My Life
Will I Be A White Guangzhounese?
It feels so odd. To tell people that I live in China, that my hometown is now Guangzhou. It feels like I am joking and it really isn’t true. I used to dream many years about visiting China but I…
My home is in Guangzhou now
I have been back to Finland for two weeks now and everything seems like the same. People are complaining about the weather and we have Karelian pasties every week after sauna. But is my home here or in Guangzhou? Wikipedia…
One Hospital In Guangzhou And How I Ended up In There
Incredibly painful. It started on Sunday 27th when I accidentally spilled a bowl of hot water to my skin. I ran to the shower, opened the door of my room and started shouting in all the three languages I know.…
Sara Jaaksola in China: The reason why I decided to live in China
[Updated 2013.7.7] Coming to China had been my dream as long as I could remember. In primary school grade 6 we were asked to make presentations of countries to our notebooks. I chose China because my parents had lived there…