Guess I picked the wrong time to travel to the Philippines
I bought a plane ticket for Manila on Thursday. But severe flooding in the city may halt my plans.
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I bought a plane ticket for Manila on Thursday. But severe flooding in the city may halt my plans.
TAGS: China, national day, Philippines, typhoon, weather
Shenzhen Luoling Foreign Language Experimental School. (Pinyin: Shenzhen Shi Luoling Waiyu Shiyan Xuexiao; Characters: 深圳市落铃外语试验学校). Or Luoling for short. It’s a primary school in Shenzhen’s Luohu district. I teach 10 fourth-grade and 5 third-grade classes here. Why “experimental”? I’ve been told tacking on the word “experimental” to the name is a way for Chinese schools [...]
I wish the Games could be held in Chicago, but the odds are in Rio’s favor.
If I want to watch a live game, I have to stay awake for a midnight kickoff
TAGS: China, football, Michigan, University of Michigan
I was involved in the early stages of the redesign that launched last week.
TAGS: college papers, news, newspaper design, redesign, Web Design, websites
My transition from Western to Eastern culture has had its ups and downs.
TAGS: Beijing, China, culture shock, Shenzhen
Bridget O'Donnell, 22, is a designer for the China Daily in Beijing. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009 and lived in Shenzhen for eight months before moving to Beijing. More »