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Saturday, March 21, 2009 Hello Everyone As expected, there are many culture differences that I have experienced since my arrival, but am slowly getting used to. For instance, the bathrooms here generally consist of an opening in the ground that … Many of the Chinese people I have met here are excited and fascinated by Americans. Allen (the other student here from my school) and I are the only …

Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Hello Everyone The weather is finally warming up here, so it is more enjoyable to be outside. This weekend we had a three day weekend because of the Chinese holiday 清明 (Qing Ming) Festival, which is … In our culture class we are learning about different types of traditional Chinese medicine, and so far have visited several different types of hospitals. The three most …

Sunday, April 19, 2009 This past week we went to visit a professional Chinese calligrapher to learn about the different types of calligraphy and their progression throughout history. The earliest type of calligraphy is called 篆书 (zhuan shu) which means … I also found out that one of the translations for my name “Michelle” is 米雪儿 (mi xue er), which means “child of the snow.” I found this …

Hello Everyone I just took my last midterm this morning, and hopefully it turned out alright. It was definitely the most challenging test I think I have ever had to take, but I tried my best, and will just have … About two weeks ago my culture class took a trip to the China Siberian Tiger Park. It is the largest tiger park in the world, and is home to Siberian tiger, African lions, jaguars …

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Hola I live in the neighborhood Recreo, but it's more an area of the city than a neighborhood. This part is very very old. All the streets are crooked and some are cobblestoned. Most of the … My host mom Monica came outside to meet me. She's adorable. She speaks absolutely no English. No one in my family speaks English. I got to the house around 11 and was hungry. They …

Sunday, March 08, 2009Hello again I've spent the majority of my days down at the beach with some other American students I met at orientation. The beaches here are small patches where people on the weekends pack in. It’s not … Apparently though, I don't look like a "gringo" to people here. (And just as a side note, gringo doesn't always have a derogatory connotation here. It can, but for the …

Saturday, March 21, 2009Hola I’ve finally adjusted to the eating schedule here. I wake up and have a fairly large breakfast because we don’t eat lunch until about 2 or 3 some days. Dinner is called “once” and it’s served … This was the perfect time to come to Chile. I don’t know much about Pinochet and his time in power, but the country is still experiencing a backlash to his reign. The …

Thursday, April 02, 2009 Hola So I finally have a set schedule I verified it today with the head of International Studies. Here is what I'm taking Danzas Folkloricos This class is split into two sections. The first section is … Gramatica para extranjeros- This class is an advanced Spanish grammar class for foreign students. It’s my smallest class -- there are 12 of us. I think it might be my …

Sunday, April 26, 2009 Hello again About three weekends ago I went to Mendoza, Argentina with two classmates of mine. They ended up being great traveling companions We all had similar ideas as to what exactly we wanted to get … We got into Mendoza around 9:30am to save money and get to check out the city we walked about 20 blocks to our hostel. The city is gorgeous. It’s easy to navigate …