I'm sure you were all wondering what happened to me. You were all SOOOO worried right? Am I right?
Yea sure, whatever. Anyways, I'm back in Rye now and have spent the last few days adjusting to life here (read: watching a lot of Sportscenter and HBO). I have to say it is great to be back and while I am loving it here, I am also missing a lot of what makes China...well China. Is is tit nice not to be stared at all day, and not waking up to construction and random fireworks explosions, absolutely, but I can't get as excited about the simple mundane everyday activities, because in the States that's what they are, whereas in China anything can happen at anytime.
I'm not sure I'm going to continue writing this blog while at Middlebury, but I plan on heading back to China for the Summer so never fear, I'll provide my readers with another way to waste time at work again. Until next time. Auf widerehsen!
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Hong Kong....Herrro
Let me say right now, I think that the internship application process has gotten entirely out of control. 20 years ago, I'm not sure they had internships, frankly I'm not sure they even had electricity. Summer jobs were just that, jobs that young people found after getting home from college. Nowadays one is required to begin in October (i.e. shortly after starting a new year of school) preparing for the next summer.
I have applied to a variety of jobs with the major Wall St. shops both in NY and China, but another extended period of time in China is looking more and more likely.
Meanwhile, this time is quickly drawing to a close, I will be in Shanghai next Saturday (my 22nd birthday, coincidentally) and will be on a plane from Shanghai's Pudong International Airport to Osaka, Japan that Sunday. I must say I am getting very excited to go home and simply CHILL. China does not lend itself well to chilling, everything is ultra sped up and you're always moving at 1000 miles an hour. A nice morning on my couch with Sportscenter will ail whats hurting, that I'm sure of.
I also think I may have started going insane because I now only have dreams about things from home. Obviously family and friends, that is to be expected, but last night the majority of my dream was me ordering and then eating my favorite pizza from Sunrise in Rye. I've had dreams solely about driving, putting on hockey gear, debating the Sawx with Joel, and lounging on Bates's couch. Clearly I'm losing it or I really miss the friendly confines of Rye and Middlebury.
I have to wait two weeks to get home, but I expect them to fly by. I only have exams this week (consisting of a written test I just finished, two essays, also already finished, and three seven minute oral presentations). I have twenty-one minutes of school left in China. How do you like them apples? And then a week in Kyoto, which is guaranteed to be baller. Off to have a suit made for $50.00 Until next time.
I have applied to a variety of jobs with the major Wall St. shops both in NY and China, but another extended period of time in China is looking more and more likely.
Meanwhile, this time is quickly drawing to a close, I will be in Shanghai next Saturday (my 22nd birthday, coincidentally) and will be on a plane from Shanghai's Pudong International Airport to Osaka, Japan that Sunday. I must say I am getting very excited to go home and simply CHILL. China does not lend itself well to chilling, everything is ultra sped up and you're always moving at 1000 miles an hour. A nice morning on my couch with Sportscenter will ail whats hurting, that I'm sure of.
I also think I may have started going insane because I now only have dreams about things from home. Obviously family and friends, that is to be expected, but last night the majority of my dream was me ordering and then eating my favorite pizza from Sunrise in Rye. I've had dreams solely about driving, putting on hockey gear, debating the Sawx with Joel, and lounging on Bates's couch. Clearly I'm losing it or I really miss the friendly confines of Rye and Middlebury.
I have to wait two weeks to get home, but I expect them to fly by. I only have exams this week (consisting of a written test I just finished, two essays, also already finished, and three seven minute oral presentations). I have twenty-one minutes of school left in China. How do you like them apples? And then a week in Kyoto, which is guaranteed to be baller. Off to have a suit made for $50.00 Until next time.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Hangzhou or Seattle? Hard to Say
Everyone knows that image of the cool hipsters sitting in a cafe on a rainy Seattle afternoon, typing away at e-mails and listening to really cool music (for this example we'll use Sufjan Stevens), well that is the vibe I get from this cafe I'm in now. Its not raining and our cool music isn't nearly as obscure (Red Hot Chili Peppers), but good company makes for good times.
YoYo, Li Fang, and Dan Lin, have come with me to relax and enjoy a nice day by the lake, which is something we haven't done nearly enough of to be honest. I've really jumped head on into this blogging thing, I find it to be the best way to A) keep up on modern life (read Western life) B) Find interesting reads and info that otherwise would be next to impossible to do, and so on and so forth.
Next week is the week of our midterms and I'm interested to see how that goes as none of the tests, save for Newspaper are written tests. What's more, the idea of us already having reached the mid-point of the semester is somewhat mind-boggling. Really? We've been in China for six weeks already? How is that possible, I need to take more advantage of this place as it is so gorgeous, so fun, and still so new to me. Here's to hoping that I'm back here this summer.
With the idea of taking advantage of my experience here on my mind, I set out this morning to find some activities for myself upon my return from Mongolia (the week after midterms). I've found an art show from Oct. 30th until Nov. 5th, which is only featuring work of the students of Hangzhou Art Academy, and it is all for sale, both prints and the originals. How cool is that?!?
My family friends, the Goldmans, have some of the coolest houses I've ever seen, one in the Poconos, one in Doylestown, and one in good ole' Midd, but their location is only part of the reason they're so spectacular (and that word is not an understatement). The best reason is that everything from their houses has its own story. I hope I can have something similar. I want to be able to say, "Yea, interesting story behind that painting, it was done by a student at the Hangzhou Art Academy, and I bought it there on my study abroad experience."
Life is what you make of it, and I want to make it really interesting.
Hey, quick links, a couple new articles I find interesting
1)http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/opinion/11zizek.html?em&ex=1192334400&en=c7419da773843f10&ei=5087%0A
2)http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING
3)http://kissmesuzy.blogspot.com, Referencing the infamous Joe Namath trying to kiss Suzy Kolber, moreover a great blog.
4)http://rononmiddlebury.wordpress.com/ This is Ron Liebowitz's (Middlebury President) blog, really good insight.
Until next time!
YoYo, Li Fang, and Dan Lin, have come with me to relax and enjoy a nice day by the lake, which is something we haven't done nearly enough of to be honest. I've really jumped head on into this blogging thing, I find it to be the best way to A) keep up on modern life (read Western life) B) Find interesting reads and info that otherwise would be next to impossible to do, and so on and so forth.
Next week is the week of our midterms and I'm interested to see how that goes as none of the tests, save for Newspaper are written tests. What's more, the idea of us already having reached the mid-point of the semester is somewhat mind-boggling. Really? We've been in China for six weeks already? How is that possible, I need to take more advantage of this place as it is so gorgeous, so fun, and still so new to me. Here's to hoping that I'm back here this summer.
With the idea of taking advantage of my experience here on my mind, I set out this morning to find some activities for myself upon my return from Mongolia (the week after midterms). I've found an art show from Oct. 30th until Nov. 5th, which is only featuring work of the students of Hangzhou Art Academy, and it is all for sale, both prints and the originals. How cool is that?!?
My family friends, the Goldmans, have some of the coolest houses I've ever seen, one in the Poconos, one in Doylestown, and one in good ole' Midd, but their location is only part of the reason they're so spectacular (and that word is not an understatement). The best reason is that everything from their houses has its own story. I hope I can have something similar. I want to be able to say, "Yea, interesting story behind that painting, it was done by a student at the Hangzhou Art Academy, and I bought it there on my study abroad experience."
Life is what you make of it, and I want to make it really interesting.
Hey, quick links, a couple new articles I find interesting
1)http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/opinion/11zizek.html?em&ex=1192334400&en=c7419da773843f10&ei=5087%0A
2)http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING
3)http://kissmesuzy.blogspot.com, Referencing the infamous Joe Namath trying to kiss Suzy Kolber, moreover a great blog.
4)http://rononmiddlebury.wordpress.com/ This is Ron Liebowitz's (Middlebury President) blog, really good insight.
Until next time!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Random Ramblings
Uh Oh. I was afraid of this. My blog has lost interest!!!
Ok a story to keep everyone interested: So last weekend, I was like sooooo hammered and I was dancing with these four girls and we were passing around the bottle of Smirnoff like water....
Wait no, we don't want to start lying on this blog, mainly because I'll look at that in eight years and think it was actually true. To be honest the weekend was fun if not a little slow (as slow as coming home after 3:00 AM can be).
Alright, I already know that this post will be true to form and just fall into an incessantly poorly written train of thought post unless we go into list form, so that is exactly what we shall do!
1. First and foremost, I've started to get into this blogging thing and have found a few very interesting reads including stefanclaypool.com, which is the blog of one of my classmates here and back at school. Stefan is one of the few outright republicans at Midd and I'd heard some stories referring to his blog, but frankly I enjoy reading it. cbtfw.blogspot.com, a good read from one of the Marines on the ground in Iraq. This is an idea that frankly I think would make a great book, why doesn't someone set out collecting the most interesting blog posts of the entire campaign and put them together, sometimes they can be soldiers, sometimes journalists, sometimes politicians, and finally simply citizens both US and Iraq. The only key would be to avoid leaning left or right too much. I think you could get the most interesting perspective on a war that is too often polarizing. Finally I can't find the articles but, Thomas Friedman of the NYT wrote an editorial explaining why he wouldn't vote for Guliani as well as the Newsweek article (maybe Time?) praising Bloomberg and Scwharzenegger for micro-managing their respective governments (small government works when applied correctly). Also really idiotic: http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3671172&page=1. Atheism = atheism, not religion. Idiots.
2. We found THE bar of Hangzhou this weekend, 7 Club, complete with a bunch of imported beers and a great lounge setting. Here in Hangzhou a bunch of the students don't start class on Wednesday until later in the day so we've started a little traditional 星期二酒吧儿 (xingqi'er jiuba'er) or Tuesday Night Bar, unfortunately I can't do it most weeks as I take 8:20 classes everyday. Nevertheless these guys every week end up going dancing and partying until the wee hours at Hangzhou's mega clubs. After finding 7 Club this weekend I don't think I will be returning to SOS or its similar knock offs. 对不起 but I really enjoy the lounge scene. Hows the saying go, good conversation makes good company? Well count me among the believers, maybe we can follow the atheists' lead and start mass meetings or something...
3. The girl situation is still lacking as there aren't many options within the CET program, I get the sneaking suspicion I am at best a number 2 choice, just like in hockey, second line D. That's cool with me, means I'll just have to step up the efforts.
4. I'm considering getting the family tattoo, a shamrock, but am also thinking that maybe the family crest would be even cooler...Thoughts? Not from my mom preferably.
5. I've got to get out of my rut, I'm letting myself get into a groove, which would be a good thing in a normal semester, but here I never actually want to get comfortable here, I want to always play outside the comfort zone (man lot of hockey and athletics references in this piece.) Until next time, play like you practice, give a 110%, and just be happy with the Org-a-NI-zation.
-#6
Ok a story to keep everyone interested: So last weekend, I was like sooooo hammered and I was dancing with these four girls and we were passing around the bottle of Smirnoff like water....
Wait no, we don't want to start lying on this blog, mainly because I'll look at that in eight years and think it was actually true. To be honest the weekend was fun if not a little slow (as slow as coming home after 3:00 AM can be).
Alright, I already know that this post will be true to form and just fall into an incessantly poorly written train of thought post unless we go into list form, so that is exactly what we shall do!
1. First and foremost, I've started to get into this blogging thing and have found a few very interesting reads including stefanclaypool.com, which is the blog of one of my classmates here and back at school. Stefan is one of the few outright republicans at Midd and I'd heard some stories referring to his blog, but frankly I enjoy reading it. cbtfw.blogspot.com, a good read from one of the Marines on the ground in Iraq. This is an idea that frankly I think would make a great book, why doesn't someone set out collecting the most interesting blog posts of the entire campaign and put them together, sometimes they can be soldiers, sometimes journalists, sometimes politicians, and finally simply citizens both US and Iraq. The only key would be to avoid leaning left or right too much. I think you could get the most interesting perspective on a war that is too often polarizing. Finally I can't find the articles but, Thomas Friedman of the NYT wrote an editorial explaining why he wouldn't vote for Guliani as well as the Newsweek article (maybe Time?) praising Bloomberg and Scwharzenegger for micro-managing their respective governments (small government works when applied correctly). Also really idiotic: http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3671172&page=1. Atheism = atheism, not religion. Idiots.
2. We found THE bar of Hangzhou this weekend, 7 Club, complete with a bunch of imported beers and a great lounge setting. Here in Hangzhou a bunch of the students don't start class on Wednesday until later in the day so we've started a little traditional 星期二酒吧儿 (xingqi'er jiuba'er) or Tuesday Night Bar, unfortunately I can't do it most weeks as I take 8:20 classes everyday. Nevertheless these guys every week end up going dancing and partying until the wee hours at Hangzhou's mega clubs. After finding 7 Club this weekend I don't think I will be returning to SOS or its similar knock offs. 对不起 but I really enjoy the lounge scene. Hows the saying go, good conversation makes good company? Well count me among the believers, maybe we can follow the atheists' lead and start mass meetings or something...
3. The girl situation is still lacking as there aren't many options within the CET program, I get the sneaking suspicion I am at best a number 2 choice, just like in hockey, second line D. That's cool with me, means I'll just have to step up the efforts.
4. I'm considering getting the family tattoo, a shamrock, but am also thinking that maybe the family crest would be even cooler...Thoughts? Not from my mom preferably.
5. I've got to get out of my rut, I'm letting myself get into a groove, which would be a good thing in a normal semester, but here I never actually want to get comfortable here, I want to always play outside the comfort zone (man lot of hockey and athletics references in this piece.) Until next time, play like you practice, give a 110%, and just be happy with the Org-a-NI-zation.
-#6
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