I can't believe it's already June 21st. As expected, the time has flown by. I have had five amazing months here. In this time I have travele to Xian, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Yangzhou, Datong, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chengde, Hohhot, Guilin, Yangshuo, and I have, of course, lived in Beijing. My Chinese has greatly improved, though I still have a LONG way to go. I have pulled the only two all nighters of my entire life, (one of them being last night as I struggled to complete my final 10 page paper and pack up my entire room at the same time). Mostly though, I feel I have learned a lot about people. I find it very humbling to go to other countries and learn that the way you do things isn't necessarily
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