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Pearl Juang Shanghai, Fall 2010 - China in the 21st Century

Pearl Juang is approaching her junior year at Santa Clara University as a Marketing major and Communications minor. Native to suburban Fort Collins, Colorado, she enjoys stepping outside of the familiar to adventure into new places and experience different cultures. As an officer of the Chinese Student Association, she is excited to learn and take in first-hand the Chinese culture and share it with others. Apart from the culture, Pearl is interested in the growing importance of the emerging Chinese market and economy. Studying abroad in Shanghai will present new opportunities to improve her Mandarin skills and acquire knowledge about business in China.

Pearl's Posts

• Zaijian (再见) Does Not Mean Goodbye: let’s meet again, 朋友们.

  12/22/10 • (0)

  I hope that all our friends from IES will start off to a great year, so that we can share all our new experiences and the journey ahead together.

  Blogs, China, Shanghai

• Snow on the Last Week on Shanghai

  12/16/10 • (0)

  It’s the last week in Fudan and we are setting in for our coldest and last week in Shanghai.

  Blogs, China, Shanghai

• What to do with your last 3-day weekend in China

  12/06/10 • (0)

  It’s the first week of December, marking the end of play and a rapid entry into the stressful world of finals: presentations, papers, and tests. Currently, I haven’t really started on my large load of work, only really made a list.

  3-day weekend, China, essays, Finals, Nanjing, presentations, sanya, Shanghai, xi'an

• Weekend Trip to Nearby Huangshan

  11/30/10 • (0)

  Last weekend, I went to Huangshan with a friend, and I just got back on Monday, 10 minutes before class started. It was pretty tiring, but definitely worth it.

  China, exams, Finals, papers, sanya, Shanghai, shopping, Travel, xi'an

• Last chance to explore: shanghai and its proximity

  11/22/10 • (0)

  There are still so many places I want to go, things to do, friends to make. As we get closer to leaving, my friends and I come to talk more and more about how one semester is not enough for immersion.

  China, end of semester, Huangshan, IES program, Shanghai, Thanksgiving, Traveling

• I love Taipei! Shhhhh…

  11/19/10 • (0)

  We just got back from our 7-day field trip in Taipei, Taiwan.

  China, class, Field Trip, hotsprings, People, Shanghai, Taipei, Taiwan

• The Last Day: Shanghai World Expo

  11/01/10 • (0)

  Today marks the last day of the World Expo, and I’m so sad!

  China, crowds, Italy, Last day, pavilion, peak day admission, Russia, Shanghai, tickets, world expo

• Observation Overload

  11/01/10 • (0)

  Ironically the past couple weeks of school after 国庆节 National Holiday have been more of a return to a state of limbo (since study abroad seems somewhat of a surreal experience in general) I still have a recurring feeling of being in constant flash forward to and from an unreal place: have we started school yet?

  China, Field Trip, interview, market analysis, midterms, observation, presentation, Shanghai, Trips

• Golden Week　

  11/01/10 • (0)

  Our only major break in the Fall semester at Fudan, along with the rest of the country, is Guoqingjie (国庆节）or National Celebration Holiday. Deemed of of the 3 golden weeks of the year, it dictates paid leave for the working people for a 7-day break.

  Beijing, Break, China, Inner Mongolia, National Holiday, Shanghai, vacation

• It might as well all be about food

  10/13/10 • (0)

  Wujiaochang 五角场 aka 5 Angles Plaza is the place to be.

  China, food, Photo Blogs, Shanghai

• Semi-immersion

  9/23/10 • (0)

  你好大家！Sorry for 3-week blogging hiatus, it’s been a busy time since the onset of the program. I won’t bore you guys with a day-by-day, play-by-play since the 1st of the month, so I will just give a short commentary on some interesting aspects of Fudan student/foreigner/Chinese life. Orientation and Program Basics: Orientation was the standard [...]

  Blogs, China, Shanghai

• Getting to know the “better city, better life” metropolis, SHANGHAI.

  8/30/10 • (0)

  Despite my cultural background and previous venture to Shanghai in 2008, Shanghai is always new to behold and slightly overwhelming. This city is infamous for a place of constant change—building, tearing down, rebuilding anew. Life and people change with it as well.

  China, Housing, language partner, places to visit, Pre-Departure, schedule, Shanghai, transportation

• Ready? Set…GO!

  8/21/10 • (0)

  I’ve been in Shanghai for almost a month already, here early to visit my grandparents and see 2010’s World Expo with my sister. Having spent some time here, I hope to give a peek into life in Shanghai and what it was like preparing to come here.

  China, Packing, Pre-Departure, preparation, Shanghai