After an hour and a half flight from Raleigh, NC to New York, NY, a thirteen hour and thirty-five minute flight to Tokyo, Japan, and a four hour flight to Xiamen, China…I am here! J I have been here for about a day and a half now, but we have all needed this time to get over jet lag and get settled into our rooms. A twelve hour time distance is a lot! Since I am in China, we are a whole twelve hours into the future – but this makes it really easy to figure out what time it is! All you have to do is switch the A.M. and P.M. and you’ve got the time here, but it is actually later in the day or the next day entirely. Right now it is 8 A.M. on August the 31st, 2008 – this means that it’s actually 8 P.M. on August the 30th, 2008, back home!
It has been so incredibly overwhelming but exciting to be here so far! There are so many things I could talk about but then, I have plenty of time to do so! Even staying overnight in Japan was an adventure in itself. Culture shock is starting to get to me as there are so many differences between China and my home of North Carolina, but I think as time goes by it will be easier to deal with!
Fortunately, the other fourteen participants here on this trip seem like really great people! I think I’ll get to find out more about them once classes start tomorrow. The classes I am taking here are Chinese language as well as two Asian Studies courses. I can talk more about those once they actually begin!
My internet access is limited right now as we do not have internet in our rooms yet. Feel free, however, to send me any questions you might have so I can figure out what to talk about in this blog! Maybe I can help explain the Chinese language as I learn more about it, as well as the Chinese culture in general! J I’m definitely going to talk about some of my own personal experiences and encounters with China while I’m here, but right now this blog is open to whatever direction would be most interesting!
Zaijian! (See you again!)
Megan
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