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| Learning to play mahjong |
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| Visit to National Museum of China |
Beijing opera mask, as painted by my friends
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At a traditional tea house for a farewell dinner with my host family
(While I lived in a dorm during the HBA program, I visited with them on weekends and for the Dragon Boat Festival to eat the best meal in China I've ever had.) |
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Live shows during the meal displaying traditional Chinese culture, such as dancing, instruments, kung fu, opera, magicians, and tea pouring
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While in Beijing I was able to meet up with Lily (张天骄), my
Chinese host sister from three years ago in Chengdu. She now goes to
college at MSU in Michigan, which she says is incredibly different and more
intense than what college would've been like in China. Even going to
school in the States she still almost exclusively spends her time with other
Chinese nationals, so her spoken English is still far out shadowed by her
written academic English (a common phenomenon with students from China).
I also learned that only about one or two applicants from the entire city
of Beijing are admitted to Yale every year.
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| 2012 |
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| 2012 |
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| 2015 - Lily and I today |
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