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上课不像是在上课，每天都是非常欢乐，充满互动，老师们也很友善。我们有听力、口语和文学课程，这些课程安排得十分合理，我们不觉得有什么压力。初级课程是最难的，大多数学生需要花费更多的时间理解，但老师会不厌其烦地给我们答疑解惑，真心感谢他们。
With a lot of happy memories also came a lot of sad memories. There were a lot of farewells at the end of each semester since many students had to go back to their home countries, it was so heart breaking. I still try my best to stay in touch with them, even until today!
回忆中有很多快乐，也有许多悲伤。每个学期末，许多同学不得不回国，因此我们也不得不经历一场场令人心碎的告别。直到现在，我们依旧努力保持联系！

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This was at the Bund, I do really miss Shanghai!
My hometown is Mumbai, which is the financial capital of India. Although Xiamen and Mumbai are both coastal cities, they each have their own different charm.
我的故乡是孟买，它是印度的金融之都。厦门和孟买虽然都是海滨之城，但它们却展现着各自的魅力。
Xiamen has a population of about 4 million but Mumbai’s population is almost 21 million! Mumbai is known as the city that never sleeps; even at 3AM in the morning there is traffic outside and people going on about their day. The food there is also something that I really miss. You can find literally anything and everything. Restaurants in Mumbai love creating their own versions of popular international food items, which they call a “desi twist”. Even McDonalds in Mumbai has a different menu compared to other outlets around the country, that’s how enterprising they are. I once took my Chinese friends to a Chinese restaurant there thinking it was authentic at the time, but boy was I wrong! They were surprised to see that there wasn’t a single authentic Chinese dish in the menu. I’d like to believe they still enjoyed the food anyway.
厦门的人口约为 400 万，但孟买的人口多达 2100 万！孟买是座不夜城，即使在凌晨 3点，外面依旧车水马龙，人们继续他们的生活。我真的很想念孟买的美食。在孟买你可以找到任何珍馐美味。孟买的餐馆喜欢创造本土化的异国美食，他们称之为 “desi twist” 。甚至孟买的麦当劳菜单也与全国各地的其他门店不同，这就是孟买人的创新精神。有一次，我带中国朋友去孟买的一家中餐馆吃饭，当时我以为这是家地道中餐馆，但是我错了！他们惊讶地发现，菜单上没有一道正宗的中国菜，但我相信他们还是很喜欢这些美食。

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It said curry rice on the menu

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Malatang is just hotpot for people who don't like to share
Speaking of food, I was not familiar with any authentic Chinese food when I first came to Xiamen. All I knew was Chinese people ate fried rice. Learning to eat with chopsticks was the first hurdle I had to overcome and now it all feels so effortless. Some of my friends are also a few of the restaurant owners around here, they really love to chat. I love eating Malatang so much, I even started posting about it online and about all the other interesting food you can get here.
说到食物，我刚来厦门的时候还不懂什么是地道的中国菜，我只知道中国人吃炒饭。学会用筷子吃饭是我必须克服的第一个障碍，现在我用起筷子如鱼得水。我有一些朋友在厦门开餐厅，他们十分健谈。我爱吃麻辣烫，甚至在网上分享麻辣烫，以及在厦门可以吃到的其他美食。