Laughter is the best medicine for China

July 13th 2012
To survive China, one of the most important things is to remember to LAUGH. It's very easy to get frustrated when surrounded by 1.3 billion people with a very different culture and language than your own. Especially since, quite frankly, Chinese customs do come off as rude by Western standards. But it's much, much more fun (and much less heart attack-inducing) to just laugh. For example, m ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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This blog was created in 2007 when I headed to Perth, Western Australia for a year-long study abroad program. There are still lots of great stories and pictures from that trip, though I got way behind on my blogging and the stories end abruptly in September, 2007 (I was in Aus until Christmas Eve!) Although I've traveled a lot since then, I left this blog in a state of neglect for several years. But I figured another school-related international adventure was a reason to get things started again! In August 2011, I packed up my car and made the drive from my hometown of Toronto to the sunny ... full info

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