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I had my one and only exam two days ago for my management class and lets just say I did what I needed too. I didn't put too much effort into studying simply because I needed to get a 12% on the exam to pass. Since my grades don't transfer back to Miami for once I was delighted to just do the bare minimum. So that's that.

I have 3 papers to write for my other classes in lieu of a final. A 10 pager, a 5 pager, and a 2 pager, pretty manageable. I am trying to get those done in the next few days because after that my travel schedule takes off.

Less than one month to go in China and literally only a handful of days actually left in Beijing. Here's a tentative schedule of what the next month looks like for me.

Nov. 23 - 25 --- Xi'an
Nov. 26 - Dec. 1 --- Hong Kong
Dec. 3 - 7 --- Shanghai
Dec. 7 - 8 --- Suzhou
Dec. 8 - 9 --- Hangzhou
Dec. 11 --- Tianjin
Dec. 15 - 18 --- Bangalore
Dec. 18 - 25 --- Udupi
Dec. 25 - 28 --- Dubai
Dec. 28 --- Back to Beijing
Dec. 29 --- Toledo

It's going to be one busy month, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun. Some of these places I will travel to on my own and some with my roommate Drew. At first I was scared to travel by myself, but I've gotten a decent grasp of basic traveling Mandarin so I'm not too worried. I think that traveling by myself a little bit will be nice.

Obviously I'm excited for each and every city, but can't wait for a special few that I know will be a great time. Bangalore -- visiting my good friend Kalit from college. I haven't seen him in about a year, so it'll be nice to meet up and catch up with an old friend. Udupi -- two of my cousins' weddings, definitely a good time! Dubai -- a long anticipated trip to my roommates hometown. Bhavik and I are going to tear up the streets (and sands) of Dubai. Cannot wait for those cities.

Eleven cities in one month. Needless to say the minute I step inside my house in Toledo I'm going to hit the bed, Moti in arms. This very well may be the most hectic and stressful (traveling is always stressful to some extent) month of my life, but I can't wait to go out and see the world.

Here's to a lot of frequent flyer miles.