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By twong
September 26th 2007

First's for everything..

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terracotta warriors

bear with me...my first entry on a foreign site =) (ah, i miss having xanga..) ....already it has been almost 2 months in Beijing, wow. so much to say, so much to soak up, and even still, there is still so much more... I arrived in Beijing, August 9th, jetlagged and all. Couldn't believe I would be spending 5 months studying at UIBE, also known as "dui jing mao da xue." Right away, our "TBC" program of 120 people from all over the states got us started on introducing us to the city and our upcoming silk road trip, full days [View Full Entry]

By Brina904
September 25th 2007

Mid Autumn Festival

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Entrance to the Temple

I haven’t written anything for a while because for the most part I’ve been focusing on classes. And my classes are pretty much consuming my life, but in a mostly good way. In this blog, I am just going to catch everyone up on what’s been happening in the last few weeks all in one post. First of all, I am finally learning some real Chinese. More than just the few words I needed to order food and greet people. I also know the name of my university - “dui wei jing mao da xue” - in Chinese and could use [View Full Entry]

Stone Thing with Stone Tablet on his Back

By MariaAbroad
September 24th 2007

Buddha Temple in Beijing

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Lama Temple 1

I really must say that Beijing is getting better every week so far. This week I had a few first-timers of some things that were mentioned in my previous blog… Of course, by now I believe that anything is possible in China, but I was still surprised when I saw them live and with my own eyes. A few days ago, I had my first encounter with the bottom-less pants for babies and toddlers. I was sitting in a restaurant, eating food I did not know what it was, and this lady picked up her son to carry him to the [View Full Entry]

By MariaAbroad
September 17th 2007

You know you have been in China too long when...

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Hi everybody, I did not make this up on my own, but I found it on the Facebook China Network and I think it is absolutely worth sharing it. Those of you, who have spend some time in China will nod in approval, and those of you who have never been to this crazy yet wonderful country will shake their head in disbelief... You know you have been in China too long, when... 1. You’re at an expensive western restaurant and don’t even notice the guy at the next table yelling into his cell phone 2. You enjoy karaoke 3. You [View Full Entry]

By MariaAbroad
September 16th 2007

All scorpions or what?

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Wangfujing 1

Week one in China - and what an interesting one, too!!! This week was my first week of fulltime internship at Winglong PTY, and now I am actually quite busy. My coworkers had the great idea, that I could help them with their translations from Chinese to English. Just for the record, I have only studied Chinese for one week now!!! But they have this great program that shows you the different meanings of the Chinese characters, so I am sitting in front of my computer with a screen full of Chinese characters and try to build meaningful sentences (or should [View Full Entry]

By Sister Katie Salsa Booty
September 15th 2007

I'm in China!

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Hey guys and gals! I am happy to report that I am alive and well in a lovely hostel in central Beijing. My flight over here was nothing exciting. I chatted with the lovely lady, Sheri, who was sitting next to me, managed to squeeze out 6 hours of sleep and ate some tasty airline food. Boy oh boy, good times! When I walked off the plane, I was greeted by a hallway which had posters of Jackie Chan holding a visa card plastered everywhere. I wanted to take a picture with Mr. Chan but I don't think the grumpy people [View Full Entry]

By Mewwitt
September 10th 2007

No Time Like The Present

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Great Wall
Absolutely gorgeous day on the wall

As i sit at the desk in my room in my apartment in China, I gaze out the window at the scene 18 stories below me. The children at the bilingual school near my apartment complex are circled around the flagpole as the Chinese national anthem blares from the loudspeakers and the national flag is jerkily raised to the top of the pole by bright-eyed youngsters. The never-ceasing sounds of construction crash through the still-cool morning air as silver-haired women begin their morning exercises and grandchildren watch from strollers parked nearby. Recently, a Chinese flute player has been added t [View Full Entry]

By Brina904
September 8th 2007

First Week of School and my Birthday!

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Hello Everyone! It has been a little while since my last blog entry, but I haven't been up to much since we got back from our trip. Classes have just started up and so far they are a blast. My Chinese language class has about eight people in it and we spent the first three classes working on pronunciations and tones. Chinese is a lot harder of a language to learn because it is written in characters and not a phonetic alphabet. That means you have to know what the sign means and how to pronounce it from memory... you can't [View Full Entry]

By MariaAbroad
September 8th 2007

Working in China

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my office building

Yesterday was my first day at work and I also met with my Chinese teacher for my first lesson. At around 10:00 AM, I met with my Chinese language teacher Mr. Wang. I am working at Winglong PTY, an Australian company that helps to strengthen the relationship between Australia and China. The company was founded by David Fu, my boss, who had moved to Australia for his studies and never left. Currently he is jetting constantly between Beijing and Sidney, where the headquarter of Winglong is located. The company has two main services: First, they organize tours for politicians, businesspeople [View Full Entry]

By MariaAbroad
September 7th 2007

Arriving in China

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bedroom 1

http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_515.html Me and my crazy ideas… A few months ago, I could not sleep while I was with my friend in Los Angeles, so as usual, I thought about my future. Even though I am currently studying abroad in San Diego at The California School of International Management, I thought that another country on my resume would certainly improve my chances of getting a killer job later on in my career. So I was trying to figure out my next move in life, and because my life is soooo boring anyways, I decided to give it some additional pep. Since I [View Full Entry]

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