First off, Beijing is very smoggy. Sometimes I find it hard to breathe but it’s not too terrible. Hopefully it won’t become too big of a problem in the coming months. People on this program are amazing so far. Last night we had dinner as a group at the dining hall where we were served cheese pizza. Quite the change from our American cuisine we were all so used to. However, it was in fact, a different taste. I also learned how to say Coca-Cola in Chinese (“cuu-leuh”). The language barrier is already prevalent but I believe it will serve an even greater reward in the end. I just hope I don’t get lost anywhere yet without any knowledge of the campus, let alone the language. Although, there are several English speaking students here aside from
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