Well, it\u2019s over. I\u2019m currently writing this on the airplane on the way home, helplessly tired at 30,000 feet high in the sky and stressing about re-arranging my layover flight after a two-hour delay on the runway. But in spite of this annoyance, I find that all I can think about is how much I am going to miss my time in Beijing. Honestly, my initial motivation for applying to HBA was to improve my level of Chinese. A worthy motive, to be sure, and still the most significant one. However, I really got so much more than I reckoned for throughout my time at HBA. I\u2019ve fallen for a city that upon first sight came across as unwelcoming and chaotic. I\u2019ve made lifelong friends out of strangers that just two months ago I didn\u2019t even knows existed. I\u2019ve grown comfortable extensively using a language that used to exhaust me after just one hour of class a day. And most importantly, I\u2019ve found that I\u2019ve grown as a person throughout this entire experience at HBA, truly experiencing\u9178\u751c\u82e6\u8fa3 and becoming stronger because of it. For anybody that has actually been reading these posts, I hope that you\u2019ve gotten something out of it. If there\u2019s any point that you\u2019d like to discuss or areas that you feel I omitted, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch with me. Truth be told, you\u2019d be doing me a favor; I\u2019d be thrilled to have the opportunity to re-live my experience at HBA through discussion. Here\u2019s to whatever our language studies have in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, it\u2019s over. I\u2019m currently writing this on the airplane on the way home, helplessly tired at 30,000 feet high in the sky and stressing about re-arranging my layover flight after a two-hour delay on the runway. But in spite … Continue reading