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Michelle B

26 / Female

Lhasa, TAR, China

About michab3

Budding Member | Member since 25th Jun 06

Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Student
About michab3:

I am student at Tibet University in Lhasa, and thoroughly happy studying China and the Tibetan minority group. I have a lot of great friends and a fantastic family-my dad, two moms, my sister, two brothers, and my nephew, who is currently the only man in my life.

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I love to read, cook, and cross-stitch. As often as I can, I play racquetball.

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I Never Saw the Milky Way

Posted by michab3 | 2nd November 2007

The first week of September, Doris and I were asked to take part in the making of a tv movie about Mt. Everest. The people in charge of recruiting foreign cast members for the film had approached us nearly a month before, and we were able to set our wage for the film. We were told that we would be taken to Everest Base Camp, and would be filming there for a day and then returning home. The night before we were supposed to leave in August, Doris got a call saying that, due to some problems, there would be a delay, but they would let us know when they needed us.

About a month later, Doris got a call at 10:30 pm saying we would need to be at the hotel where the film cast and crew were staying, that night and we would be leaving early the next day. I was at a nangma with some of the new students (more on them later) and didn't make it home until after midnight, at which time I had to quickly pack what I would need for the weekend at Base Camp. I was tired, but excited. I had never

Continued | My Chinese Adventures

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I have been living in the Tibetan Autonomous Region for the last five months as a student, traveling to places near the capitol city of Lhasa. I have also been a student of Tibetan culture for the last eight years.

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