After a short 4 weeks back in California, I flew back to Shanghai for the third time in two years for the next phase of my China adventures. After a year and a half of graduate school studies and teaching English in Shanghai, I’m back for what may probably be one of the biggest opportunities of my young life. I’ll be working as a Student Ambassador for the USA Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
Fun Facts:
Location: Shanghai, China. On both banks of the Huangpu River. Area of the expo covers 5.28 square km.
Time Period: May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Theme: Better City - Better Life “城市， 让生活更美好”
Mascot: Haibao 海宝. He’s blue and reminds me of Gumby.
I flew out of LAX at midnight on April 9, 2010. For some totally rational reason, my flight from Los Angeles took me to Chicago first before a transfer to Shanghai. During the 5 hour layover in O’Hare airport, a few student ambassadors found each other and met for the first time. These are the people that I will be living and working with this summer!
I will be working the Shanghai World Expo 2010 this summer until the end of July. And because I’m part of the first group of U.S. Student Ambassadors to arrive, my days are oftentimes filled with chaos and quick changes to schedules. The first few days went relatively well because we were training in a classroom setting. They were usually long days of sitting and listening to people talk; we had introductions, first aid, communications, protocol, VIP training to name a few. However, things are starting to settle and run more smoothly and opening day of the Expo is this Saturday, May 1!
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