JLim

We had to wake up early in order to catch our flight to Beijing. It was said to leave Nanjing because by then we knew our trip was coming to an end. Our flight left Nanjing at 9 am and we flew China Eastern Airlines. I sat near the back of the plane with Camille and a local Chinese girl named Kate who was going to Beijing for business. I worked on my blog for a little bit during the flight. When we arrived at Beijing, Kate and I started to talk. I was able to practice my Chinese with her which was great. I was able to hold a conversation from the jetway to the baggage claim, which was self-satisfying. We exchanged QQ numbers afterwards and I keep in touch with her to this day. ... read more

Today we had our tour and meeting at China Pharmaceutical University. We started out morning with the key lab opening ceremony on the Xuanwumen Campus. Dr. Gu and Dr. Floriddia exchanged some opening words and each of them gave a presentation on China Pharmaceutical University and University of the Pacific respectively. Listening to Dr. Gu's presentation about China Pharmaceutical University was mind blowing. China Pharmaceutical University was established in 1986 and was incorporated with the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy. CPU has a lot of school departments which was quite impressive. They have a school of pharmacy, traditional Chinese pharmacy, life science and technology, international pharmaceutical business, high vocational education, and continuing educations. CPU offers research programs in medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical analys... read more

On Monday we woke up around 7:30 to get ready to go to SFO. We stopped by Burger King on the way and I ate my usual 2 egg and cheese croissanwhichs. I couldn't sleep well the night before either because I was too excited or I was still in the funk of sleeping poorly during finals week. We arrived at the airport a little before 10 am. My parents decided to wait around until 10:30 for the rest of the group. After I said good bye, I checked in at the counter. After the entire group showed up, we went through security. Going through security was definitely more intense than it was the last time I was at the airport. The have this new metal detector that scans your entire body. My 白人的朋友 didn't have ... read more

The day after Wuzhen, I met up with my Chinese friend Minchao who just came back from studying abroad in Germany. We met at the Bailian Shi Mao International Center for dinner. She brought along her friend Irene who studied English Literature at Fudan. We went back and forth talking in Chinese and English. We ate duck, chicken, and fish. After dinner, we decided to go to a convenient store to grab some beers. I saw Snow Beer in the fridge so I decided to drink that since I could not find it in the states for the past year. We stopped at a KFC to find a table since it had A/C. We talked a lot of culture differences. At around 1am, Minchao's parents were driving around in the area and asked if I wanted ... read more

Silas woke up and left in the morning at 8am to go to work. He let me stay at his place until I had to go to the airport. I did laundry the night before at his place, so I packed away the clothes that I washed. I said good bye to Silas and he gave me the key and told me to lock up the place and put the key under the mat. I took a shower and made sure that I had everything packed. On my way out, I wrote a note to put with the key under the mat. I walked outside of the apartment complex with my 50L backpack and laptop bag. I crossed the street and was able to flag down a taxi. The taxi driver knew exactly where I wanted ... read more