Happy Thanksgiving! I'm back in good Ole' US of A. Happy to see family but missing my China friends as well. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blogs. I loved reading your comments. Till my next adventure, Zai Jian! <3 Sarah [View Full Entry]

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As I enter the last 20 days of this trip I am reminded of things very unique to China that I will not have when I get home. The following is a list of things I will miss.....and some things I won't. First off, what I wont miss. Now if you thought coming to China takes guts just wait until you try some of the food. Food Consumed: Chicken Sausages Salted Duck....roasted, steamed and baked Cow Stomach Bean Curd aka Dofu....Japan has Tofu Calamari aka squid Duck head Duck neck Bamboo Shoot Red bean and milk popsicles: red bean and milk, [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday I finally did something I've thought about doing ever since I arrived in Nanjing. I climbed Purple Mountain! For one reason or another; the heat, too busy, too tired, work, too many people (National Holiday)....I have put off going. Yesterday morning I met up with Shirley from Jin's Cafe (if you've been reading my blogs I went to a water park with her awhile ago), and we took a bus to the base of the mountain. Then we walked up a winding road about 1 1/2 to 2 miles. I thought it was fairly crowded considering it was about 9am. [View Full Entry]

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Throughout my stay in China I have had frequent run ins with Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is more popular than western medicine here which I was very surprised by, seeing as I believe Western medicine to be much more efficient. Although... I'm sure there is something to Chinese medicine or so many people wouldn't use it! Judge for yourself. Commonly Accepted Chinese beliefs and practices: Eating noodles will help you live longer. ...because noodles themselves are long Taping magnets to your wrists will increase blood flow and relieve swelling and pain Abstaining from beer for a [View Full Entry]

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Wedding Bells Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a Chinese wedding. I was the Best Man’s date so I got to see and experience a lot. The wedding was a blast and a very unique experience so I thought I’d write a little about it. o The wedding day started early in the morning and traditional ceremonies took place throughout the day I’m not sure what that all entails because I just took part in the reception and the day activities are just for the wedding party. After all of the day activities a big reception is held in the [View Full Entry]

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8-Day Vacation Preface: #1 Warning this entry is long. It will take you a good 20 min. #2 Frequent grammatical and spelling errors do occur. #3 For those concerned (Mom) that I am not making the most of experiencing Chinese food FYI I am allergic to MSG a common food additive here. #4 I have received the least amount of mail from family and friends out of all the interns here, also some of you promised to come visit me…..I’m just sayin. #5 Packages and letters via snail mail are greatly appreciated. ☺ #6 Sarah Jay Purdue Intern Rm 1407, Jinling [View Full Entry]

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Over the past weeks I have been on several trips. Here are a few brief synopses of my travels which include; Wuxi, Shanghai, New Years Park, and just last weekend Suzhou. The Wuxi Hold Wuxi Wuxi Wuxi….. All I heard about in August was Xuxi. For those of you that are avid Disney fans Kung Fu Panda came out this summer and in the movie the Panda learns The great Wuxi Finger Hold! A Kung Fu move only taught to Kung Fu masters! Also, Wuxi is apparently known for it’s “world famous” peaches and beautiful city. All us interns took an [View Full Entry]

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Jinling Hotel My stay in China is all thanks to a joint effort made by Purdue and Jinling Hotel. The program is an exchange program. Jinling Hotel takes care of 6 Purdue HTM students for 5 months. Purdue receives 25 employees from Jinling Hotel for 1 month. The 25 employees receive training, classes, and tours. The Purdue Interns receive full training in 4 major hotel departments, 11 credits from the Nanjing Institute of Tourism, and food, room, and travel, in exchange for our hard work and a research project. So far I have worked 2 weeks at the front desk, 2 [View Full Entry]

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Nanjing Tour 8:15AM the interns and I met Shirley and her assistant Alison in the hotel lobby. We proceeded to a Jinling bus, which would take us to every location we were to visit. First stop the Nanjing Massacre Museum. This museum commemorates the 300,000 people in Nanjing that were raped, murdered, tortured, and pillaged, for 6 weeks by the Japanese during WWII. The museum was very well put together it is thought to be so powerful that it is comparable to the Holocaust museum. It was an interesting yet sobering experience. To this day the Japanese government does not recognize [View Full Entry]

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The Massage Massacre After a long LONG week working my feet were killing me and I was anxious to get out of the hotel. Vince, a past intern, had left the previous week for the U.S. However, his wife Margaret who I have met on multiple occasions had to stay behind because she is still waiting for her Visa. So I gave her a call and met her to get a massage. Unfortunalty it was impossible for me to find a place that just did foot massages so we ended up going back to the first place I went with the [View Full Entry]

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