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wandering through the garden of ideals

And so it ends...

CHINA | Friday, 4 July 2008 | Views [191]

This is the last time I’ll be writing from Beijing. I would like to sum it up concisely and neatly, but that’s pretty much impossible. Instead, I’m just going to list the things I’ll miss and the things I won’t. Hopefully, this will be entertaining instead of depressing.

Things I’ll miss:	Things I won’t miss:
The people I’ve met here (especially Mario, Case, Ilan, and all my couch surfers) My students Learning something new in a foreign language everyday PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Living in a huge city DVDs Chinese food (I think this is a given) Being a millionaire (while only working 15 hours a week) Hosting couch surfers Being able to travel for pennies	Not seeing my family or friends back home Teaching The language barrier Packed public transportation Seeing people pick their noses in public/having a reason to pick my own nose in public (i.e. the pollution) Censorship Shops only having clothes in children’s sizes