(Written by: Candice Lim Hing, around 2001~2003)
audrey and i just spent the past hour trying to put on our saris for “the shot” at the taj mahal. unfortunately, our attempts did not meet the indian approval of sari standards. “you look nice, but, no…” they declared upon seeing us. thus, a lady […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
I grew up in a small town, with a population of under 100,000 (depending on whose statistics you looked at).During my elementary and high school years, there were literally only a handful of Asian people attending the school.Normally it would be my sibling, and possibly 1 or 2 […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
On the seventh day of our tour we flew from the Nanjing Lukou International Airport (quite impressive actually) to Beijing International Airport where we were greeted by a new regional guide named Jack. He had an interesting joke - that it was a good thing he didn’t catch […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
On Day 6 of the tour we went to Nanjing, a place perhaps better known for the Nanjing Massacre which took place in 1937 and as many as 300,000 people may have died under Japan’s assault. Unfortunately our tour specialist for Nanjing showed a bit of hatred for […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
The fifth day of the tour promised to be as action packed as the first four days. In the morning we all woke up very early, packed up our belongings, had an early breakfast and got on the bus to head up to Suzhou which is also known […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
On our third and fourth days of our tour of China, we went to the ancient town of Zhouzhuang Watertown; enjoyed a fabulous Pork Shank lunch, took a look at a couple of different bridge types - one is called a ‘double key’ and they other is ’round […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
WOW! That’s the first thing that comes to mind during my first real day in Shanghai. As one of my university friends would always say, I’m impressed! We went to several places today including: the Bund, Shanghai Silk Factory, Yuyuan Garden, government sponsored foot massage place, and […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
Well, we made it safely into Shanghai. The tour hasn’t officially started yet, so not too much to report…
I think so far the worst part of the trip has been getting to Shanghai. The trip from Tokyo to Narita took about 2 hours. I went with my cousin […]
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(Written back around summer 2002)
Wow! I can’t believe it. I’ll be heading off to China in just over a week! This is something I’ve thought of doing since I first came to Japan. Why? Well, as one person pointed out/asked, Why do you want to go to China; you’ll suddenly discover your […]
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(Written by: Albert Tu, around 2002~2003)
Dear friends,
How are you all doing? I’m in Dalian now, the city I am going to be teaching and I have been having a great time. My classes do not start until the third week of September because I’m teaching 2 graduate classes and 1 PHD class…yeap […]
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