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	<description>The 2 Year Adventure in China</description>
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		<title>(Jan 7 &#8211; Feb 20) &#8211; Blog on postpone, resume and catch-up upon return.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, if I haven&#8217;t talked to you within a few weeks, just wanted to let you guys know I&#8217;ve been travelling China for the past week or so. Chinese people don&#8217;t celebrate Christmas, so there was no Christmas break for me. Instead, we get a super long break for the Chinese New Year, (Jan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/jan-7-feb-20-blog-on-postpone-resume-and-catch-up-upon-return/</link>
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		<title>Day 25 &#8211; Southern Chinese food, Giant Desk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always expected that the food I would get in Beijing would be the Chinese food that I&#8217;ve been eating my whole life at home, but I was completely wrong. The food in Northern China (includes Beijing): OILY AND SPICY The food in Southern China: Exactly the same dishes you find in Toronto (ex. Dim Sum) Summary: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-25-southern-chines-food-giant-desk/</link>
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		<title>Day 20 &#8211; Second day of class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning to notice that different students have different difficulties in learning Chinese. For example, the Japanese girl in my class told me that Japanese doesn&#8217;t have the &#8220;ang&#8221; or &#8220;eng&#8221; sounds, so it&#8217;s hard for her words like &#8220;xiang&#8221; (to think). Also, the class is directed towards English speakers wanting to learn Chinese. They teach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-20-second-day-of-class/</link>
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		<title>Day 19 &#8211; First day of class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First day of class goes by well. Learn the 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese. All of the people in my class are from different cultures (ex. Spanish, Russian, Finnish, Ethopian, Japanese), so that makes me the only person that is ethnically Chinese. Being in the absolute beginner class (Have zero knowledge of Chinese), I start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-19-first-day-of-class/</link>
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		<title>Day 18 &#8211; Beijing&#8217;s Art District, Museum of Contemporary Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visited the art district of Beijing. A lot of outdoor street art and statues, pretty awesome. Swirly Spoons on spoons on spoons, with kid trying to take one (bottom right of photo) $500 CAD. Nice colour combination. Not exactly sure how to describe it. But I guess he liked math. Louis Vuitton Trunk (aka old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-18-beijings-art-district-museum-of-contemporary-art/</link>
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		<title>Day 17 &#8211; Lounge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visited a lounge/bar/club with a bunch of people from campus. It was on the 6th floor patio of a hotel, very luxurious. I guess it&#8217;s comparable to Rockwood Nightclub in Toronto (if you&#8217;ve been there before), except for a lot bigger and more balling. Huge patio, with pretentious things such as small fountains, great view [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-17-lounge/</link>
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		<title>Day 16 &#8211; Class list, Bananas, Purple pants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the people in my class next week. You can see the names are very ethnically diverse. My name is 5th on the list. Banana a day, keeps the diarrhea away, hah. Had to get a pair for myself. Was inspired by this guy. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-16-class-list-bananas-purple-skinnies/</link>
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		<title>Day 15 &#8211; Physical Exam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My current visa for China is 30 days. Within those 30 days, I have to get a Physical Exam done, register with the University, and pay a few fees, in order to extend my visa for the whole school year. I don&#8217;t wanna get deported. &#160; The physical exam took place in a small health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-15-physical-exam/</link>
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		<title>Day 14 &#8211; Lighter mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just realized I had this lighter in my backpack. Made it all the way through the airport! &#160; Banana candy cause I don&#8217;t have bananas and I used to eat a banana on the daily.]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-14-random/</link>
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		<title>Day 13 &#8211; More shopping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Electric scooters + bicycles are extremely popular here. You can buy an electric scooter for $300 CAD, and it has a max speed of 45 km/h, which is pretty good. Fast enough to drive in the car lane, small enough to cut through cars. (Friends scooter) This hotpot looked good, but tastes bad. Fun to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/182/</link>
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		<title>Day 11 &#8211; 18th Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally turned 18. Noah asked me what I wanted to eat for my birthday&#8230; nothing other than good ol KFC. The KFC here actually tastes better believe it or not. The have chicken in a bunch of different flavours, (ex. spicy, barbeque), instead of just the original recipe &#160; But enough about chicken. &#160; Headed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-11-18th-birthday/</link>
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		<title>Day 10 &#8211; 3L Jug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Started off the day with an international skype call from a familiar face: Or not&#8230; &#160; Dropped by a local foreigner bar with a few friends to hang out: Ginormous 3L jug. Alcohol is pretty cheap here, and is also sold in all supermarkets and convenience. I don&#8217;t think &#8220;carding&#8221; someone who looks young exists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-10/</link>
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		<title>Day 8 &amp; 9 &#8211; Haircut, Luxury Brands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haircuts here are pretty awesome, because for 10 RMB ($2.50), they&#8217;ll wash your hair, cut your hair, then wash it again. And they actually use scissors here, not like those Chinese hairdessers in Chinatown who just use the electric razors and finish the job in 5 minutes. The only problem is that they prefer completely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-8-9-haircut-luxury-brands/</link>
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		<title>Day 7 &#8211; Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went out for a morning jog and found&#8230; a shelf. Fit in well: Just enough shelves for all my shoes Picked up some weights and a mat. Was awfully confused because they told me they weighed 15. I kept telling them that was too little, (15 pounds?). In China they have fully adopted the Metric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-7-furniture/</link>
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		<title>Day 5 &#8211; Summer Palace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer Palace is one of the most popular tourists attractions in Beijing. Entering&#8230; A view from one side of the palace to the other side. You can take a boat across instead of walking around the circumference. Would say the whole thing is about the size of the Toronto Islands. And if you think about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-5-summer-palace/</link>
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		<title>Day 3 &amp; 4 &#8211; Rockclimbing, Chinese Restaurant Etiquette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get my phone set up. In Beijing most people don&#8217;t have cellphone plans like they do in Toronto. Instead, people just use pay-as-you-go cards. $15 CAD will last you a month or two no problem. Go rock climbing with Andre and Noah. Have dinner after at a chuar (Chinese shish kebab) restaurant which was pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-3-4-rockclimbing-chinese-restaurant-etiquette/</link>
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		<title>Day 2 &#8211; Roomate, Subway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get my keys to the room. Not your typical looking key&#8230; Fits in like that, kinda weird. &#160; Meet my roomate, a Korean guy named Kyu Jung Park, studying his masters here. Not able to communicate much more than that since he barely knows English. &#160; Noah takes me around the city to various malls. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-2-roomate-subway/</link>
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		<title>Day 1 &#8211; Hopping off the Plane, and into Beijing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Packing for the trip wasn&#8217;t all too bad.. vaccum sealed my clothing into a brick. That&#8217;s 25 pounds right there. Plus, finally got a new backpack after using the same one (left) for 4 years. Though the flight was 13 hours long, it wasn&#8217;t that bad at all. Luckily, I had an empty seat on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryaning.com/blog/index.php/archive/day-1-hopping-off-the-plane-and-into-beijing/</link>
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