A week of ups and downs - July 9-12, 2012


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July 16th 2012
Published: July 18th 2012
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Monday, July 9 was the day of my big presentation to my department about Mississauga, Niagara-on-the-Lake and how they compare to Hai Ning, the growing suburban city I went to visit. I spent the morning polishing up the presentation and practicing, and I presented in the afternoon. It took about 1.5 hours to present, since there often need to be translations, explanations, and questions from the c... Read Full Entry



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Dafne's lunchDafne's lunch
Dafne's lunch

that was a good lunch yum
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18th July 2012
Fernanda, Dafne and Jeff with famous Chinese poems

not poems
but from Great Learning (one of the Four Books). The Four Books and Five Classics (simplified Chinese: 四书五经; traditional Chinese: 四書五經; pinyin: Sìshū Wŭjīng) are the authoritative books of Confucianism in China written before 300 BC.
25th July 2012
Memories of USC: too many bikes!

bikes!
the row of bikes is awesome

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