DoDW – Beijing International Airport
Beijing International Airprot – 2/27/2015 I followed the professor for a while. He was a determined walker with significantly longer legs than me. He veered left, into the men’s room, […]
Category Archives: Diary of a Diasporic Woman
DoDW – Departure Day
Departure Day – 2/25/2015 My mom and dad woke me up early in the morning in order for us to arrive at the airport in time. I’m not sure if […]
Diary of a Diasporic Woman – Part 1
I was recently asked to write about my time abroad. Since coming back to relationships and cities that seem relatively unaltered, it has been easy to pocket my experiences […]
Nanjing Massacre Museum
I have many stories from my time in Nanjing, China that I have yet to write on publicly. It’s taken me a while to settle back in and get into a […]
From Home, To Home
I am writing to report that last week I came back to the United States, to the city I grew up in, and to the parents who have encouraged me every step […]
Balancing Two Worlds: Creating A Unified Identity
Walking down a crowded street, surrounded by a sea of other Chinese faces and bodies leaves me with this sense of anonymity I am unable to find at home. There […]
Those Birthday Blues
A few weeks ago, I celebrated my birthday in Guangxi Province, China. The day was packed with hiking adventures, sampling local foods, watching traditional dances and concluded with a peaceful evening, […]
Disillusioned Affirmation
On the first day of my orientation here in Nanjing, my group traveled downtown by subway. While I thought I had left behind dreary, cold winter days, I was wrong. […]
A 元宵节 Update
About a week and a half ago was the Lantern Festival here in China. I’m so thrilled that I got to be in my city during a major holiday. A […]
Back to Where I Started
Dear Friends, Fans, and Followers, I am writing this from the comfort of my living room, yet when this post is published I will be nearly 7,000 miles away in Nanjing, […]
Red Thread Broken 