Eat “meat” that was never really
meat but battered and fried bones
Make friends as quickly as I did
Wish it was warmer after being in the
Philippines
Climb down over 4,000 stairs in a
national park in a few hours without warning
Get so close to my team in 2 short
months
Miss California so much
See the electric batons used to torture
to Chinese believers on every police officers belt
Be asked about having a part-time job
while in college multiple times a day
Eat Smelly Tofu
Be so glad it was so cold while hiking
to the Great Wall (because we were all sweating anyway)
Find the word “missionary”
offensive and shocking (we always spoke in code)
Really look forward to 13/22/24 hour
train rides
Not have a shower curtain
Love the food in the canteen- aka
university cafeteria -food that I paid about 14 cents a meal for
Be honestly impressed by the Olympic
village/stadium/Water Cube
Like learning Chinese, even though it
is still super hard
Dislike class again so quickly- turns
out my excitement about being a student again lasted all of 3 days
Be blessed with gifts that were
thoughtful and beautiful by my new Chinese friends
Be cold ALL the time- waking up in my
room and being able to see my breath in the morning…not cool
