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week 1 in new england

August 30, 2004

I have been in the United States for a week, and I haven’t been blown up, harassed, or run into any major problems. I have seen many wonderful examples of stupidity, but I suppose that is prevalent everywhere in the world. I have witnessed people putting others down in the hope of making […]

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shirt folding

August 23, 2004

Josh pointed me to howtofoldashirt.net, and all I can really say is I’m amazed. I almost want to do a load of laundry…

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rejection and IQ

August 22, 2004

Sometimes watching children at play can show us a lot about their personality and where that personality development is going. While pondering over some of the things I’ve learned interacting with children over the past year, a friend pointed out to me that self confidence is key all along, and in fact, rejection massively […]

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arrival

August 22, 2004

Well folks, I arrived in Boston in one piece. I have had many many meals with loved ones. I am full, sleepy, and dizzy. I am sure I will be more insightful once I get over the overly long period of flying.
I will be off and on this week while I settle […]

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departure

August 20, 2004

I leave for the US in 4 hours. It’s both unreal and good and terrifying and… stuff. It’ll be good though, so long as I don’t let people feed me too much over the next couple of weeks.
I get into Boston on Sunday EST, and I’ll update from home I imagine. […]

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Protected: typhoon

August 19, 2004

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Craft: description

August 19, 2004

Description is a funny thing in writing, it can boost a piece up to true greatness, or it can sink writing with its triviality.
Victorian writing always challenged me as a young reader. Paragraph upon paragraph of rolling moor left me forgetting Return of the Native’s plot. The dawdling on fashion sense and gossip culture […]

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insights to life

August 19, 2004

moving has made me less accessible online, but I do still read things, just not much new. Through a comment in the blog, I stumbled across FishBoX. I really like the openness of it, and the picture-essays are great. Some of it’s in English and some in Chinese, and it’s certainly worth […]

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more moving madness

August 19, 2004

Aside from getting my things together and watching the Olympics I’ve been rather brain dead. In other words, thinking has been limited to “pack pack, move move” and “ooh, many flips and no splash.”

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conclusions

August 15, 2004

The weekend has been a bit of a blur. I finished a bunch of project work Friday. I still haven’t heard back on my computer. I am still stressed.
Yesterday i went to Hefei and spent some time with Yang and his family, which was excellent. I also said goodbye to my […]

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