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October 16th 2009

Published: October 16th 2009

Today was supposed to be a light day of a little sightseeing in Wuxi then back to Nanjing. It turned out to be a little different than that. Instead of doing much sightseeing we visited another school in a city south east of Wuxi called Suzhou then we were taken to an ancient house once lived in by a very wealthy and important family. It was nice, but the translation from the tour guide was a l... Read Full Entry

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Mariah Judd

Mariah Beth

I am a PhD candidate at Purdue University and I am traveling to China with the NSF funded GK12 program. Starting in Nanjing/Wuxi to observe and participate in their science education program then to Guangzhou to do collabrative research on rice blast disease. I hope to take a few weekend trips to Shanghi and Hong Kong before returning home. No matter what it is going to be an adventure!!... full info

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Tacos!!!

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Does this shirt make sense to anyone?

Me and the waitress

She was awesome...she gave me a free extra scoop of ice cream!

Bored Ming

Ming got bored on the trip back to Nanjing so he started taking pictures of me zoning out the window.

Me with the cowboy

Oh the life of the Chinese

This has got to be rough!

Oh yeah, I am that good

Heeehee, okay maybe that I did not write that.

16th October 2009

Mama
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Represent Baby!
Loved the Tulsa sweatshirt! Id much rather have a massage in my room than in the spa anyway. sounds like M2 are a lot of fun. That flower picture is incredible. Happy you finally got to have a relaxing dinner with american food, but I can believe you ate the whole fried fish, seriously you ate the tail and gills?

16th October 2009

Peggy
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Mariah, I am sitting here in my office laughing about the day we ate pizza in Pawhuska, and you tried to get something without marinara sauce...and I thought you were like Meg Ryan as Sallie with everything "on the side". I am just very proud of you for surviving the food...brave girl! And, I am glad you got your massage. I thought the Ms should have refused to participate in such a sexist system by not getting their massage in protest, but I see how they are!

16th October 2009

Josh
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Massage of a Lifetime
Glad to hear you were able to get Pizza AND a massage! The new pictures are great, very classy!

16th October 2009

Andrea
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Love this massage story
I knew you would find a way to get a massage - you are so tenacious :) . I love Sophie too. She is wonderful. We are enjoying your blog. You include so many great pictures. Tell Mrs. Felde that we need lots of pictures on her blog. (somehow I can leave her a message) That is what the kids like - pictures! Good luck on the next portion of your trip.

16th October 2009

Aunt Jeannie
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awesome photos
I love reading about your experiences (and living vicariously through you ;-) and the photos are awesome! I went out to dinner Wednesday night and had Greek food but thats as close to traveling that I have done. The weather is beautiful here in Phoenix and tonight I am going to "movies in the park" to see Pretty in Pink so that should be fun. Thank you for sharing and I hope to read more tomorrow morning!

16th October 2009

Dad
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Too much fun
Mariah, Looks like you are having a great time. I think everyone is envious of you and your travels but now Im envious, $ 25 massage, seriously. Sorry I missed your earlier blog but we were driving back from Chicago. Pictures are great but I also want to see the sing and dance video. Keep having a blast. Love Dad

17th October 2009

wanda l.veit
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a day in china
Mariah sounds like you ae having a lot of fun but I guess next week is when the work starts. I love all the pics and the letters so keep them coming. I look forward each evening to get on the computor and read your blog. saw your dad today hope you continue to enjoy your trip. grandma veit

17th October 2009

Mariah Beth
Mariah Judd

Different kind of work
Grandma, the company that I am keeping is making this a great trip, but it has been A LOT of work. We are ambassadors for Purdue and for the USA and for Inquiry based teaching so we have been in A LOT of meetins and toured A LOT of schools...talking each time about inquiry and what our purpose is for coming to China. Tomorrow I leave for Guangzhou to start the research portion of this trip. Yes, it is going to be a lot of work too, but I hope to be able to find the fun in it as well. I can not imagine having this opportunity again so I am more than taking advantage of it.

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