The Universal Migrator

In February, Cross-Cultural Solutions held their 2006 Global Summit at their headquarters in New Rochelle, New York. For CCS staff the summit lasted several days and included many different meetings and discussions. For alumni, like me, it was only one afternoon and consisted of catching up with friends made in China, meeting new friends, and just generally have a good time. While in New York I stayed with a friend, named Chaim, at his apartment in Brooklyn. I decided to make the most of the trip across the country and stayed for a whole week, enabling myself to see some great sites in New York, like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History, which both boast some of the most spectacular exhibits in the country.

Here’s a photo of myself and Chaim with the owner of a little sushi restaurant on 1st and St. Mark’s.

This is at the CCS headquarters in New Rochelle. From right to left is Jerome (the CCS Director in Xi’an, China … who seems to be staring off somewhere else!), Zhang Hao (a China volunteer who was part of the first group while I was in Xi’an), and Christine (who was part of the very first volunteer group in Xi’an a few years ago).

This is Renee, who was my contact at CCS and who helped me set everything up so that I could get to China. She no longer works for CCS, but I was happy to see that she was at the summit so that I could finally meet her and thank her in person.

Filed by Chris 大斌 at 2:02 pm under General, World Wanderings
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