Category Archives: Erin Hoshibata ’11, China

Read posts by Erin Hoshibata ’11 in Yunnan Province, China (Spring 2010).

Squatter Toilets, Spitting, and Culture Shock

Culture shock.  Perhaps the most cliché and overly talked-about experiences of living abroad (and with good reason), it can be – in whatever form it presents itself – both incredibly amusing and downright frustrating.  One thing is true however it … Continue reading

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Kunming, China: At First Sight

Nimen hao! Hello everyone!  Welcome to gorgeous Kunming, Yunnan Province, China: the business and industrial capital of the southernmost province of the most populated country in the world.  I write this in my dormitory room – comparably equal in size … Continue reading

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