China

Yes, China. I love China. I miss China. I hope that one day I will go back.

Here's a photo that I took of the "Bird's nest" Olympic stadium. It was across the street from where I used to live:



























And here is a photo of delicious, greasy, authentic Chinese food:



























Yummy.

Anywho, I went to middle school and high school at BISS, then I spent one year studying Mandarin at the Beijing Language and Culture University in the Wudaokou university district of the city.

This is me receiving my high school diploma:
























And here is a picture of my two cats, Puck (in the back) and Mercutio:



























They are cute and fluffy and I have not seen them in three years because they live with my mother in Burma. Fortunately, I have seen my mother since then.

So, one year after I finished high school, I decided it was finally time for me to go to University. I chose Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. And I loved it.

College, Part 1

So when I was 19, I finally decided it was time to start University. I chose Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. The campus was pretty, the weather was mild, and the Quakers seemed to have a good outlook on life.






























My first two years at Guilford were fun but difficult. I was not used to living in the United States, and I found it hard to really connect to people who had so much in common from having spent their childhood and high school years in similar places. Still, I found a good group of friends, and I spent lots of time exploring the beautiful lake and woods that covered two thirds of my school's campus.


























See, that's me in the woods.



























And this is a bench by the lake in the winter time.

Of course, I went to classes sometimes, and they were usually in this part of the campus:



























The buildings at Guilford are very pretty. They are all made out of red brick, and they all have lots of grass and trees that surround them. I studied French and Art History at Guilford College, but since it is a Liberal Arts school, I also took classes in a broad range of subjects. Some classes I took outside my main fields of study included Chemistry, Psychology, Daoism, U.S. History, Political Philosophy, Beethoven, German, and the Science of Wine.