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Encountering Asia and Beyond: February 2011
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Two weeks into my post-graduation vacation with mom and dad in Dubai, and I'm itching to update. Oh Dubai. I don't know where to begin. I've been staying with my parents at their lovely rental villa on Palm Jumeira (Those sweet man made islands that look like a giant palm tree? Yep, that's where you can find me.) The back yard is the ocean. A painful ...
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: March 2009
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Only in China (hopefully). Man: "Are you in the KKK? Me (torn between disbelief and laghter): "NO. Not at all.". Man: "Yes you are, you're from Texas.". Me: "No, I'm definitely not in the KKK". Man: "If i was from Texas I would be in the KKK.". Me (curiosity getting the best of me): "Why is that? Man: "Because I hate Negroes". Man: " Do you drink beer?
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: the never ending saga of national week
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The never ending saga of national week. Ok lets see I left off in Chengdu. We arrived at my school a couple hours later, introduced Mom to the gate guards, made sure everyone had signed off on her being there and we were all set. So Mom had left, and I was back in my room, back on my rock hard bed, and back to work. Deb aka. your momma. Hirsch in the Ph...
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: a Thanksgiving visit!
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Friday, November 25, 2011. Thanksgiving went by almost entirely unnoticed, with the exception of a wonderful visit from Mel. I picked her up from the airport (after a couple hours of staring at the arrivals board in frustration - damn delays! Now I'm finished and it's time to get back on the train to Beijing, have another busy sight-seeing weekend, and then see Mel off! Hirsch in...
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: June 2011
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Wednesday, June 8, 2011. More Adventures in Asia to Come. Looks like I'm heading back to the good old Middle Kingdom. The end of this August I'll be hopping on a plane bound for Baoding (actually Shanghai then Baoding) to teach impressionable young children the joys of English. Less than 100 days away. Better get planning. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: payday!
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Thursday, November 10, 2011. The best day of the month is here - payday. So I'm going to share some of my finances with all of you that are curious (all 2 of you reading my blog that is). First lets talk about Chinese money. Chinese Yuan (CNY), Renminbi (RMB), Kuai 块. Slang like 'bucks'), it goes by a lot of names. and symbols: ¥ or. 5 gal jug of water: 7. Pack of 5 ramen: 8.
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: November 2011
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Friday, November 25, 2011. Thanksgiving went by almost entirely unnoticed, with the exception of a wonderful visit from Mel. I picked her up from the airport (after a couple hours of staring at the arrivals board in frustration - damn delays! Now I'm finished and it's time to get back on the train to Beijing, have another busy sight-seeing weekend, and then see Mel off! The best ...
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: China in a nutshell
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. China in a nutshell. Ok I can't really put China in a nutshell. It is too big, too crazy, too varied, and I have way too small an understanding. but I can summarize my experiences thus far. Pros: It's delicious. Dumplings (Jiaozi or Baozi), Kung Pow Chicken (Gong Bao Ji Ding) and fried green beans to name a few. Pros: there are only two months left.
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Encountering Asia and Beyond: fish bones and flower tea
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Encountering Asia and Beyond. Here's a story about one girl's travels in China and beyond. Always awaiting the next adventure. Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Fish bones and flower tea. Wrapping up Mel's visit:. We had another whirlwind weekend in Beijing. Highlights include the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, and Wangfujing street. Hot pot with mel and hannah in beijing. Another week of classes passed uneventfully, and then it was the first weekend in December! This isn't enough for your friends! Screw th...