An awesome part about the Alliance program in Shanghai is that they allocate money for weekly Language Tables. Language Table is a time where your Chinese class meets up to eat food and practice Chinese. Our budget is 30 RMB for person which is more than a fair amount for a meal. For language table,…
Category: China: IFSA Shanghai
Spring Breakin’ for Fall Break Pt. 2
Quick recap: National Holiday is celebrated October 1-7 (Saturday – Friday). My friends and I decided to start our trip on Thursday and Headed to Hainan, China’s most southern and beautiful island. We spend Friday at Mission Hills Resort where we relaxed in 168 cold and hot springs and underwent a bunch of Chinese healing….
There’s A Club for That??
I’d like to start pf Here in Shanghai, we are enrolled as students at the Shanghai University to Finance and Economics (S.U.F.E. ). Therefore, we have the same rights as the Chinese students that attend this school full time. This week, S.U.F.E. had an event in which all the different clubs and sports would…
Spring Breakin’ for Fall Break Pt. 1
All over China, National Holiday is celebrated from October 1-7 (Saturday through Sunday). Now, I’m not sure why they have National Holiday, but I do know that it’s a week of no work (for the most part) and no school. So for me, it’s like fall break. For national holiday, three friends and I decided…
October, month of exams, plans and others
Hello, its Mikolaj Geritz again. Sorry that there weren’t any posts from me in a while, but because of unknown reasons I was unable to access my account. Therefore I will sum up what happened during this month of October. In the first week of this month me and a couple of my classmates went on…
Crowds of Fun!
Where do I begin…(again)? I apologize for the delay; I have been quite busy with schoolwork as we just finished most of our midterms. However, the biggest reason for the delay is, no matter what I do, on my phone or laptop, I cannot access the Rollins website. As a result, I’ve sent this to…
How to Survive in Shanghai for Under $6 a Day
In college, I spend an average of $10 per meal, or $30 a day. In a month, that’s about $900 on food. Whe you study abroad, you want to save that money to explore the country or the countries nearby. $900 a month for food is a good chunk of change. That’s in the States,…
Ariane Rosen – Shanghai, China
I studied abroad in Shanghai, China in 2009. It was a crazy decision, since it would be my first time out of the U.S. I figured, when else would I have the chance to live in another country for four months? And, if I didn’t go to China now would I really ever end up…
Bullet Train to Hangzhuo
National Day was declared the morning of the beginning of October for seven days. Classes were cancelled and everyone travels all over the country to different locations. The occasion? The founding of People’s Republic of China. It’s like Chinese Independence Day, except it goes on for a week. We were granted permission to travel wherever…
Rollins in Shanghai – September of plans
Hello again. Welcome to the 3rd part of the Rollins in Shanghai experience by Mikolaj Geritz. These past 2 weeks not a lot events has occurred during my stay. I mostly focused on studying Chinese language as well as learning from my various Business classes. During these two weeks I visited an underground market. They…