New Years Resolution

I guess the best way to represent my 6 month mark in China is to reflect once again on some things. First I’ll say this: how many 22 year olds can say that they’ve made a decision that changed their life forever, in which they live in another country, renting their own apartment, holding a …

Worst Week Ever

This could quite possibly be the worst week I’ve ever had. I found out that my friend Wan Xia (English name is Dreamy, but I call her by her Chinese name) quit her job and moved across the river. My friend Ali was robbed and lost his cellphone and about $100, which is a HUGE …

Not Chinese?

Sorry it’s been a few days.. I just didn’t have anything to write about.. so today I woke up at 9 (which is unusually late for me) and made a conscious decision to brave the cold and walk to the gym, which I arrived at around 10:30. By noon I had no energy left. I …

Crazy Chinese Taxi

So if you didn’t think China could get any crazier.. last night took the cake. Mark and I went out to Hankou last night with Matt, Nick, and Fey to the night market. While there I bought 2 pairs of gloves: one with wool on the inside and is form-fitting, and the other is a …

Australia!

So for the past few weeks my Aussie mates Matt and Nick have been talking about a spring vacation to either the Philippines or Australia. After whatever considerations they made, they decided and we completely agreed on Australia. I decided right now that I’m going to say Australia at least once in every sentence. Okay …