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Emily, Liz, and Olivia’s South Side Adventure

Posted in Uncategorized on 29 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So my future roommates and I have been looking on Marketplace for cheap yet classy furniture. Marketplace is a website where Chicago students can buy and sell each other’s stuff, for much cheaper than IKEA would charge. Last weekend Olivia found an ad that looked too good to be true – an “everything must go” [...]

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#2 – Cai Laoshi

Posted in Baller of the Week on 24 May 2008 | 1 Comment »

Any experience with first-year Chinese at the University of Chicago would be incomplete without Cai Laoshi (蔡老师). There is a facebook group about him called “The Cai Laoshi Fan Club / Support Group,” and I feel that pretty much sums up a lot of students’ relationships with the Cai. The group description reads, “Do you [...]

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Wedding Photographer Captures Sichuan Earthquake

Posted in China, News on 24 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I also came across this interesting photo in a New York Times blog. 

A confused bride and groom shake off some dust after the earthquake.
When the earthquake struck, five couples were having their wedding photographs taken at this deserted French Missionary Church in Pengzhou in southwestern Sichuan.  No one was injured.
The photographer, Wang Qiang, had already [...]

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Sichuan Earthquake: The Aftermath

Posted in China, News on 23 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, a tragic earthquake struck Sichuan Province. As PLA soldiers, citizen volunteers, and even Prime Minister Wen Jiabao rushed to Sichuan to offer aid, the world’s hearts and minds mourned with China while the death toll rose.
To summarize the quake’s damage, the New York Times writes:
“On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake [...]

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More New York Photos

Posted in Personal on 22 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some more photos from my New York trip. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures with Adrianne, Steph, and Brie, but there are lots from the United Nations and walking around the city.

Nora, Ryan, and I in Times Square. This was right when we arrived in Manhattan. Nora had never been to NYC before [...]

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Lazy and Lackadaisical

Posted in Personal on 22 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What’s wrong with me?
I just don’t want to do any work these days. 
I think the so-called sophomore slump is finally hitting me in the last few months of school. All of my friends who go to other schools are already enjoying their summer vacations, and they all talk to me online, asking me when I’m [...]

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