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Insufficient Planning

It is freezing in Beijing and I did NOT bring enough warm clothes. Spending last fall semester in D.C. has inappropriately skewed my perception of fall weather (see: Pulling out the peacoat in late November) and my only source of comfort is the recently-acquired 149 kuai 毛毯 from Carrefour. I was pretty scandalized by the […]

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

You’d be surprised by the quantity and variety of these desserts in China. My father’s side of the family is Chinese so I thought I was pretty well acquainted with them, the sorts that come in fours inside elaborately decorated tin cans shipped from Hong Kong and bought at Chinese supermarkets in Flushing. Two weeks […]

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 […]

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 […]

Class of 2010 Group Photo

With the exception of just one

who is back in the States to go to a wedding, we are now all here, fifteen strong, safe and sound in Beijing.  I think we’re adjusting fairly well to living here.  This morning was the first time I successfully woke up after 4:30 a.m. and I made it to the dining hall without pulling […]

First 2010ers arrive at Beida!

As of this morning, Andrew Kang and I are officially the first 2010 CAPS students to move into the Peking University dorms. Our program liason met us this morning with maps and brochures, getting us into the dormitories in Shaoyuan with a reasonable minimum of hassle. If you’re a CAPS student reading this, we’re on […]

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