A little story of Liyang

   In 1990s, in a small village of Tianjin China, a little girl was born named 陈利扬 (Liyang Chen). She’s the only child to her parents, and the youngest one in Chens’ family, so they all love her very much. Liyang got three cousin sisters and one cousin brother, they all lived in the same village, grew up together, love each other. To Liyang, her family is her all.



    To be congratulatory, in this October, Liyang’s youngest sister will be married. But Liyang’s very upset because she can’t join the wedding, she studies in America. Not only this once, she also missed her other cousins’ wedding last year, because she studied in Japan. What’s going on here? 





2010 @ Waseda Univ.

    Actually, Liyang’s left home to study abroad since 2010. First, she studied in Waseda University, Tokyo Japan, majored in Peace Studies and City Planning. As an international student, Liyang studied hard and was never behind any native students. She’s also very active to join volunteer groups and traveled a lot with her fellows.

 

 

 

Liyang with Maasai family in 2010 summer

     In 2010, they went to Kenya, stayed with Maasai, planted trees and visited the biggest slum in East Africa. In Japan, instead of plant they cut trees to protect forest. This year, Liyang traveled to Argentina, she’s fascinated by the magnificent nature and hottest culture there! Therefore, Liyang decided to study to a western country, to see more and learn more about western cultures!

Liyang with Brutus in 2012

    Now, Liyang is an exchange student in OSU. She’s taking English, Spanish, Dancing and Planning classes. In this year, she’ll prepare for graduate school, travel in America with her friends and have a lot of fun!

    These excellent experiences are treasure for Liyang, though she sacrificed her time with family. She believes her cousins will procure true happiness, and so do she.

  

    Yes, this’s Liyang’s story, my story…

 

 

2012 @ Patagonia Argentina

2012 @ Iguazu Brazil

My lovely Shancai~~ (She's 40kg now...haha)