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About Me
I am Sara Jaaksola, a Finnish girl that has the life long passion for everything Chinese. I’m on a journey that will lead to fluency in Chinese language. I’m studying a Bachelor Degree in Chinese Language at the Sun Yat-Sen University.
I have been living in Guangzhou since March 2010 and feel like home in this city.
What is this blog about?
- It’s about living my life in China
- Having a Finnish-Chinese relationship with my Cantonese boyfriend
- Studying Chinese language to fluency
- I also write in Chinese / 我也用中文写博文
Some facts about me:
- Student at the University of Tampere 2008 – 2010 (Finland), History, Art History, Culture History, Asian Studies
- Exchange Student at the University of Guangzhou 2010 – 2011, Chinese Language
- Undergraduate Student at the Sun Yat-Sen University 2011-2014, Chinese Language
- Author of the book: Nyt onnistut! Opas paasykokeeseen (About applying to university in Finland. How to prepare for the entrance examination.)
- Admin for two blogs in Finnish: Xue opiskelee (About my daily life) and Paasykoeblogi (About studying and applying to university)
- Other texts: Column in Kuriositeettikabi.net (About my work experience in a museum)
- E-mail: sara(a)sarajaaksola.com (feel free to send me an email, always happy to get to know new people)
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Check out some older photos from my gallery here. Includes photos from my travels to Beijing, Pingyao, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guilin, Shanghai, Yangjiang, Hong Kong, Foshan, Hainan and from Finland.
For more recent photos check my Flickr page.
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Englanti ei ole suomessa pakollinen aine. Yksi vieras kieli ja ainakin 2011 vaaleihin asti toinen kotimainen ovat pakollisia. Lisäksi voi ottaa toisen ja kolmannenkin vieraan kielen. Nykysysteemissä ei oikein hyödynnetä kielten sukulaisuutta:( Ruotsin sijasta voisi opiskella pohjoismaisia kieliä (ok, islanti on hankalampi) ja valita kielet kokonaisuuksina: germaaniset (ruotsi, saksa, englanti, dutch), latinalaiset (espanja, italia, portugali, tagalog) seemiläiset (heprea, arabia) jne. Jos lapsi oppii koulussa yhden joka kieliryhmästä niin muiden oppiminen helpottuu. Ja pienenä kielten opiskelu käy ihan itsestään niin paras aloittaa päiväkodista. Minulle aikaanaan saksa ja englanti oli helppoja kun osasin ruotsia valmiiksi, joten olisi ollut enemmän hyötyä opetella venäjää tai kiinaa. Lapsena olisi joutanut paremmin pänttäämään hanzeja!:)And in english for non-finnish readers: English is NOT compulsory in Finland. It is only compulsory to study one foreign language + Swedish, at least until the parliamentary election in spring 2011. Note to foreigners: Swedish is not dearly loved by the Finnish schoolchildren because 1) it is deemed useless as it only has some 20 million speakers (who all speak English) if you count in Norwegians and Danes and the tiny Finnish minority 2) Finland was colonized by Sweden for centuries and as Swedish was the language of academia, civil servants and military, it caused unproportional socio-economic benefits for the Swedish-speaking population (already present in Finland since…the ice melt or something). Some still feel about the Swedish-speakers as the Malay or Filipino towards their succesfull Chinese minorities. So in the upcoming elections language teaching is a hot topic and most Finnish parents would gladly trade their kids’ Swedish lessons for Russian or Chinese, for example. In the current system it is possible to study two foreign languages from the lower primary school (starting at grade 2.-5.) and a third or even fourth in upper primary and upper secondary. Commonly chosen is German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. Japanese is booming in upper secondary due to the cultural invasion of manga&anime. The current system does not make enough use of the familiar ties of (european) languages. Instead of Swedish the kids could aswell learn Nordic languages, the subject their teachers studied in university (since they already love Norwegian hard-rock and wages & Danish beer). The germanian languages (German, English, Dutch) could be grouped, latinic (spanish, portuguese, italian, tagalog) also, as well as semitic (hebrew, arabic) and so on. Definitely one hanzi-based should be made available for everyone so we Finns wouldn’t be such illiterates in Asia. Let the kid choose one from every “language family” at an early age, when language studies are literally a childs’ play, and they can easily grasp the other languages of the group later, if they need them. Best to start learning in kindergarten when theres plenty of time to draw hanzi with crayons. In my times learning German and English was maybe too easy, since they are very related to Swedish, which I already spoke at home(no I’m not filthy rich, quite the opposite). Learning Russian or Chinese would have been way more useful.
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Sara Reply:
January 18th, 2011 at 1:28 amNing Ning, Thanks for commenting and sharing this information! I have truly thought that English is compulsory to us and only now found out that it isn’t. But I can say that basically most of the Finnish people will learn English at school because there isn’t other options and English is quite useful language. When I started learning English at the age of 8 on 3rd grade we didn’t have any other options. Later on 5th grade I started German but never knew that I could have skipped English and just study German. No one ever talked about it. Only in the university it was a choise to study one foreign language and it could be almost any language.
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I found your blog from your facebook link, and i am enjoy reading your writing. It is really fruitful. I was in Oulu 3 months last year, Finland is an amazing place.
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Sara Reply:
February 5th, 2011 at 7:35 amThank you for commenting Rongwu. Really nice to hear that you’re enjoying my blog and I’ll do my best to keep it interesting. I really appreciate yours and others opinions. Interesting to hear that you’ve been to Oulu. It must be quite different than in the southern Finland where I’ve lived. I think I have never been to Oulu. Nice to meet you too!
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Hi Sara,
You are an admin for an website about univeristy in Finland, So i hope you may be able to answer me few qurstions about applying Phd in Finland. My major is International relations, and got my Master degee from Renmin University, and Bachelor Degree at Deakin University. How can i apply for Phd in Finland? Is that any Phd Program in English? Which uni in Finland is specializing International relations, especially China?
Thanks for your help
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Sara Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:34 amHi Sam, I will do my best to answer you. First you should check out this website: Study In Finland. There’s a lot of information about studying in Finland and also Phd programs. From here you can also do a search of ready-made doctoral programmes.
But this is important: “In Finnish universities, Doctoral level studies can be available either as ready-made Doctoral programmes (please consult our Study Programmes Database) or as tailor-made Doctoral level study and research opportunities. Therefore, not all the Doctoral level study and research options are covered in our database. If you wish to work for a doctoral thesis in Finland, you should contact the institution concerned or relevant department directly and make sure that your own field of specialisation is represented there. The university can then assist you in questions regarding when and how to apply.”
I’m not sure if there is anything that would combine international relations and China. There is international politics for example in the University of Helsinki (in the capital) and East Asian Studies in the same university. I think you should first check out the Study In Finland website and then look the websites of Finnish universities and when you find a place with your major then send email and ask more.
Was this any help?
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Moi Sara,
Kiitos blogini kommentoinnista. Tuo About sivu olikin mulle ihan outo juttu, oon niin ensikertalainen blogin kirjottaja :) Oma blogisi on aivan mahtava, aihe liikuuttaa minua syvästi, sillä kiina on vetänyt minua puoleensa jo pitkään (mm. maon pieni punainen kirja on sisustusmielessä hyllyllä). Kerran siellä käyneenä, kanttonissa juuri ja hainanilla, ja hinku on kova päästä sitä enemmän ekplooraamaan. Oli hieno löytää blogisi, tästä sait itsellesi uuden vakiolukijan.
Tsemppiä elämään.[Reply]
Sara Reply:
April 9th, 2011 at 9:21 amKiva kun tulit kommentoimaan :) Ja onpa mielenkiintoista kuulla, etta Kiina kiinnostaa! Itse olen ollut aivan fani jo suhteellisen nuoresta lahtien. sen verran kiehtova ja outokin tama maa on. Kiitos!
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我看了一些你的文章，作为一个老外中国和作为一个老中在北欧所受的待遇实在太大了：中国人一般对外国人非常友好热情，特别是中国的大学生，他们很乐意与外国人比如博主这样的外国美女打交道；而作为一个生活在瑞典的老中，我不得不说，瑞典人民和芬兰人民太冷了！cold as stone!除非醉酒，否则大多数芬兰人瑞典人根本懒得搭理外国人，尤其非欧洲人，the words that uses one of my acquaintance say：They completely ignore you as if you never existed.
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April 20th, 2011 at 2:39 amChinese people and including students, are really curious people. They have lot of questions and even they are shy, sometimes they have the courage to come to speak with as laowais. 哈哈 You are right! Finnish people can be quite quiet and some of us need a drink to begin a conversation. But I like that in Finland no one cares when I walk in the streets. No one is shouting hello, missy missy or buy a watch! In China I sometimes get way too much attention and it’s nice to go to Finland where people just let me be.
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April 20th, 2011 at 10:09 amWell,that is the culture difference,Environment, as I see it, has a far-reaching influence on one personality. The Europe of the north is scarcely populated.It is colder in the north & Nordic.and Traffic was badly dislocated by the heavy fall of snow in winter.especailly that in Nodic,Winter is take most time of one year,therefor,Finnish have to stay alone in the past and now,As time passed, they got accustomed to being alone.in the past,Loneliness has fostered their religious feeling and their taste for meditation and recollection.
I am afraid that if i stay here too long time, i will become too quiet and used to loneness.actually,i am already effect by Sweden………………but,In China you sometimes get way too much attention just because you are “Laowai”,because you have a white face looks totally different from each other，opposite attach，people always curious when they see something&someone different,whatever Chinese or Finnish,Swedish，for example,when i visit some small town in sweden where most people never see asian before, they do the same thing as you meet.
and i found a very interesting point: althrough most swedish used to stay alone and quiet,but they are eager to conversation,they just always constrain own sentiment.that why there are many people here need the help of alcohol to release themself.Friends agree best at distance.for Chinese,too far;for swedish finnish,too close,sometimes i am really confused:may be most of swedish friends never look me as a friend. People tend to close their heart as the growing of age,especially to a foreigner.
不管怎么样，祝你在中国能有一个开心的生活，莎拉
APROPÅ： talar du Svenska eller Kinesiska?
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April 24th, 2011 at 8:09 amI hope you can learn to take good sides from both of the cultures, Chinese and Swedish. I like your idea about enviroment affecting cultures and people. I am sure there is a connection between dark rainy autumns plus cold long winters and a Finnish way of living and thinking.
Making friends with people from another cultures isn’t always easy. You are worried that Swedish friend don’t consider you as a friend. I’m worried that to Chinese people are only interested having a foreign friend, not having me as a friend.
I hope too that you will have good time in Sweden and when you go back to China, you will have nice memories from there.
Jag talar inte svenska. I studied Swedish for over six years, but because I never used it I forgot almost everything. My Chinese is much better than my Swedish right now.
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really good blog. hope u have your chinese version someday
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July 4th, 2011 at 11:26 pmThank you Andrew! When my Chinese improves maybe I’ll think about having a Chinese blog aswell. But then I would have three blogs, in Finnish, English and Chinese. That’s a lot of updating and writing!
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Hello Sara!
I’ve really enjoyed taking a look round your blog and wondered if you’d be interested in doing a quick interview for the China Travel Blog (http://blog.chinatravel.net/)? It would be part of our China Blogger Spotlight series… Drop me a line if you are interested and I’ll send over more info.
Best regards
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July 4th, 2011 at 11:28 pmHi Aimee! Thank you for asking. I just sent you an email about the interview.
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Hi Sara,
i just wanted to tell you that you have a great blog. I stumbled upon it when I was procrastinating a bit from my work (not a recommended thing to do!).
I was born in Guangzhou many years ago in a village in the Bai Yun district near the new airport (very close to the new subway station of Ren He). Now I reside in Canada. In the past few days, I’ve been feeling nostalgic about my past childhood in the village (I grew up in the west); I haven’t been back in years. I really miss the easy life in there. But tell you the truth, I never got to know the city proper very well and it’s still a mystery to me. Every time I was back (I’ve been back only twice since i left when i was a little kid), my cousins took me into town and I always felt so lost and unnerved by the masses of people and the traffic, but I would still like to figure this city out and get to know it better… maybe in my next trip there.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that you blog is helping me dissipate some of that mystery and helping me know the city a bit better. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
Good luck in your studies!
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Sara Reply:
July 9th, 2011 at 5:26 amHi Will,
Thank you very much! I can imagine that because you’ve been back only twice it must be hard to have an overall image of the city. And Guangzhou is huge! I know my way around in certain areas, but in others I’m lost. Metro system is easy to use to get around, but otherwise it’s quite hard to navigate in here. In my opinion Beijing is easier. Do you already have a plan for your next visit?
Maybe I should introduce Guangzhou a little bit more in my future posts. And not just those tourist places, but the gems that are hidden in the small alleys.
Thank you again for commenting Will! Comments like this especially give me inspiration to update and improve this blog.
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July 10th, 2011 at 12:09 pmThanks Sara for replying. I still don’t know for sure when I’ll be back, possibly by the end of this year, but probably not; just “someday” for sure. But I’ve been reading a lot about the city and I’ll definitely explore it myself the next time I’m in town by just walking around; that’s what I do every time I visit a new place anyway. And please do talk a bit more about the city itself; like you, I also like the traditional/historical parts of a city and its common people. I’d love to find out how’s like to live in the city.
Thanks again and keep up the good work!
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July 11th, 2011 at 10:46 amI will absolutely remember your wish and will write more about Guangzhou. I hope to buy a new camera soon so I could (learn to) take better photos to share with all of you. Many foreign expats living here seem not to be too fancy about Guangzhou. For example my cousin didn’t like it when she was living here few years ago. But I want to show that Guangzhou can be an interesting place to live.
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hi, my name is summers, nice to meet u here, i am in norway now . i guess u r familiar with chinese culture . my purpose is to find a girlfriend . i prefer white girl . it seems u are a expert at interracial marriage. so could you give me some advice on that ?
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July 19th, 2011 at 1:45 amNice to meet you Summers. Here are some tips for you. Don’t ever let the white girl know that you are looking for a white girl. Tell them that you are looking for the love of your life (if that’s what you want). We don’t want you to date us only because we are white, but because you love us no matter where we are from. Then do not ever comment the weight of a girl. Tell her she is beautiful, not that she shouldn’t eat french fries. Be interested in her backgroup but you don’t need to join the fan club for Finland for example. She doesn’t want to be one of your collectibles. Also don’t get a white girl just in order to improve your English.
That’s about treating a white girl well. Then how to find her? Rely in your friends and ask them to introduce someone to you. Or look around at your university (join some club) or at work. Have a new hobby and meet new people there.
Important thing is to be confident. Many Chinese guys are too shy and are afraid to make the first move. Don’t be too pushy, but make effort.
Good luck!
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by the way, i was just back from helsinki, i like Suomenlinna Island, it is amazing.
i found the people are very kind.
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July 19th, 2011 at 1:45 amSuomenlinna is a really nice place but unfortunately I’ve been there only once when I was a kid. Would love to go there again.
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Your blog is great! It’s very encouraging to see that someone dares to do unexpected things like moving from Finland to China. What did your relatives and friends think?
All the best to you and your boyfriend, and your cat too :)
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August 4th, 2011 at 7:42 amThank you Sarianna! I’ve been a China fan as long as I can remember, so in a way it’s only been a matter of time when I move to China. Other reader also asked about this, so probably I should write a whole post about it soon!
I noticed from your blog that you live in UK. It’s always interesting to follow blogs from other fellow ulkosuomalainen (Finn abroad)!
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Hi. Thanks for commenting on my blog “China Buzz”. I have been reading through your website. It is really great. :) I will be studying Chinese, Buddhism, Chinese Economics, Chinese Ethics, and Chinese Business. What did you study while in China?
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August 8th, 2011 at 7:28 amThank you Andie and nice to have you over :) First when I came to China I was an exchange student and studied only Chinese language. In September I will start a bachelor degree in Chinese as a foreign language, but I think we have some culture and history courses too. I guess I will find out when I register after four weeks. I’m not that into business, but Business culture in China is very interesting and I took a course in it when I was still in university back in Finland.
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Hi Sara!
I have been combing the web, looking to network with lots of people living and working in China, and I came across you!
I’m due to move out to the Guangzhou area in a few weeks’ time. I’m keeping my website, just as you do, to blog about the China of now, and also to have some fun ^0^
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Sara, dont think too much about the western guys say you are ugly. As your good friend, I totally believe that you are a beautiful girl, both external and internal of yourself. Keep on writing more great post. My blog is still being not updated for a long time.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 1:37 amDon’t worry Harrist, I know my self well enough to not think too much what some random guy says about me online. Thank you!
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September 12th, 2011 at 10:36 amhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha,I’d like to say ,u r pretty by the way,welcome to china,hope u have a romantic relationship in china!BTW I love finland,halloween.haha!
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Hey Sara – I tried emailing you with the address on the about me page but it didn’t work…can you please email me with the correct address…I’m wondering if you still live in China.
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Sara Reply:
October 19th, 2011 at 11:36 pmI sent you an email! In my about page my email reads like this: sara(a)sarajaaksola.com. You just have to change that (a) to @. This is a little trick I do to prevent having too much spam.
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你好 Sara
I like reading your blog. Interesting very interesting. Also I am a bit envious that you can live and study in China. I don’t have that luxury. Looking forward to reading future posts. Jono
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October 22nd, 2011 at 3:27 amHi Jono! Nice to hear that you like my blog. I just found yours today. Didn’t you wrote that you’re perhaps going to China for a student exchange, is that so?
p.s. Your comments went to spam first because of the links. You don’t have to add the link yourself, I can find it when I click your name.
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Hi, my dear Finnish friend.
This is Jack. I come across your blog on the Internet. I am happy to hear that you are experiencing an authentic Chinese life in Guangzhou. It seems that you are enjoying every moment, be it happy or frustrated, in China. I wish you have a great trip in China. I am a staff from a Guilin-based tour online operator. I don’t know whether you have been to Guilin, a really charming place near Guangzhou. It is worthy to pay a visit for the fantastic mountails and rivers. May be, our kind trip advisors can offer you help if you ‘d like to visit Guilin, hehe. Here I have to confess that I am doing my job now, though i really want to read all your articles about your life in Guanghzou.The website:www.chinahighlights.com I work for is a great tour website. You can find a lot of information about major cities guide in China. May be it is helpful to you and your friends, and the visitors to your blog. I would kindly ask you whether can give us a link to http://www.chinahighlights.com/hotel/guangzhou-hotels/ on the sidebar of the homepage of your blog, I would appreciate if you doing so. In return, i can place your blog on our link page too if your are willing to. If you are not interested, that will be ok. It would not be a matter, and I will still wish you a great experience in China. Thank you, and Best regards.Please contact me via my email if you have any questions. I would glad to offer my help.[Reply]
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October 26th, 2011 at 3:30 amHi Jack!
I’ve been to Gulin and I do like the city a lot. The Li-river area is so beautiful and peaceful.
I will consider the link offer.
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October 26th, 2011 at 4:25 amYeah! It seems you had a great trip in Guilin. The Li-river is quite drought now in Autumn. Luckly, my company is located on the bank of Li-river, and I often take a walk along the bank with my colleagues every day after lunch. That is really an enjoyment. From my company building, I can go to the famous Elephant Trunk Hill Park easily, and overlook the Shanhu Lake, the sun and the moon pagodas. May be you had visited these places. ^_^ Wish you happy every day in China!
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awesome you.. maybeti you go life in hong gong doing some work whit big clints lot of money like china they do :D
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October 27th, 2011 at 8:50 pmIt seems that you think Chinese people are awesome, though I can not read the words you wrote. But I must tell you that most of Chinese people are kind-hearted, friendly, and curious to foreigners. Just very few people will be bad to foreigners. Maybe you think my behavior is not good, but I have to tell you that this is what my com require me to do, which makes me feel sick too. At least, I never conceal myself, unlike some others who . Actualy, I could directly choose to do business with the blogger, and buy a link from her. but i choose not to. I know the blogger will never allow any commercial purpose on her blog. So i choose to talk to her, but it seems that what i do is not so proper, which may arouse lots of misunderstandings. I confess it is my fault. I also feel what i do is not good, but it is not my original intention.
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November 2nd, 2011 at 2:34 amDon’t worry Jack. I do have some links on my sidebar and people ask me to do link exchange quite often. Sometimes I reply quickly, and sometimes I have other things to do and decide it later on if I want to add that link or not. You asked very nicely Jack, so don’t worry.
I think China is awesome because it’s so interesting. It’s not about if China or Chinese people are good or not, it’s about observing a culture that is so different from mine. A culture that I have always felt a connection to. I have noticed that Chinese people are very curious about foreigners, sometimes it’s a good thing and sometimes I hope to be left alone. All those hello shouts and million questions can be tiring sometimes.
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Hi Sara,
I have some personal questions that can not explain via comments.
Will you let me mail to you plz?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Job
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Sara Reply:
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:45 amHi Job,
You can find my email address from this About Me page. Here it is again: sara(a)sarajaaksola.com. You just have to change the (a) to @.
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Hello Sara,
I’ve enjoyed your blog and your adventures in Guangzhou. My sister lives there with her American family and we are going to visit next week. They live at 203 Binjiang Dong Rd, so maybe we’ll see you at the park by the university and the river![Reply]
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November 24th, 2011 at 9:20 pmHello Jeff.
That must be right next to the north gate of the university. There’s always a lot happening every night, dancing and taiji. Are you still in Guangzhou and how have you liked your trip?
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hi sara… i loved reading your blog… chanced upon it while looking for the malaysian embassy in guangzhou n there was ur finnish independence day picture… itz been such a pleasure.. i hav been studying medicine in guangzhou for a little more than 4 years now… i would love to see you walking down beijing lu or pearl river someday..hahah… great job..:)..:P
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Sara Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:21 pmThank you for leaving a comment Wrick! Are you studying Chinese or Western medicine?
Maybe we might meet accidentally at some point :)
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Soham "Wrick" Datta Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:03 pmi am studying western medicine…:) in nanfang yi ke daxue.. southern medical university…:) i m sure we can meet accidentally somewhere someday… hahah..:)..:) u r welcome by the way… one of the most interesting and enlightening blogs i have come across..:)
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How do you manage to keep your passion for China alive? I was so passionate about China too before coming here and I loved it, but as time goes by I lose the passion bit by bit and now I’m nearly at the point where I can’t stand being here anymore. I find it too dirty and the people are not civilised enough.
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March 1st, 2012 at 9:36 amI have to admit that before coming to China I was really worried if I end up hating it all. Everything Chinese has been my passion since primary school and it would have been terrible to finally come to China and then miss home. But luckily I haven’t had a day during these two years when I would have wanted to go back to Finland for good. Of course I don’t know what happens in the future, but at least for now my passion is alive and doing quite well.
How long have you been in China? I think that some of us that have a great passion for China also might have great expectations before coming, and when the reality doesn’t match the dreams, it can be hard.
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Hi There,
I just came across yourhttp://sarajaaksola.com and found it quite appealing. I would request to please provide us email id of your webmaster so that we can work together to promote each other’s websites.
Thanks,
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Sara Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 12:14 pmHi There,
You found my about page but didn’t find my email address that is written on this page?
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Hey Sara, I think I landed on your blog via a comment on a photographers website while searching for information on street photography. Started reading some of your posts out of curiosity. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your stay in China and that you’ll make your dreams come true. Greetings from Holland!
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March 31st, 2012 at 12:26 pmHi Just Some Guy, I’m really enjoyning my life in China and hope that I would have more time to take photos.
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wow!! this is really inspirational!! lonesome girl living this corner of the world inside complicated culture and ppl! i am really bewildered by this dillema. sara u r doing great things since u r living in ur dream and making others release their dreams and efforts cuz u r sending a message to western losers who living priceless life lmfaoo no offence but thats how i see em. good luck enjoy ur life in gz i live in gz too.
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April 14th, 2012 at 9:39 pmBut don’t Chinese peple call their country the Middle Kingdom? I’m in the center of the whole world ;) But I don’t think that I’m that lonesome.
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Hei. Olen menossa perjantaina Hongkongiin.
Tarkoituksena on käydä myös Guangzhoussa. Voisitko kertoa muutamia katsomisenarvoisia paikkoja sieltä? Muutakin kuin arkkitehtuuria. Onko siellä sellaista paikkaa missä olisi esillä kiinalaista uutta designia?[Reply]
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April 18th, 2012 at 5:44 pmHei!
Katsomisenarvoiset paikat riippuvat paljon siita, etta mika teita kiinnostaa. Itse olen suunnitellut reissua uuteen Guangdong Museum:iin Zhujiang New Townisssa, mutta en ole ehtinyt viela kayda. Museoista loytyy hyva lista Wikipediasta: http://wikitravel.org/en/Guangzhou#Museums_and_galleries
Lempipaikkani Guangzhoussa on taas Xiaozhou kyla, jossa paasee kiertelemaan vanhan guangzhoulaisen kylan pikkukaduilla.
Beijing Lu:lta (tai siis risteavalta kadulta) puolestaan loytyy erinomainen vietnamilainen ravintola Tiger Prawn.
Modernimpaan puoleen taas paasee tutustumaan Tianhen alueella, johon saapuu juna Hong Kongista.
Sun Yat-Sen Universityn pohjoisportti on mielenkiintoinen paikka illalla kahdeksan jalkeen kun aukiolle kokoontuu tanssijoita, taijin harrastajia ja muuten vain kiinnostuneita. Aukio on taynna joka ilta kunhan saat vain sallivat ja tanssityyleja loytyy jokaiseen makuun. Siella on mielenkiintoita nahda miten guangzhoulaiset viettavat iltojaan.
Uudesta designista en valitettavasti osaa sanoa, en ole kierrellyt nayttelyissa tai gallerioissa.
Jos vinkkaat tarkemmin minkalaiset kohteet kiinnostavat, niin voisin miettia jos tulee viela muita ehdotuksia mieleeni!
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Hi Sara !
I saw your posts on speakingofchina and it’s been a pleasure to trace to your website. :)
I’m Dennis from Jiangsu, China,currently studying preparation for my freshman year beginning in the States. I’m so delighted to see you found your Chinese love here and glad that you reckon it a right choice.
For me life seems hopeful whilst unpredictable. I’m always worrying about myself.Dennis
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Sara Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 7:39 pmHi Dennis!
It’s nice to see you over here at my blog and thank you for your kind words. I hope you don’t have too much worries in your life, but again, we all have our own worries.
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Sara Reply:
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:15 am
Thank you Angela. I’m having a lot of fun in Guangzhou. Really nice to hear that you enjoy reading my blog.
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