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Lindy Focus VIII

For the third time in a row, I have finished the year at the happiest place on Earth:  Lindy Focus.  LF is truly a magical place.  I have never been somewhere where so many people from so many different places and backgrounds come together with a more united purpose–dance.  Time at this camp takes a [...]

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The Korean War Memorial & why I love studying Chinese

Once again the months go by without an update, but I had an experience a couple weeks ago that I just wanted to write about.  I’m back at VT for my final year and got back into the groove of things much faster this time than last semester.  Coming back from Asia this time wasn’t [...]

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Korea is Fancy

Wow did the last few weeks fly by or what! I’m now writing from Korea and I didn’t even have time to mention that I left China! So here’s what happened:
July 25:  Went to the Tiger Park in Harbin – got some great photos of tigers that I’ll post soon.
August 4:  Final exam in Chinese [...]

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Tour of Dongbei (North East China)

I just got back from a week of touring through some of the most famous parts of North Eastern China (the region known as “dongbei” or “东北”) so I thought I’d write down all I did in the past 7 days. Here it goes:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday night we all got on a night [...]

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Trip to Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

Well, I’ve been so busy that before I had a chance to write about Harbin, we went on a trip to Inner Mongolia. I’ll have to write about Harbin another time. The trip was from June 19 to 21, 2009. We traveled by train and bus and visited many sites during our [...]

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