I was hoping to blog a lot more than I did about CISP and the MMK project, but I got wrapped up in the lovely craziness of it all, I suppose. (That...or I just had bad time management skills. heh.) I've been home three weeks now and am heading back to college tomorrow, but three weeks hasn't been enough time to make me stop thinking about the awesome program all the time. (I also miss good China food and shopping at fab Chinese prices!) So here's a post to wrap it all up...in haiku form, like the two others, of course.

A PESI Summer

~"China and the World"

Three intense weeks of learning

My eyes were opened

Perspectives were stretched

New thoughts; old flipped upside down

...the food was good too.

Saw it all firsthand:

Pain, progress, hope, tradition

Shanghai neighbors, friends

"China's on the rise,"

they told us. I believe them -

growth like no other!

Is the change for real?

Beneath the flurry of gain,

the hard cost remains.

Growth at people's cost

Taxi drivers, migrant kids

Can you call that gain?

China's on the rise, 

true. But China, don't forget

those who brought you there:

Your people: proud, strong

Nameless, earnest, left behind

...my new Shanghai friends.

Memories, lessons

Fun, crazy, hard, worthwhile

Head spinning, heart touched. ~

I miss Shanghai and the PESI team SO much! I thank God for the awesome privilege of going to China this summer with such a great group of people! Love to all!

CLM <3

P.S. JAM AND JELLY.