Friday, September 01, 2006

Campus by the beach



At my age, it's hard to live on a college campus. I am used to more control of my life, more personal space. The people here are gracious and solicitous; but at times this feels like surveillance. Nevertheless, this is a beautiful place, on China's Northeast sea coast. One has only to walk through the campus north gate to be on the beacch.
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