DONE!

I can't believe it. 8 weeks flew by so quickly. Before coming to Princeton in Beijing, I knew it was going to be tough, but the work was totally worth it. If I had to go back and decide again, I would totally do PiB again. At yesterday's final chinese table, several teachers were tearing up. The teachers at PiB work as hard, if not harder than the students here. The mutual struggle to teach and learn is what made the relationships with teachers uniquely rewarding.

Notes to future PiBers:
- Learn how to call for 服务员 in restaurants, and by call I mean yell.
- Bottled water pricing is weird in China, the smaller the bottle, the cheaper the per unit price
- Go to office hours as often as possible
- McDonald's is open 24 hours a day
- There are two subway stations near 北师大： one on line 2, one on line 10, both of which can be easily accessed by a short bus ride
- 三里屯 is best reached by starting on line 10, taxi is more convenient though
- 五道口 can be reached by the 331 bus, taxi isn't too bad either
- Properly plan your weekends because you only get 8 of them
- Plan your long weekend a week and a half in advance, otherwise all the tickets will be sold out
- Use the VPN; I've had almost no problems with the internet
- Bargain hard! If the price isn't right, then walk.

So I guess this is goodbye China. I will miss you dearly. But than again it's not really a goodbye, it's a see you later.

Dumpling count: 308