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		<title>One year, in photos</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/07/06/one-year-in-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;m pretty much in love with my new Nikon D90, I&#8217;ve decided to take on a little project. The 365 project, that is. The goal of the 365 project is simple: to take at least one photo every day for the next year. In documenting everything, no matter how simple or mundane, I [...]


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		<title>Happy Imperialist American National Holiday Day!</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/07/05/happy-imperialist-american-national-holiday-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With love, from China. (PS: I got in a photo with the man pictured above) Related posts:Happy National Day! Nowism: &#8220;Your holiday break actually starts today&#8221; Happy (belated) Dragonboat Festival Day! Also: how to make zongzi


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		<title>Christmas in July</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/07/02/christmas-in-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say hello to my new Nikon D90—my first DSLR. I ventured over to the Beijing Wukesong Camera Market earlier today to buy it, and believe me when I say I was as giddy as a five-year-old on Christmas morning upon arrival. Ever since I dabbled with photography at my Poynter fellowship last year, I&#8217;ve been [...]


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		<title>Ramses discovers Beijing</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/28/ramses-discovers-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See more of Ramses&#8217; adventures here. Related posts:A week in Hong Kong with Ramses the Roaming Ram™ Introducing the Roaming Ram™ And the winner is &#8230;


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		<title>Happy (belated) Dragonboat Festival Day! Also: how to make zongzi</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/19/happy-belated-dragonboat-festival-day-also-how-to-make-zongzi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Wednesday, June 16 was Dragonboat Festival Day (端午节 &#8220;duānwǔjié&#8220;). Yes, this is an actual holiday. According to tradition, you watch dragonboat (端午 &#8220;duānwǔ”) races and eat zòngzi (粽子—sweet rice dumplings). Without going into too much history, the festival basically celebrates Qu Yuan, a famous scholar and poet who drowned himself in a river. [...]


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		<title>Meet my new friend.</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/15/meet-my-new-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I made an impulse buy. But unlike most of my impulse buys, this one is actually useful: You know how people say everything is cheaper in China? Well, it&#8217;s true. You will never guess how much I paid for this (slightly ok-kind-of-really worn) contraption. $100, you say? Psh. Please. Lower. $60? AS [...]


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		<title>China&#8217;s got World Cup fever, and they aren&#8217;t even in it</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/15/chinas-got-world-cup-fever-and-they-arent-even-in-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the decade again for the media to question why Americans are disinterested in a sport the rest of the world is so passionate about. But while you all back at home get to see that tired story be recycled through the American news stream, I&#8217;m busy catching every game at any [...]


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		<title>Singin&#8217; in the (acid) rain</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/14/singin-in-the-acid-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Beijing, I haven&#8217;t yet purchased a dish-drying rack because I keep forgetting to search for them when I go to the supermarket. So, my temporary strategy for cleaning dishes has been to handwash them first, then dry them with a towel and leave them along the wide windowsill in my kitchen. Here&#8217;s why [...]


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		<title>Sparring</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/06/03/sparring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awkward moments in the Chinese language


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		<title>Vietnam [Photos]</title>
		<link>http://bridgetodonnell.com/2010/05/31/vietnam-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget O&#39;Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago: Thailand. Yesterday: Cambodia. Today: Vietnam. Unfortunately, the last leg of our Southeast Asia trip got cut short because of Tet, the Vietnamese version of Chinese New Year. Essentially, everything in the country shuts down during this holiday, including most forms of transportation. Our original plan for Vietnam was to take a train [...]


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