Our apartments are in the South Building of campus. There is a big gate that is locked every night that guards the back courtyard area. We are looked after by the shirfu. He lives in the little hut in the courtyard with glass windows. The courtyard has several plastic chairs (like an old bowling alley) and an outdoor pool table (a la Drew Carey). If we are out past 11pm when they lock the gates, we can either wake up the shirfu or climb the wall. The wall in question happens to have shards of glass embedded in the top of [View Full Entry]

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Exactly one week after leaving home, I have finally had a moment to sit down and start my travel journal. Aside from the hectic nature of travel and settling in, I had to find a blog that is not blocked in China. Oh China, you and your censorship. I have so much to share that I don’t even know where to start. This first entry is probably just going to be an explosion of everything that has happened over the last few days. Bear with me. I’ll get better at this, I promise J The Send Off- Mom and I pulled [View Full Entry]

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