Matt Błażejewski

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Chance Encounters and Moments of Kindness

What would travel be without chance encounters and moments of kindness?

Sep 26, 2021

Chance Encounters and Moments of Kindness

Sep 26, 2021

你们去哪儿? Where Are You Going?

The grasslands begin almost as soon as the airport ends. Our Didi driver’s eyes widen when he sees my friend and me approaching his car…

Jul 29, 2021

Jul 29, 2021

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你来自哪里? Where Are You From?

“你来自哪里? Nǐ láizì nǎlǐ?” “Where are you from?”

Jul 11, 2021

Jul 11, 2021

Words Matter

As a Princeton alumnus, I receive email newsletters from the Princeton Alumni Weekly in my inbox each week. In a March 19, 2021 article…

Jun 27, 2021

Jun 27, 2021

Black Lives Matter: One (White) American’s Reflections on Navigating Distances Abroad

At the time of writing “#WuhanStrong: One American’s Reflections on the Coronavirus and Life in China”, China was just at the early stages…

Jun 3, 2020

Black Lives Matter: One (White) American’s Reflections on Navigating Distances Abroad

Jun 3, 2020

You Are You

CW/TW: anxiety, panic attack

May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

#WuhanStrong: One American’s Reflections on the Coronavirus and Life in China

A week ago today, my brothers flew over 30 hours to meet me in Moalboal at the Cebu Dive Centre for a scuba diving trip in the Philippines…

Feb 1, 2020

#WuhanStrong: One American’s Reflections on the Coronavirus and Life in China

Feb 1, 2020

30 Before 30: A “Life Resume”

About this time last year I came up with a list of 30 things I wanted to accomplish before turning 30: my own personal “life resume”…

Sep 1, 2019

Sep 1, 2019