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Entries from December 2008

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year’s!

December 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas, happy Hannukkah and happy New Year’s.  Wherever you may be, hope this holiday is memorable with friends and family. Thanks to everyone who has made this year brighter in my little corner of the world! Safe Travels! Helen

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Tags: travel

My CCTV Debut

December 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before the Olympics started, Olympic volunteers were newsworthy, especially ones learning to write “I love China” in traditional calligraphy.  While going through my rigorous training leading up to the Olympics at the basketball Cube, my opportunistic supervisor jumped on the chance to get her two trainees on tv and in front of who knows how [...]

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Tags: Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China · China Central Television · Mandarin · Olympics · travel

7 Links for the International-Savvy

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Some of the links are obvious but these are websites and programs that I turn to a lot to meet my international needs. So I thought I’d put them all in one place and share them. If you have any similar websites, programs or travel tools, please share too! http://translate.google.com/, translate anything without having a [...]

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Tags: travel · travel tools