Theo Carney ‘14, Taigu Fellow

There have been times though when I’ve often felt that everything is too much: oppositional cultural differences, homophones, Karaoke in traditional characters I can barely read. Hierarchy. High-context (mis)communication. Friendly dissembling. Then there’s been the good kind of overwhelming: the wide-eyed, things-falling-into-place-overwhelming

Theo Carney ‘14, Taigu Fellow

I wake up this morning to my friend Dongxiong (English name: Russell) popping his head through the door at around 8:45. I’m always the last one to wake up. A thought bubbles forth in broken, half-asleep Chinese.

“Today’s our last day here,” I say.

“Yeah, we should go on a motorcycle ride. Do you want to have breakfast?”