tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66508465571754803062024-02-07T14:04:40.851+01:00Ve's VoyageThis is the continuation of my blog. The voyage continues in Beijing, P.R. China.
Old caption: This is the first blog that I have created. It is for the purpose of documenting and sharing, my exchange trip to Budapest, Hungary for my Junior year of high school!Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-21121472896996672912012-08-17T05:18:00.000+02:002012-08-17T05:19:29.651+02:00Friday, August 17, 2012Finals and graduation on Friday. We start our trip home on Saturday. I should be back in Maine by sometime Sunday.Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-87973741482072093872012-08-08T02:48:00.000+02:002012-08-09T17:30:48.794+02:00Tuesday, August 7, 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are about to buckle down and prepare for finals. Everyone is sick though, so it's going to be a challenge. The air here makes it difficult to recover once you've got something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took me two tries, but I finally found the <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Houhai</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> Lake district. That's where these photos were taken. You can tell that it's a tourist area by the English on the signs. </span></span></div>
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</div>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-48447921144284103842012-08-06T16:36:00.000+02:002012-08-06T16:36:12.766+02:00Sunday, August 5, 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I visited
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-9090426307736379682012-08-05T00:57:00.002+02:002012-08-05T20:53:19.398+02:00Saturday, August 4, 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Hello! Sorry it has been a while since I have last posted, but I haven't really had any internet access, boo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">I learned that for about the past 10 years, if you are a parent who was born without siblings, and your spouse is also, the government will let you have two children. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">We just got back from the Chinese Acrobatics show! Which was the best thing ever! They did some really crazy things; lots of fake accidents. My favorite was this double sided spinning wheel that two guys got on and did crazy things. Kind of hard to explain, I know a lot of my friends took pictures that I can eventually link.</span></span><br />
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There are a few things about Beijing that are very unlike the United States. Construction is one of them. Everything, and I mean everything, is under construction. I'm used to there being a lot of road and construction projects at home during the summer, but here it's so much more. There are also anomolies that make you wonder what's going on. For example, while we were walking to the flea market, we noticed that there as a pattern of large holes in the sidewalk for an extensive distance. Upon inspection, we discovered that the holes opened into deep nothingness below the sidewalk. Why are there holes? We just don't know.<br />
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Cars are the other issue here. There are simply too many of them. The city is intensely congested, even though access to owning a private vehicle seems to be restricted by a lottery of some sort. Traffic is tight and dangerous.<br />
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Most people have heard of China's one child policy, but I have, interestingly, been told that it's not true and that many families have more than one child. I can't account for the discrepancy. I just thought it was interesting.<br />
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And then, there's China's ice cream monetary policy. Really. We were told that ice cream is actually monetary policy. Luxury ice cream (like Hagen Das) is under government control, so buying a bona fide ice cream bar costs about $15. I've been buying a local bar, that has some kind of chocolate like confection in the center, with a thin layer of jam and ice cream. It's yummy, and it's only about 50 cents.<br />
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I tried to watch the Olympic opening ceremonies, but the station that I thought would have it was only reporting from outside of the arena. The Chinese stations are covering their athletes. They cover a greater variety of sports than the US networks cover. There was a lot of excitement about the first gold medal going to a Chinese woman in the air rifle competition.<br />
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After living in a cloud for a week, I decided that I needed to cut my hair off, so I located a salon. Their price schedule was tiered according to the experience level of the person who did the haircut. I tried to buy a medium tiered haircut, but they wouldn't have it. The American had to have the manager. So, I had a shampoo, head massage, and haircut by the top guy in the salon. Now I'm sporting a Chinese hairdo!<br />
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I have three weeks of study remaining, and tomorrow is another day of study. More later.<br />
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<br />Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-58508403146393767412012-07-26T20:35:00.002+02:002012-08-05T20:51:51.229+02:00Thursday, July 26, 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Internet access has become increasingly difficult and is preventing me from updating the blog. For some reason, what used to be 6 hours of internet access is now 15 minutes of access and it's not enough time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I can tell you is that being in Beijing is like being inside a cloud. It's a cloud with a taste too; a bit salty like the ocean, except I know there's no ocean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been working, working, working, and I think everyone is beginning to be exhausted. I'm trying to memorize an essay that I need to know well enough to say out loud tomorrow. Memorization isn't a study technique that any of us have had to use a lot, so it's tough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've decided to leave some of my worn out clothes here in China, and I'm going to refurbish my wardrobe with some new things from Beijing. I think a shopping trip is in order, but I might wait until the cloud thins enough that I can see outside of the building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-5055801035184031542012-07-22T18:07:00.001+02:002012-08-05T20:49:34.956+02:00Sunday, July 22, 2012<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Hello! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I just finished taking my midterm and am waiting to present a skit. We finally have it memorized.
Today I am going to go play badminton with my language partner and some of my classmates! Yay! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">Tomorrow we are going to the Forbidden City!
Sunday everyone wants to go back to the flea market to shop. I might </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">go find the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">history museum at Tiananmen Square. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">wanted to go to the Ming tombs, but the subway line my map told me to</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">take directly there apparently hasn't been built yet. They only sell</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">2015 versions of the subway maps!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;">
I should go study! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">This marks the halfway point of my stay in Beijing! </span><br />
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posted much recently. I have been very busy and have a persistent cold.
Also, most times I try to email the internet fails and I lose everything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Because of this nasty cold, I had to visit the infirmary. Now I’ve
have had the experience of being prescribed traditional Chinese medicine, which
tasted awful, by the way. Hopefully, this thing will pass soon so that I will be healthy for testing this week.<br />
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On Friday, went to the ruins of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace">Summer Palace</a>, lots if lotus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Saturday, we went to
the Great Wall! It was fantastic! Check out the photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sunday, a bunch of us
took a cab to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Zoo">National Zoo</a> to see pandas, and there were pandas! We thought
we had seen the panda exhibit, then there was another, and another, and
another. There were different kinds of them. It was pretty cool to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I accompanied a few of
my MoHo classmates to McDonalds, where I had pineapple juice. This McDonalds
actually offers delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I’ve had a couple of
funny cultural experiences. When we went to the museum, I had my water bottle
in my bag. The guards made me drink it to prove that it was just water. I’ve had
my photo taken by random Chinese people. Every time our group stops for a
photo, all of the people nearby step up and take a photo of us too. I’ve also been
stopped on the street and asked to pose for photos. I guess photos of American’s
are desirable. On the subway once, a man told another man to get out of his
seat so that I could sit there. People are very friendly. American logos are
everywhere; American flag emblems, NYC hats, NBA t-shirts, and Mickey Mouse on
everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Living in the dorms is
fairly comfortable. We have more amenities than the people in the other BLCU
dorms seem to have. One of those amenities is TV. I’ve been watching a cartoon called
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dxMKtFhfu8">Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf</a>. I’ve also found a game show that has people
from various countries dressed in costume who go into a bullring and challenge
a bull. It’s rather violent and quite strange. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I went to the market
and managed to haggle in Chinese. The result is that I bought a very nice skirt at a good price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Off to bed now. Hoping my
head clears. I’ll share more when I can.<br />
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Ve</span><br />
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">I have finally found a reasonably priced place whose food is pretty good. The guy who runs it is very loud, but in a good, understandable way. No extra words, "vegetables, don't put meat." </pre>
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">Everyone seems beat today, maybe it's because it was so hot yesterday when our language partners took us out into Beijing. We went to see the Olympic Stadium yesterday. The Bird's Nest was pretty nice. I liked the courtyard in front. It has a really cool view of all the freaky new buildings that have been built recently in Beijing. The <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34622011@N08/5063188966/">IBM building</a> is weird. I dont know why they built it that way. </pre>
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">Yesterday was really hot and we walked a lot. Hopefully, since it's supposed to rain a lot, it will just get better. </pre>
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">On Monday, we painted, which was great because now I know how to draw pandas. Expect to see them on everything!
Tomorrow, I am going to go scout out the zoo. Everyone seems to want to go see the pandas with me, so there are going to be a lot of crazed MoHos at the zoo on Sunday.
Oh, and this weekend we are going to the Great Wall! Yay!</pre>
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">Hi! I am having a break and there is internet, so here's a quick update. I went to the <a href="http://www.chinamuseums.com/nationalm.htm">National Museum of China</a> yesterday, and I went with everyone to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798_Art_Zone">798 Art District</a> on Saturday. The art district was kind of disturbing. Weird statues... More later!</pre>
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<pre style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;">Ve</pre>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-55564617494794952282012-07-04T18:23:00.005+02:002012-07-10T04:34:46.949+02:00Wednesday, July 4, 2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">Two days ago we had our
first culture class, mask making. Somehow they thought that an hour would be enough.
Three hours later the hoard of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>MoHo
perfectionists finished our masks. They were all very beautiful, but the professors
weren’t so happy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">Afterwards, we all went out to what is probably
the only pizza buffet in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>China
to celebrate a birthday. None of the regular restaurant goers knew what to
think about us loudly singing Happy Birthday. It was pretty good though, my
body needed some wheat, I think.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yesterday, our language partners took us out into
the city. We wanted to go to an old street with only tea shops, but our
professor said it<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was too
far. So we went in good Beijing fashion to the mall. Most<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>people went to the flea market
though. Maybe next week, I’ll try my<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>hand
at bargaining there. Who wants to bet that I fail dismally?</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yesterday, at lunch, I accidentally bought just
about the most expensive<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>dish
in the cafeteria, spicy hot pot. But looking back it was only about $3.50. A
word of caution though, just because it looks like tofu<span class="apple-converted-space">, that </span>doesn’t mean it is tofu. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">W</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">e started the new textbook today. My brain is
going to explode, but in 20 minutes I am off to calligraphy</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background-color: white;">class!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> I should
probably get a move on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bye! Ve</span></span></div>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-77134308090689848752012-07-01T18:20:00.002+02:002012-07-10T04:37:55.536+02:00Sunday, July 1, 2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">So this weekend has been
very busy. Friday, I learned how the subway</span> worked after acquiring a map of Beijing. I took it to
an enormous temple in the center of Beijing, <a href="http://www.kinabaloo.com/yonghegong.html">Yonghegong Temple</a>. There was a lot
of incense, I took photos, unfortunately I can’t send them.<span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">Saturday, I took the
subway to a museum labeled on my map. It was free for students! Only two exhibits
were open though, out of seven. The first floor was calligraphy, and the second
was a huge exhibit of handmade traditional Chinese toys from the 80s. Lots of
two headed tigers :-)</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">Taking the subway back was
just fine, but I exited on the wrong side and ended up physically blocked from
the street that I needed in order to walk back to my dorm. I could see
it, but I couldn’t get there. I </span>ended up taking a taxi out of
frustration. Taxis are very cheap here, so it didn’t matter very much, but I’m
still confused about why they didn't build a connection across the bridge.<span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">Saturday night we went as
a group to the Beijing Opera. It was a lot </span>funnier than I expected.
I will explain more about it another time. On the tables (we had front row table
seats, very classy) were tons of Chinese snacks, which were all great. There
was also a martial art tea server who did a crazy trick with the tea pot while
he poured our tea :-)</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So now it is Sunday and I need
to do all of my homework. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">~Ve</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-32451168540576767042012-06-28T07:24:00.001+02:002012-07-10T04:38:21.054+02:00Yay! Apparently the internet works today, which is good :-) I'm in the library again. I need to make corrections to my essay. We have two mid-terms tomorrow, the best.... But, yesterday I went on an adventure to the mall down the street. It's a huge building and I walked all around. Very confusing, like a building full of Forever Twenty One clothes, except they are all designer. On the top floor, I found some very bored-looking manicurists, so I got my nails painted purple. It was great. They thought I was funny though. After that, I tried to do homework, but only got through 2 hours, so his morning I had to wake up at 4 to finish. This is going to be a long couple of months. Off to study more!Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-66144474183946727332012-06-25T14:48:00.001+02:002012-06-26T16:36:07.959+02:00June 25th<div>
Awesome, I finally managed to post something. I have been desperately searching for internet. There is a very nice (but always packed) cafe on the main floor of my ginourmous dorm which has wifi, but I couldn't get it to work. I have been to a bunch of other places as well, but I finally had to find the library and gain access to a student's login to access this very shaky service.<br />
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Anyway, after my grocery store adventure we had orientation where I had my first taste of authentic Chinese food, some kind of eggy birthday cake with loads of strange fruit on top. Food here is interesting, to say the least. Nothing tastes the way you expect. Hot things are cold, sweet things turn out bitter, and things that look solid enough are not chopstick friendly. So far, I like hot cucumber salad and pijiu. Though tomorrow I'm having black beans, because who would have thought that the store would have enormous fill-your-own-bags of cheap cheap black beans.<br />
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Today was the first day of classes. I think that class will be fine, the same as at MHC but faster. The best part of it though is that our language partners. Today they took us around campus (enormous) to find things such as the bank, post office, convenience store, and internet. Most of my clsssmate's bought a cable to connect to an internet service in their rooms, so far not too great for them either.<br />
We all have been eating at the cafeteria, mostly, which is arranged by price; cheap stuff on the first floor and then fancy Japanese, Korean, etc. food on the top floor. Yesterday I got some tofu to go with my cauliflower and rice. Not happening again. At the cafeteria there are millions of options. You point at stuff and they load it onto your plate. It's great. All the noodles seem to have meat though :-( <br />
Beijing is 12 hours different from EST, so when its 8pm here, its 8 am in Maine. Right now I'm in the library, on what looks like an abandoned floor.... actually most of them look abandoned... but no ones kicked me out so far :-) I did get a good scare when a cat wandered around the corner :-) CATS CAN ROAM THE LIBRARY!<br />
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I am going to go now before its to dark to find my way back, zaijian!!!!!</div>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-46303519248908495322012-06-25T14:08:00.001+02:002012-07-10T04:40:42.775+02:002nd day in china-June 24th<div>
Ni hao, ma! Sorry that it has taken me so long to post anything, it's nearly impossible to find internet here. Phones don't seem to work normally either, which makes any form of contact difficult.<br />
So, the plane trip was exceptionally uneventful. Los Angeles was gross though and the people decidedly unfriendly, but it was over in a mere 30 hours. When we arrived in Beijing we took some teeny train to get our luggage, and got picked up by a BLCU graduate student and very disgrunteled cab driver. <br />
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Then we got to the dorm, driving through crazy amounts of bikes and pedestrians, we met our professor, and were seen to our rooms. Zero happened in the day and a half that I spent in my room besides a lot of Chinese game shows and reality tv :-)<br />
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That morning, after being up all night, I went on a quest to find a grocery store. Several miles and mistaken attempts later, I found a gaggle of Chinese women with shopping bags after wandering aimlessly through some building for a while.<br />
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Happiness Mart, as it is called, had all the worldly possessions I could have asked for at roughly 1/5 the American price. Besides the shampoo and dinner plate I purchased, there were onions at 3 for 50c, a whole head of cabbage for the same price, and much more! So great! The one thing that really has surprised me is the distinct lack of tea sold. You can buy Lipgon or Lipton. Take you pick.<br />
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Zaijian :DVehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-68530314895620237702012-06-19T16:08:00.001+02:002012-06-19T16:08:07.783+02:002 days<div><p>Off to China this Thursday! I have my first tablet to bring with me, very exciting :-) The packing has begun.</p>
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<br />Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-80662641722701114762012-06-04T03:36:00.001+02:002012-06-04T03:36:20.940+02:00Hello world! Been a long time since I have posted on here, 4 years in fact. Last time I was abroad Obama had just come into office, the banking crisis was just beginning, and we were still in the 00's. The caption of this blog is in for some changes, Budapest is in my past and Beijing is in my future. I will embark on my next abroad experience on the 21st of this month, traveling 2 days with a friend until my arrival in China's capital. There I will spend 2 months learning Mandarin and exploring the blossoming nation of China. This country is on the precipice of global supremacy. China is destined to climb the global market and arrive at the top as a world superpower. It is already of huge importance, but for anyone wishing to learn a useful language, German and French are dying and Chinese is growing. I am recreating this blog to encourage others to become interested in the Chinese market and Chinese language. China has much to offer economically and culturally and any with an interest in the growing economic importance of the Asian continent may find my stay in Beijing of interest.Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-41728619739193373542009-07-14T00:37:00.002+02:002009-07-14T00:42:56.997+02:00Yes, it's officially over. Thats seriously hard for me to wrap my head around. Wow.<br /><br />But its not really the end, there are still AFS meetings, camps, future studies abroad, and facebook to keep me connected to it all.<br /><br />The return trip went by like a haze, one moment I was sitting on the never-ending flight from Budapest to Zurich, and then I had a seat on Swiss Air to JFK NY. Possibly the worst part was the wait in JFK airport. 6+ hours because my flight was delayed a bit, and the knowlege that most of the other AFSers around the world were already home and I would probably never see them again.<br /><br />Someday though. Going on an exchange is an experience that cant ever be duplicated. Nothing can compare to how you feel the first month or the last. It might feel like a dream for the most part, but it will forever remain one of the most impotant years of my life.<br /><br />Vera BP 08/09Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-90693078338260391392009-07-02T16:35:00.003+02:002009-07-03T00:10:59.456+02:00<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sziasztok</span>,<br /><br />Today has been a pretty quiet kind of day. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> attempting to finish a book before I leave. I went out to walk around a bit, last real day in Budapest and all that. We are heading off to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Szirák</span> tomorrow afternoon, so tonight might well be the last night I spend here. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">That's</span> depressing, but I will come back. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> really doubt that somehow. <div><br /></div><div>Tonight I am going to a Bangladeshi restaurant with some people. Tomorrow more of the same <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">maybe</span>. The Rotary exchangers are all gone now. Time has really flown.</div><div><br /></div><div>No more news. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> really excited!</div><div><br /></div><div><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ve</span></div>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-31467744007738439662009-07-01T16:09:00.004+02:002009-07-01T21:53:13.042+02:00<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sziasztok</span>!<br /><br />So the thermal baths were awesome! There were lots of different kinds of pools, hot cold, warm, mineral, and more things I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> even know! In one was this circular wall that contained a whirl pool, slightly dangerous and full of human missiles, but FUN! Then there was one <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">entirely</span> for swimming, one with fountains, and one set at 10 degrees <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Celsius</span>, or cold! We went into the sauna for a while (burned our feet sufficiently) then plunged into the freezing pool. There was a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">French</span> girl looking at the pool and the people in it like they were out of their minds. You numb right up afterwards though. Next to the saunas were salt caves, you are supposed to sit in them for a long time, but we just had a look.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Szécsényi</span>, the bath we went to, is supposed to be one of the best in Budapest, it was really great. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Maybe</span> some day I will go to a Turkish bath too or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">maybe</span> not. They're a bit more nude in those I'm told.<br /><br />Today, I walked around Budapest for a while, but it was really hot so I came back.32 degrees! HOT! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> glad that I will miss the real temperatures in Budapest this summer, I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> know if I would survive.<br /><br />The last preparations for my trip back home are still underway, I have a feeling it's going to be a mad rush right up until the very last second. Hope everything works out, see everyone back in the USA soon!<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ve</span>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650846557175480306.post-80274194590994153282009-06-30T11:52:00.004+02:002009-07-01T01:03:08.639+02:00<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sziasztok</span>!<br /><br />So, I have been back from Romania for a while now. It was a really good trip. I should go back someday. We <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> get to see Bucharest.<br /><br />The final countdown is going now, only five days left. Everything is in a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">kerfuffle</span> though, I can't figure out what airline <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> going on o<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">r</span> how much stuff I am allowed to bring with me. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Maybe</span> I will try to ship some of my books. I have been living with Charlotte since I got back. My other host family had to go off for the summer. We spent some time up in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Szirák</span> and we went to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Szentendre</span>, lots of museums.<br /><br />Today I will be going to a thermal bath, finally. I can't believe it's taken me all year to get around to it. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Yesterday,</span> we toured around the old <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Jewish</span> district. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span>, five days and I will be on a plane! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Szia</span>,<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ve</span>Vehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955171811530674088noreply@blogger.com0