Saturday, December 13, 2014

365 days later

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Well, as of today I've been home from Hong Kong for 365 days. Sometimes it feels like it has been 10 minutes. But then I speak Cantone...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

With the dawn of redeeming grace.

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Well, I'm home! The past week has been a whirlwind of preparations for Christmas, and sometimes I still can't quite accept the fact...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Week 76, in which I resent the impossibility of accurately capturing in words what I'm feeling right now.

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Well, this is it. I just had my final interview with President Hawks, and I can't believe that this is my last email, but it is. I don...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Week 74, in which I am absolutely FREEZING COLD, and in which we find Bilbo Baggins.

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Clarification: it is only when I go indoors that I'm freezing cold. Outside is lovely, like Virginia in early May (all you need is a l...

Week 73, in which it turns out that people in Hong Kong actually count differently than the rest of the world does.

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So I'm officially 23, and it feels just like 22 except when people call me pohpoh, which in Chinese means grandma. Yeah, thanks guys. ...

Week 72, in which I learn more than I knew before about how much I don't know.

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What, week 72?! UGH this is the worst. Whose idea was it to number my emails anyways? I can't believe it's mid-November--I feel so...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Week 71, in which I celebrated Halloween, faced more killer bees, and met Mister O

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Happy November! Turn on the Christmas music! Sorry this email is later than usual--our P-day changed to Thursday so that we can go to the t...

Week 70, in which I see some miracles (no surprises there) and in which I experience the first human car-wash. Yeah, it's weird.

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Remember how I got my hair cut last week? Well, it turned out great, but let me tell you, it was the weirdest experience EVER. First, the ...