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Caitlin Feeney Shanghai, Spring 2011

Originally from Andover, Massachusetts, I'm currently a junior at Claremont McKenna college with a dual major in international relations and Asian studies. I first spent time in China with a study group in the summer of 2006 and returned in 2008 to live independently. I love all things Chinese - food, culture, fortune cookies, etc.

Caitlin's Posts

• Back to Reality

  7/14/11 • (1)

  My time abroad really shaped my future.

  China, Post-departure, Shanghai

• My 10 Minutes as a Local

  5/13/11 • (1)

  He then turned to me and, confused, asked if I was Chinese. No, I replied, I’m American. Truly astonished, as his jaw dropped my chest swelled with pride. Hands down the proudest moment of my time studying abroad.

  Cabs, China, Mandarin, Shanghai, Spring 2011

• So I had a bad week

  4/11/11 • (1)

  The first full day I was in Shanghai, IES brought in a psychologist to speak with the students about this thing we like to call “culture shock.”

  China, Culture Shock, Shanghai, Spring 2011

• Home Sweet Homepage

  3/14/11 • (10)

  When I arrived in Shanghai, sleepy, sinus-infected, and dehydrated, I was in a sort of haze.

  China, Facebook, Shanghai, Spring 2011

• Great Expectations

  2/09/11 • (4)

  I first traveled in China when I was sixteen, and though I was accompanied by twenty other students my age, just as many chaperons, and an 11:00pm curfew, I felt like such an adult.

  China, Pre-Departure, Shanghai