5. You need to learn to get what you need, not just what you want.
If you can't speak the language, you can still survive.
A Chinese drayman pulls his rickshaw carrying two foreign tourist in Beijing, China, July 14, 2014. [IC/Photo]
We hope for a better 2015 and I am an optimist. However we have not started the new year well and there are three worries that will dog us as the year progresses.
This message is not just for Westerners whose selective endorsement of freedoms has incited those terrible actions and opened this discussion.
When I was a kid, I was just like every other kid. I didn't like school much. Oh, as usual, I liked being with friends and having fun.
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