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Update: In Paris

Hello everybody!!!

It's been so long since my last update, my greatest apologies!

Since my last update, after my trip to Las Vegas, I was able to visit friends in the Los Angeles region before returning home to Berkeley. After one last adventure in Berkeley, I packed all my belongings and spent 3 days in San Jose before I had to pack up there too, in order to leave for Paris.

As a recipient of the Gilman Scholarship, one of the aspects of my follow-up activity is to maintain a blog while studying abroad. In a somewhat attempt to separate my personal home life with my study abroad life (if that makes much sense), I will be maintaining a separate blog during the duration of my study abroad period. I will periodically make updates to this blog; however, if you are interested in following along during my (mis)adventures in Paris, please follow or bookmark my Paris blog:

cleanandsunnyinparis.blogspot.com

Haha, pretty clever if I must say so myself.

With much love and well wishes,
Hang

P.S. I am doing amazing in the City of Lights, so don't you worry!
P.S.S. Thanks for all the constant love and support!

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  1. oOLauraSeptember 2, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    ahh!! you got the scholarship!!!! :D congrats!

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  2. CleanandsunnySeptember 3, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    Yup yup! Thanks! The blogging component is definitely a catch-22 though, because it forces me to be more accountable to the blog... but if I HAVE to blog, then I don't enjoy the physical act of blogging as much... I swear it's a catch22 but I'm doing a poor job of describing. In any case, thanks for the congrats :)

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