No subtlety here; I'm just going to say it bluntly.  I slept on the Great Wall of China.

It was Mat's idea.  Well actually, it was the 6th floor Americans' idea.  Although, before them it was someone else's idea.  Regardless, Mat was inspired and brought it to our attention.  8 of us took the bait, and at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2007, Mat ( Read more... )

I went to church today with my friends Calaya and Jason as well as the China/Japan professor Tad Lehe. It was on the east side of Beijing (our university is on the west side). I don’t know the name, only the acronym: BICF. You could only get in if you had a foreign passport (aka no Chinese allowed), and once we walked in it was basically little ( Read more... )

Between Arriving in Beijing and starting classes

08/30 Thursday - Shanna, Leanna, and I all went to register, which was surprisingly much easier than I thought it would be.  I'm pretty sure us North Central Students are special here: the few other Americans that are here are through a program called IES - which sends Americans everywhere, and no ( Read more... )