{"id":5299,"date":"2016-08-21T05:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T09:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:25:41","slug":"19-going-on-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2016\/08\/21\/19-going-on-30\/","title":{"rendered":"19 going on 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, folks, I\u2019m 19 years old and I am about to complete a 30-hour trip from Orlando, Florida to Shanghai, China! Now listen, this is my FIRST time leaving the states! And how will I do it you may ask? \u2026 ALONE! Most people would pick somewhere easier for their first time traveling alone, but not I! I tend to go for the far out and extreme adventures! Anyways, Shanghai University of Economics and Finance here I come!<\/p>\n

So in light of this 30 trip, I decided that I would state 15 facts about me and 15 things I expect to happen this semester. (15 + 15 = 30)!<\/p>\n

Facts About Me:<\/p>\n

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  1. My real name is Prince<\/li>\n
  2. I\u2019m studying abroad in Shanghai, China (in case you wanted to know again)<\/li>\n
  3. I love to tell people that I\u2019m studying abroad in China<\/li>\n
  4. I\u2019m a second year lad attending Rollins College in Orlando, Florida and studying International Business<\/li>\n
  5. I\u2019m from a small town called Chipley in the panhandle of Florida (population: 3,500 people)<\/li>\n
  6. I can speak English fluently, a decent amount of Spanish and Dutch, and soon Mandarin<\/li>\n
  7. I\u2019m an ENTJ<\/li>\n
  8. I love to dance and go out with friends<\/li>\n
  9. I\u2019m most likely always eating or hungry<\/li>\n
  10. I\u2019m an aspiring photographer<\/li>\n
  11. I\u2019m obsessed with animals (my goal is to open a zoo)<\/li>\n
  12. I have the worst luck and always have bizarre things happen to me<\/li>\n
  13. I\u2019m known at my college as the kid that got hypnotized on the first night of Orientation and danced on stage like Beyonc\u00e9<\/li>\n
  14. I also twerked on stage that same night (I thought it was a dance competition for charity)<\/li>\n
  15. I\u2019m super terrified\/excited for this semester abroad!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Expectations:<\/p>\n

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    1. Regret choosing to study abroad in China<\/li>\n
    2. Call my family crying and beg to come home<\/li>\n
    3. Get yelled at my family for being a baby<\/li>\n
    4. Get weird\/bad looks from the natives<\/li>\n
    5. Get even worse looks when I try to speak Mandarin to them<\/li>\n
    6. Struggle to learn mandarin<\/li>\n
    7. Get completely lost in the city and have a panic attack<\/li>\n
    8. See jaw-dropping sites<\/li>\n
    9. Completely fill my camera roll with pictures<\/li>\n
    10. Order something random and end up hating it<\/li>\n
    11. Order something random and end up loving it<\/li>\n
    12. Take a Karate class and fail (I\u2019m trying to be the next Karate Kid<\/em>)<\/li>\n
    13. Feel super weird wearing a facial mask to breathe<\/li>\n
    14. Go out and take advantage of every second<\/li>\n
    15. End up loving my time in China and not want to return to the States<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Well, folks, I\u2019m 19 years old and I am about to complete a 30-hour trip from Orlando, Florida to Shanghai, China! Now listen, this is my FIRST time leaving the states! And how will I do it you may ask? \u2026 ALONE! Most people would pick somewhere easier for their first time traveling alone, but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[296,313],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shanghai","tag-shanghai","tag-study-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16342,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/16342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}