Lost in Musical Translation
One of the things I have been wanting to do since freshman year after declaring the CAPS major was joining the student orchestra at Beijing University. A dork, I know, but I think it’s a cool way to meet other Beida students and work on my Chinese. After failing to navigate through the Beida website […]
Ack, Where Are My Keys?
Hello, I’m Caitlin, I’m another one of the seniors in CAPS, a CAPS/Govt double major. I’m from California (Oakland), and I like long walks on the beach and whispering sweet Chinese chengyu in the moonlight. The four line for the Beijing Subway opens on Monday! Monday. That is just three days away. THREE DAYS. This […]
Oh woe! (a haiku)
Lots of people in China. First day of sale, 买 不到火车票！ Which begs the question, how DO the people who take the train back home to Xi’an for the National Day holiday get the tickets? To be fair, the line to the travel agency right by the 苏州街地铁站 (currently the closest subway stop to Beida) […]
Week 4
真抱歉 for being a terrible blogger — September seemed to come out of nowhere, and with the internship-class pairing, life here felt a bit like pencil-diving into the pool. I feel compelled to say belly-flopping, but that would imply that things have been painful, which they are not. We’re all just busy. Which would probably […]
CAPS 2012 at A3 Welcome Reception
On September 5th, CAPSU hosted an A3 Welcome Reception outside of RPCC for all the A3-interest organizations at Cornell. CAPS 2012 showed up to help promote the major, and there seemed to be a lot of interest in our booth. People thought it was especially cool that CAPS 2011 and 2010 are currently studying in […]