living in china | a week of my life studying chinese in china vlog 🇨🇳

another week in my life studying Chinese in China 🇨🇳 first week of ‘real’ classes starting & running around preparing to apply for my chinese residence permit xx

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where are you from? i'm british chinese, grew up in london and currently living in lisbon!!
what did you study and where? i studied classics for 4 years at oxford university & did a term abroad in rome at sapienza university
why did you move to lisbon alone? this video should explain things a bit more:    • PLOT TWIST: i’m now a portuguese resi...  
how can you afford to travel so much? i choose to spend my money on travel and experiences & hope to show on this channel that not only can travel be a lot cheaper than you think, but that it's perfectly possible to work full-time whilst travelling! if i can do it, so can you :)

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Sonic Nothing - Blush | https://thmatc.co/?l=DC6E224E

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