The last week of college

A few people have asked me what it’s like as a graduating college senior on the cusp of change. Part of me wants to take this post in the direction of reflection–where I’ve been and what I’ve experienced and how I’ve grown. But so much of my mind is focused on the future–both immediate and distant. I am preoccupied with finishing my history paper, with editing my final short film, with Georgetown Day and senior…

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Second Semester Senior

Wow. This is my last semester of college. Starting in June, I will have no more schooling, at least in the foreseeable future, and I will be living in Los Angeles. I’m not entirely sure where I will be working, what I will be doing, and in what sort of place I will be living, but that is part of the adventure and mystery that comprises the life of a second semester senior. I know…

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Senior Year Fall Semester

It’s been a while since I’ve last posted, mainly because I wasn’t sure which direction I should take this website after I had spent the past year using it as a platform for study abroad  updates. But then I remembered that writing requires practice, websites need posts, and there are may be a few people who are still interested in what I’m up to. It’s to you that I write, so here goes… I spent…

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North Korea Video

This was a video I made last October when I visited Dandong, a Chinese city on the border of North Korea, during the National Holiday travel period. I included some footage from Beijing–the shots of Tiananmen Square, the reverse cars in Sanlitun, the beginning shot of the female student trying to pass the guards to go sit with her friends. I included these shots because they were relevant with both the lyrics and message I…

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Conversations with Chinese, Part Four

(Haven’t read “Conversations with Chinese Part One?” Start at the beginning.) “All done,” he said. It was over. We talked about what I was doing in China and Andrea’s relation to me. “She is quite an amazing person,” he said. I agreed. He asked me if I could speak Chinese and I said yes. We then had a conversation in Chinese without me making a mistake (quite a feat). I was sent home with Ibuprofen…

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Conversations with Chinese, Part Three

Andrea told me she was studying at Loyola Chicago this summer and would make a short trip to DC. I told her I would be in DC in July and we agreed that we should meet up. I was so surprised by our conversation. I had written Andrea off long ago for reasons now unknown and not worth remembering. Yet this entire time she had kept a stellar opinion of me, but I had never…

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Conversations with Chinese, Part Two

(Haven’t read the “Conversations with Chinese Part One”? Click here) We entered the United Family Hospital, which is a fantastic hospital in Beijing where the doctors speak English (Western medicine with Western prices). Andrea tried to push me in a wheelchair but couldn’t tackle the hill, so her fiancée took the reigns and ran me up to the entrance. We wheeled down the hall to the emergency room and everyone stared, probably because they had…

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Conversations with Chinese

(Originally I was just going to write about my stupid knee injury. But as I wrote it, it turned into a reflection on my stay in China so far (seven months). I had so much to say, so I broke this post into four separate ones. Enjoy!) At first this post was going to be an all sad and “happiness is fleeting” type of thing. I woke up this morning and thought, “Everything is going…

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Unicorns: Just A Horse With A Stupid Horn On Its Head

It’s the middle of midterms week, which tells me two things: 1) Half the semester is already over; and 2) It’s been half a semester since I updated my blog. A few people have justly complained about this. I responded by postponing posting posts for even longer. The Yunnan trip was incredible and absolutely worth documenting; the problem is I have no desire to go back and write lengthly blog posts about it. And the…

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Yunnan Day One

We left Beijing and headed to Kunming—about a 3 and a half hour flight. The plane was a little delayed so we ended up arriving around 5:30pm (an hour later than planned). We collected our suitcases and headed outside, immediately greeted by the not-so-frigid air (like we had experienced in Beijing). Three buses, 20 people per bus, and we were off driving through the capital city of Yunnan Province. That night we watched the “Dynamic…

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