this is my account of the week of horrible catastrophes and luck i endured a week ago today. rest assured that i'm okay now, but this was a learning experiencei guess this stage of the trip started tuesday. james and i split off from a large group at bft and took a taxi to the olympic park, a plac
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may the record show that at this point in time i am insanely and perfectly content.
1) my interview with the director of the beijing playhouse was successful and i got all the information i needed without seeming young, immature, or stiff like i was worried about.
2) i foun
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C is for Confucianism(2009-08-04 09:57:26)
so, right now am in an internet cafe surrounded by guys who all seem to be pals playing warcraft. some things are the same regardless of culture. isn't that nice? i've written 2 blog posts but i can't upload them here so wait a little bit and i'll once more grace the internet with my strange
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i am in a fairytale world of awesomeness. seriously,it almost isn't fair that so many incredible things are happening in the spaceof a few days. let's break it down.
saturday:
* went to the great wall with a great group of friends. ended theincredible hike by s
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"The Man"(2009-07-17 15:52:30)
"the man" is the rather uncreative, but entirely appropriate name for the man in black who wanders the halls of the natural science building in beida. he wears a loose black button-down shirt, black pants, and silver sneakers and carries either a black thermos, portfolio, or jacket casually in his
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Long Awaited Footage(2009-07-16 09:38:51)
i took my life into my own hands and managed to get video of bi laoshi, my chinese music professor, lecturing in all his glory. you will find that i have no exaggerated in my descriptions at all.
we're learning about ancient chinese notation styles. which is why he starts singing "do re
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Haozi in the Hallways(2009-07-15 20:58:29)
proof: you can never be alone in china.
this is an undeniable fact. no matter how many times i try to ensure solitude, the sheer size of the population ensures that there statistically has to be someone bumping elbows with you in the cafeteria, breathing down your neck in the subway, or
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Alma Mater Hail!(2009-07-14 11:07:17)
so what is it like to attend one of the most historic and prestigious colleges in asia/ china? very different from the us.
#1) security and id
because china is obsessed with gates, you need to file through one of the campus gates perfectly aligned on an axis. but the guards w
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thursday night i participated in a long -standing tradition in china. laowai (i hope you're used tothis term. i say it once every 30 minutes at least.... it means foreigner[s]) from every study abroad program and every company across the many cities of china will occasionally feel the need to mak
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okay, i’m trying something different. this blog entry will be typed at my homestay instead of in one of the beida study rooms. i don’t have internet right now, but i will eventually and it will be posted then!
most important updates first: new stories from chinese music! oh bi laoshi,
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