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less than a day I will live in the East. Far from my home and my
culture, my friends and my school. I have been pushing this night to the
back of my mind for so many months it feels more like a daydream
really. I am overwhelmed with the spectrum of emotions. Hope, anxiety,
excitement, stress, fear, and wonder - none of them seem out of place so
close to this new chapter in my life. These butterflies ought to belong
to first dates and roller coasters, not pre-departure checklists. So
what better way to ground myself than to write, and what better way to
write than to share what I see with my friends and family. I have never
blogged before, but I have read a few and I think the bar has been set
sufficiently low that I can pull this off!
I am leaving to study abroad in Beijing, China, at the International
College of Beijing for the Fall 2012 semester. On my new campus 20,000
students from China and around the world come together to learn,
hopefully as much from each other as from the professors. Six of us are
leaving Denver, two economics majors (one being me, of course), two
poli-sci majors, a communications major, and a mathematics major.
Already Chinese students are contacting us, looking to practice their
English, ask about our culture, and offer their boundless help. We six
are novelty items and we haven't even arrived.
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However before my adventure begins, I had to put five months of clothes
into two suitcases that I swear are made of slowly shrinking materials.
So I thought a good way to start would be with a few pictures of the
packing gambit I just ran!
Post from CU Denver Student Logan Thompson
Source: http://intotheeasternworld.blogspot.com/
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