My Last Week at ICLP

My last week at ICLP was quite enjoyable. Even taking the exit exam (which was exactly the same test as the entrance exam) was relatively fun, since I could finally decode the classical Chinese portion at the end. Over the course of that week, I had dinners with a few friends and we said our goodbyes.

The weekend was reserved for packing, which I thought would be easy until I had to go buy another suitcase and still ended up with things to stuff in my carry-on. On top of that, my portable luggage weight ran out of battery, so I will need to figure out where to get those soon.

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