Hai there

My first post from Shanghai! Thrilled to honestly say the 24 hour journey to China was only plagued by fatigue instead of travel faux pas. And even though the time difference is difficult, a sense of euphoria of exploring this wonderful city has made it well worth it to stay up. The city, though still greatly unexplored, seems absolutely wonderful and the 41 classmates who joined me seem just as eager to make this place a home as me.
The jia (house/home in Chinese) is surprisingly very homey and we have all have settled in pretty well. More pictures of the facility to come but for now I've uploaded our orientation schedule through next Thursday when classes begin. Also, check out my facebook album "god give me subtitles" to see more pictures of the day-to-day in China. The link above is available to use even if you don't have a facebook!
Happy Friday America and Happy Saturday China!

love,
kpk