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...And One Final Post About China

Cue that resounding sigh of relief, because it's obvious more to me than anyone that almost a whole month after leaving China, I'm still yammering on and on about it. Scout's honor, this will the last one until the next time I feel like braving a sixteen hour flight and whatever is the polar opposite of the term "peace and quiet."


Pan-fried radish "cakes" ... as absolutely mouthwateringly delicious as it was,
I'm still more than happy to be reunited with cupcakes and chocolate cakes and all kinds of get-me-fat cakes. I don't discriminate. 

"The Great Nanjingnese Eatery" - probably should be your first food stop if you ever visit!

Chicken curry & naan at Taj Mahal - slightly overpriced, but still eyes-rolling-back scrumptious!

Dairy Queen - China style - after seeing Fast & Furious 6.

I am so thankful, little girl, to have you in my life.
Excuse the crappy photo quality, pleaseandthankyou. 

Surviving a mob, or picking a kid up from first grade? 

Mooncakes! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 

The parents walking through their childhood neighborhood. 

Crowds on crowds on crowds. 

Until next time, Nanjing.

Weirdly, the transition from China to the USA this time was miraculously seamless. It's never happened like this before. I've always needed a day or two to get re-acquainted with this beautiful, red-white-and-blue striped country of mine; but this time, I suffered no jet lag, no reverse culture shock, no intense longing for mango ice. Sometime in that really long and exhausting inter-continental flight, it was like I shed a casing I had around me the entire time I was in China. And once I stepped foot back at school, it was the strangest thing - I immediately settled back into my routine, went for an obligatory In-N-Out jaunt, and chatted with all of my friends like three months had not just passed us by. 

I told my roommate, I said - "it's like I have two lives. My Stanford life, and my 'real world' life ... and every time I come back to or leave campus, it's like I press a play or pause button." 

I am so happy to be back at Stanford, my favorite place in the whole entire universe. But I'm so thankful for the time I had in China with my family, and so with that said - here's to the next great journey!


18 comments

  1. your entire trip looks like it was soooo wonderful, you lucky thing! :) i know what you mean about 2 lives - i always feel like that whenever i go from scotland to england & back again, and they're on the same island!

    the hobbit kitchen x

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  2. pan fried radish cakes? i might need to make china our next stop for a vacation (:

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  3. That naan bread dish looks heavenly! Not what I'd expect considering you were in China, but you have to love places where you have access to a variety of different types of foods!

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  4. China is a place I long to visit, and these photos have made me want to go even more!

    Gorgeous photos.

    Hmm maybe...

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  5. Oh that eatery looks so cool, love the lamps. And that food is making super hungry. Sounds like China was really good to you.

    Ali of Dressing Ken

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  6. Sounds like a great trip. I definitely get the whole pause things, it's a good feeling.

    Welcome back!
    www.hauteinhabit.com

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  7. China is so beautiful! it's one of my to go destinations in my life! hopefully one day :)

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  8. I'm so jealous of your trip! I so want to go to China (well Asia in general!) it's on my to-do list :)

    xxx
    Lady à la Mode

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  9. Let's talk about how we are probably related.

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  10. Wow. Looks like a wonderful experience!! How fun!

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  11. You are like a secret agent or something. One life here and one life there. :-) You should write a book my friend!

    Jayme & Mendi @ Her Late Night Cravings

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  12. Amazing!!!

    Would you like to follow each other?! Let me know!!

    xoxo

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  13. I love pictures of you and your family. And if I visited China, I would be posting about it for a month (probably longer) as well. I like that you have the 2 lives going on...makes life more interesting, right?!

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  14. China is definitely on my list, think I will be going sometimes in 2015! Cannot wait even though it's so long away still.

    Teffy { Teffys Perks Blog } X

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