Kim, Emily, and I graduated from MCLA then came to teach at He Da.
Greg, Cherry (known at MCLA as Lenora), and JingJing are three of seven students who study at He Da and studied abroad at MCLA.
When Greg, Cherry, and JingJing returned to Baoding after spending the fall semester at MCLA, I was eager to meet them. We all met for dinner on the New Campus during the beginning of this semester. Kim had taught Cherry the previous year, but otherwise we did not all know each other. However, as soon as we met for dinner, we felt as if we were all old friends! We walked two by two down North Street to the restaurant where Greg booked a room as we all chatted about MCLA gossip, North Adams, Baoding, and our lives. There is a small population that has lived both at MCLA and Hebei University and now I know three more people in Baoding so it makes me feel more at home to be with them!
Since then, we have all seen each other several times...we met up with JingJing in Beijing, Greg & Cherry came to Emily's birthday dinner, and Jing Jing & Cherry came to my birthday dinner. The other students that are spending a full year studying abroad at MCLA will be back at some point in May and I hope to meet all of them too!
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