008

...continued from 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 ...

My Hell Week Between China and Costa Rica (3/4)

Friday, April 18th, 2008

...continued from 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 ...

My Hell Week Between China and Costa Rica (2/4)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

...continued from 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. ...

My Hell Week Between China and Costa Rica (1/4)

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

I first heard the term "hell week" when I was in high school. It referred to the one week throughout a particular sport season when the coach would push the athletes to their limits. This would usually happen two weeks before regional competitions, and athletes would spend the week right ...