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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos are mine unless otherwise noted (edits, camera adjustments, explaining the ISO for the umpteenth time, and encouragement all courtesy of Mehdi, who has a sweet shot from our lunch here). On Saturday we rented a car and drove out to Cambridge where we met a wonderful family (whose photos I&#8217;ve witheld since I didn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador 3 + Colombia 1: From Ecuador to Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 21:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone I talked to in Ecuador told me that Colombia was far more beautiful and far more dangerous. Recently, the Colombian government pursued some rebels into Ecuadorian territory, and Ecuador was furious. Colombia hadn&#8217;t asked; they just came in. My Colombian friends say that, in Ecuador now, Colombians are suffering. Beyond that, there is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=1008&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Face / Private Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People were pushy in public: on buses, in the mall, subways and sidewalks.  They shoved their shoulders and their elbows into each other trying to squeeze their way out of the bus . . . only to take a slow stroll when finally out.  It was just that point of interaction, like crowds rushing out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=646&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 20 Questions Foreigners Hear Most in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it like to submerge yourself as completely as possible in the middle of China, with three Chinese roommates and Chinese classes where the only language you can speak with other students is Chinese? I enrolled full-time at Shaanxi Normal University&#8217;s classes for foreign students: four hours a day, five days a week plus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=622&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is a calendar.</title>
		<link>http://sabrinavandenbos.com/2008/10/21/this-is-a-calendar-the-best-part-of-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    The new office calendar on Google Calendar  In addition to the microwave, the world of computers was also new to my friend: blogs, email, everything.  And Google Calendars, Documents, and that whole slew of online applications was new to almost the entire office.   We finally set up an office calendar, and we quickly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=439&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is a microwave.</title>
		<link>http://sabrinavandenbos.com/2008/10/21/this-is-a-microwave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More adapted excerpts from emails, these from March 2008. We just hired a new secretary from the vocational school we work with.  I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s left her hometown before, and at 18 this is a big move. Her parents are here to drop her off, and they&#8217;re staying with me until she can find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=426&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being dumb.</title>
		<link>http://sabrinavandenbos.com/2008/10/16/being-dumb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In college, I had a roommate who once told me, &#8220;I thought you were dumb until I was in your study group.&#8221;  So I straightened my back. I straightened my gaze.  I walked indoors with same purpose I had outdoors, hurrying through the city as if I knew where I was going (when half the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sabrinavandenbos.com&amp;blog=3844792&amp;post=268&amp;subd=smondschein&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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