Introduction to Chinese translation of 00C When i was 20 years old i took my earnings from working at a local shipping warehouse to buy a plane ticket from New jersey to asia. I knew zero about asia. i had previously met onl one Chinese in my life, and i had never even eaten Asian food. i didnt know what to expect in this place far from my home. i had almost no money when i arrived, but i had plenty of time i spent the next eight years exploring many countries in asia, sometimes returning home to the United states to earn more money and then going back to see more of the east. i was young enough, and impressionable enough, that asia changed my mind. For one thing i caught a believe that almost anything was possible un serious case of optimism. I saw rapid progres happen right before my eyes, so i began More importantly, i began to think differently. i began to appreciate the decentralized ways in which large tasks could11 Introduction to Chinese Translation of OOC When I was 20 years old I took my earnings from working at a local shipping warehouse to buy a plane ticket from New Jersey to Asia. I knew zero about Asia. I had previously met only one Chinese in my life, and I had never even eaten Asian food. I didn't know what to expect in this place far from my home. I had almost no money when I arrived, but I had plenty of time. I spent the next eight years exploring many countries in Asia, sometimes returning home to the United States to earn more money, and then going back to see more of the East. I was young enough, and impressionable enough, that Asia changed my mind. For one thing I caught a serious case of optimism. I saw rapid progress happen right before my eyes, so I began to believe that almost anything was possible. More importantly, I began to think differently. I began to appreciate the decentralized ways in which large tasks could