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January 13th, 2011 | Categories: School, Travel | 6 CommentsMe, at the airport on my way to Beijing
- One 14kg duffel bag with a wheelie thing
- One 7kg duffel bag
- One 7kg backpack
- One 3kg plastic bag
- One 1.5kg purse1
Me, in my new apartment
- Assigned to a room meant for two, but no roommate
- Translation: double the closet space, my own bathroom, and a spare bed
Me, as an orientation leader
- “Wait, which subway line is the university on again?”
Me, as a returning study abroad student
- Teacher: Manda, you started last semester with a really strong Cantonese accent but had lost it by the end of the semester. But after spending winter break in Hong Kong, your accent has come back!
- Me: *demoralized*
Oh, Beijing. It’s so, so good to be back. <3
- This was filled with electronics like my iPod as well as my wallet, which had a ton of coins, hence the weight. [↩]
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Hi, I'm Manda. I'm a college student studying communications and languages. I like to read, shop, bake, and travel. I have a tendency to listen to my favorite songs on repeat for hours on end. Sometimes I catch myself thinking in a language other than English. 
How were you still upright with all that weighing you down??
Magic! And the help of a push cart. And the fact that I wore my backpack and purse and placed the plastic bag on the wheelie duffel bag, so it was like I was wheeling both simultaneously.
My country doesn’t use the metric system, but I’m going to pretend to understand the significance of all that weight.
And I suppose I could just convert it, but I’m too lazy.
Wow, that’s a lot of very heavy bags. How were you able to get them all to your uni?
Wow that’s a lot of heavy bags!
Holy crap, those bags sound ridiculous! Double the space in a room sounds awesome though :D