My China itinerary was planned somewhat along these lines:
Mother: Sweetie, you need a break. You're working too hard.
Me: [looking like death] Alright...
Mother: You know your internship? Well, it got cancelled. So, I called some friends to help you around China! Just fill out this visa.
Me: [blinks] ....WHAT?!
To explain, I had just come off a semester of a full 18-hour-course-load, taking a 20-hour per week internship, doing 5-7 hours a week in a psychology lab, tutoring, working as entertainment producer for our student television program, contributing to the student newspaper AND participating in three different student clubs.
I then decided to spend my summer doing some biology research, taking a summer course and continuing my 20-hour per week internship.
Of course, my mother (bless her heart) somehow took this to mean that I was working myself too thin. And decided to do what mothers do best: (s)mother me with love.
Originally, I was going to China to do an internship. The paperwork had been filled out, I was in the process of getting my visa, and I even had my ticket purchased. But then, the position was stopped. Finished. Paused. Insert bureaucracy that I cannot understand.
Of course, my mother filled in the blanks. Why not use the time to decompress? After all, the ticket HAD been bought. There was just a small matter of getting a tourist visa. So, she called some friends. The recommendations came in. She created a list.
1. Beijing
2. Nanjing
3. Hangzhou
4. Shanxi
5. Shanghai
And that is how I ended up heading to Beijing, China.
Mother: Sweetie, you need a break. You're working too hard.
Me: [looking like death] Alright...
Mother: You know your internship? Well, it got cancelled. So, I called some friends to help you around China! Just fill out this visa.
Me: [blinks] ....WHAT?!
To explain, I had just come off a semester of a full 18-hour-course-load, taking a 20-hour per week internship, doing 5-7 hours a week in a psychology lab, tutoring, working as entertainment producer for our student television program, contributing to the student newspaper AND participating in three different student clubs.
I then decided to spend my summer doing some biology research, taking a summer course and continuing my 20-hour per week internship.
Of course, my mother (bless her heart) somehow took this to mean that I was working myself too thin. And decided to do what mothers do best: (s)mother me with love.
Of course, my mother filled in the blanks. Why not use the time to decompress? After all, the ticket HAD been bought. There was just a small matter of getting a tourist visa. So, she called some friends. The recommendations came in. She created a list.
1. Beijing
2. Nanjing
3. Hangzhou
4. Shanxi
5. Shanghai
And that is how I ended up heading to Beijing, China.
My cousin and I decided that we'd do something touristy. We took a rickshaw tour.
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