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- Shares Big Budha Big Budha Big Budha Oh Yea Big Budha
- Hello, Today was a very spiritual day. We went to a Buddhist temple and a Confusion Temple. Apparently these two beliefs are very different. I couldn't tell much of a difference from looking at the two temples and the way people were acting, but what was said while at the different places helped ...
- Shares Last Few Days
- Hey, So yesterday I went to Tiananmen Square. I thought it was going to be a square that was filled with different things to do and see, but I guess you go for the history. We didn't go with a tour guide though, so I didn't know much about the history except for a few breif details about the rev ...
- Shares Oh What A Day
- Wei, What a crazy, amazing, really long, and intense day. I hardly know where to begin, so I will just go in order. We woke up this morning and climbed the great wall till noon. When I say it was nothing like I imagined and so much more than I ever could, I am not exaggerating. We only had two h ...
- Shares Beijing!
- Hey! There's not much to say today, because we've been traveling ALL day, but we made it to Beijing! It is so awesome here! Our hotel is in the middle of the everything. Restaurants, shopping, main attractions, and anything you can think of, is just a look out the window away. Our view is beauti ...
- Shares Bitter Sweet
- Ni Hao, Today was my last day with my host family; I leave for Beijing tomorrow morning. I'm excited to go to Beijing; we have so much planned, and everything sounds great. At the same time though, it's sad to say goodbye to people I've been living with and sharing a life with for three weeks no ...
- Shares Two Days
- Hey, Since I missed yesterday, I'll begin there. Yesterday I taught at the Middle School in the morning, followed by teaching at the kindergarten, and then I went to a discussion session about the experience. At the kindergarten I co-taught with one of my classmates. We have different teaching s ...
- Shares Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty
- Hey Hey, So this is my last week teaching before I get to bea full blown tourist in Beijing. As much as I love teaching, I am ready to be relieved of all responsibilities. To say the least, I'm not trying to be an over achiever; I'm content with doing the bare minimum this week. Well the t ...
- Shares Music Triggers Memories
- Hello! Being here, I haven't listened to much music and today I really missed my favorite American songs. Before I came on the trip I discovered that the ipod I thought broke a year ago (that I hung on to for some reason) actually works. Anyway, as a result it has only old music on it because it ...
- Shares They're Not Hovering, They Land
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Hey All, Today I went to another Sichuan University. I actually went twice, once in the morning for a tour, and once in the afternoon to watch a futbol (soccer) game. It was really pretty and fresh, and the game was fun to watch. After, I went to a family friends to eat dinner with some of my c ...
- Shares Missed A Day
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Hey Guys, Sorry for the lack of blog yesterday, I was so tired when I got home and figured I'd catch up this morning instead. Well yesterday we visited a Tibetan school in the morning and the River Water Projects in the afternoon. The Tibetan school was eye opening in that it made me realize the ...
