After some 21 days, my time in Beijing has come to an end. As I sit in my new Shenzhen apartment (let's call it what it really is, my new dorm room). It's hard to believe that I have been gone from america for 3 weeks, learned some chinese, taught for 2 weeks, taken a 32 two hour train ride, and made some amazing friends. All that said, I pretty tired and since arriving in Shenzhen two days ago, I have gone through a rollcoaster of emotions. Partly, because I have been forturnate to have been blessed with a bout of dirreaha - which left me praying to the imodium gods and in bed for over 24 hours. But mostly because, now for the first time since i left america, am I on my own. Writing
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