I’ve returned to my new apartment, and it is awesome. Way better than anything the school could offer, and I’m going to get reimbursed some amount that is greater than what I’m paying! I pay 1000 rmb per month for a place that is comparable or nicer than crossing place at UTK. There are a [...]
The club in Yueyang started at around 8pm. Cherry and I met up with a couple of her high school friends and some of their friends. There is a tremendously generous culture here for guests, and as I was certainly the whitest person they had seen in a while, I didn’t pay for anything. We [...]
In the closing days of my Summer holiday, as I was moving into my new apartment, one of my new room-mates let us know that she would be traveling to visit her family in Hunnan Province a couple of days later. I was a little disappointed with not having made any trips over the break, [...]
Friday Sept 5th: Woke up late with no plans for the day, no objectives or goals of any kind.
I knew for sure, however, that something would happen. I love it about this city, that almost every day you can experience a new place, meet a person from a different part of the world, or be [...]
The past two and a half days all blend together with sleep, not sleep, hiking, being lost hiking, being woken up for dinner, running out of bottled water, YouTube marathoning, real marathon training, failing, skyping, good news, and sitting. I’m going to try a new format and just write on a time line.
Tuesday 2000: I [...]
