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cycling on Halloween — Beijing, Beijing, China

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 08, 2009

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Beijing, Beijing, China

I find myself in a time warp here- everything passes by deceptively fast, that I still cannot believe its November. I have procrastinated on updating, in part because of the labor of explanations, and also, I feel my writing (or lack thereof) does not do the experience justice- instead I just veer off into intangible tangents. So time for some catch-up.

The other week my Grandparents' friend, Mr. Judge came to Beijing on business. I was eager to see my pre-China-departure mentor and ready to bully him into coming to the Tibetan restaurant. I made my way to his side of town, on a Sunday. Being with Americans again was a bit of a shock. Having doors opened for me again by men, going to an Italian restaurant… eating with a fork… its all so surreal. But in all honesty- the worst of all was trying to eat the pasta with a fork. (I had to fight back the urge to request chopsticks, or eat in the Chinese manner of grasping the bowl and tilting the bowl/slur ...Read the full article

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