{"id":2186,"date":"2016-08-14T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T14:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/sla2016\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2016-08-16T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:15:09","slug":"blog-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/2016\/08\/14\/blog-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Life in Beijing is nothing if not consistent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The excitement from the trip to Xi\u2019an has worn off, and it is time to begin the second textbook of the summer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is exciting to look back at the progress we all have made so far, yet daunting to see how far we have yet to go. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is satisfying to leave campus on weekends and evenings, for it allows you to practice what you are learning every morning in class, and reassure yourself of your progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The sheen of life in a new country has given way to an acceptance of routine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I no longer consider myself a tall American strolling about campus, but more integrated into the college life here at Peking University.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Meals are still a problem faced sometimes, as bad experiences in ordering food at one of the dining halls has temporarily excluded it from the meal options.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If there is one thing I am missing right now about America, it is the food.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>However, there are other options, and it is not a pressing problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life in Beijing is nothing if not consistent.\u00a0 The excitement from the trip to Xi\u2019an has worn off, and it is time to begin the second textbook of the summer.\u00a0 It is exciting to look back at the progress we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/2016\/08\/14\/blog-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}