Shavuot is almost here- that's great news for me, because that means that I will have the opportunity to eat lots of dairy (mainly at a Chabad event). China isn't so big on dairy, so I count any day when I get to eat a cheese sandwich or a slice of a cheesecake as a good day. Cheese blintzes would be amazing, but I'm not going to push my luck. MH Beijing is doing a shavuos sundae event, where you can create your own sundae and then feast upon it.
My contract with the NRDC expired at the beginning of this month. It's the only job I've ever had that I have been sad to leave, but I'm excited about starting graduate school and I know that I'm making the right decision. The office threw a going away party for me and two other co-workers who are leaving. One is still an undergrad in college and was interning at the NRDC; the other one had been at the NRDC Beijing almost from the start. The former is returning to class at Northeastern, and the latter is starting grad school at Harvard. What this means is that we will all be in Boston, not too far from one another. That's kind of cool!
Blogspot (the site this blog is hosted on!) is blocked in China. Again. The only reason I'm able to post on this blog is because of my school's VPN.
I blame Lianna at MH London for provoking the Chinese authorities with her activist letter writing. I'm just kidding, but I think she makes a good point: Things that we take for granted in our home countries may not necessarily be so in where we wind up. For example, I like eating string cheese for breakfast, but I just can't do that in China without spending a lot of money at an import store. OK, maybe not such a powerful example, but maybe this will impress you more.
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