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As my time here in China comes to a close, I am so excited to finally go home. However, I know that once I leave I will immediately miss it so much. I was so lucky to score this amazing opportunity. I'm so grateful for this chance And so in thinking about my past three and a half months here, I decided to compile a list of some of the things I experienced.

- I hiked on the Great Wall of China (twice)
- I ate dog on the Great Wall of China
- I stood in Tian'anmen Square
- I did the polka at the Temple of Heaven
- I explored the Summer Palace
- I shopped at the Silk Market
- I ate a sea snake, scorpion, centipede, starfish, shark, wolf, and dog
- I got to converse with several people who have never left China
- I got to be the first foreigner someone ever saw
- I stood next to the third tallest building in the world
- I saw the construction site for the next tallest building in the world
- I had a baby shoved into my arms so their parents could take a picture of her with me
- I walked down the Bund
- I rode a ferry across the Yellow River
- I learned how to barter
- I played impromptu bumper boats with unexpecting families
- I got propositioned by many parents wanting to set me up with their middle aged sons
- I got to spend the night in a siheyuan styled building
- I sang karaoke with a bunch of drunk Koreans
- I got to spend a total of 28 hours on a train over the course of a week
- I had sleep-drunk Chinese conversations at 4am on a train
- I stayed two nights at a hostel in Nanjing
- I walked through a traditional Buddhist temple (Fuzimiao)
- I drove a golf cart across the Nanjing Wall
- I made tons of friends who I will never ever forget

Some of the things I will miss in China are the public transportation system, getting to speak Chinese every day, the plethora of bars and clubs, the way locals stare at us, the super cheap and stylish clothes at the numerous markets, bartering for great deals, genuinly friendly salespeople, the delicious food, and most of all I'll miss my two fantastic friends I made here.

But every experience must come to an end. And I couldn't be more excited to go home. I get to go and see my very best friend who I haven't seen for almost 4 months and I'm so excited to spend as much time as I possibly can with him

It's been a while!
I realized I haven't updated my dA journal in a long time.

I'm in Beijing, China right now doing a study abroad. I got here 4 days ago, and I'll be here for 4 months. It's a really amazing experiences. I had never left the US before, and this is about the farthest away I could get. At first, every time I saw something I'd compare it with how things are back home. But now things are feeling more and more normal to me. I'm not as amazed as I walk down the streets anymore. It's becoming more of a home and less of a vacation.
I thought I knew Chinese until I came to China. The mandarin they taught me at school is not the mandarin they speak here XD
These people have such a thick Beijing accent and they talk so quickly, I really can't pick up anything they're saying. But hopefully I'll get used to it in the coming months.

I can honestly say that right now I am the happiest I've been in a long time.
I've never told anyone before that I like them. But a few days before I left for China, the guy that I like very much told me that he likes me. And we've been chatting every day on msn since I got here. Despite being in an exciting foreign land, talking to him is probably the most exciting part of my day

The past week has just been full of so many new experiences.

I'm living life and I don't intend to stop until I've experienced everything it has to offer.

Today starts the last week of the semester.
My parents will be here on Friday to pick me up. We'll stick around for a little while though because we're having an Easter egg hunt in my grandma's pasture (it's an annual event). After that, we're going down to Utah to visit some family there.
And THEN I get to go home. Phew.

It's kind of a bittersweet feeling. I made some new friends this semester and it'll be sad to leave them, especially when I don't know if we'll be able to keep in touch.
I'm always happy to leave after Fall semester, but sad to leave after Winter. I'm not sure of the reason, but I never make friends in the Fall, but I become very attached to certain people in the Winter.

Anyway. I've got a few finals left, and a few assignments. Sad thing is, I'm not worried at all about them. The things I'm most worried about are packing and white-glove clean checks. I'm so bad at packing XD I always save it till the last minute. And when I clean, I just go until it looks good. But for white-glove it has to be SPOTLESS so I'm like murrrr...

Murrmurrmurrrrrr...

Why is my icon Lady Gaga? o.O