Tuesday June 16: In the spirit of becoming more self-sufficient, I took a bus trip to meet Peggy at the McDonald’s near the Silk Market, by myself. She doesn’t live near Bei Wai, so we agreed to meet in the middle. I figured, “Hey, you’ve been there twice right?” Didn’t matter…took the north bound/wrong bus [...]
Mid-term exam! I did pretty good I think. Ran home to download awesome American pride songs for the picnic like “Put me in Coach”, “Proud to be an American”, “Born in the USA”, “America the Beautiful”, etc. Had a great time at the IES sponsored cookout with all the other American students, but decided not [...]
Saturday June 14: ALL day working on this blog thing. First actual day of posts. This is kind of
existential, writing in the present and past tense at the same time. I’m writing this on June 23rd, but
won’t post it until…(see date above). I’m not on drugs.
*Update - Jan 11, 09* I have spent another full [...]
Wednesday: Very excited for the 4th of July. More than I ever have been in the states. Don’t get me wrong, I like the fourth and all the fireworks and stuff. It just is more personal when most everyone around you couldn’t care less.
On the bus, first a man fell asleep on me. Then another [...]
