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First day and I’m already sick and tired
September 10, 2007
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I was up with the construction workers this morning, excited to be heading off to my first day of school. The anticipation of starting something new made me ignore the stomach cramps, and pass them off to nerves. Arriving at the university with ten minutes to spare, I realized I should have given myself more …
Put Down The Chalk & Pick Up The Language
My road through the Chinese language has been a bumpy one full of roundabouts and dead-ends. In the more than two years I’ve been here I’ve not had any formal Chinese education, and I’ve really no excuse for it. I’m often praised and then quickly chastised by Chinese co-workers on my level of Chinese. When …
