No Typhoon Afterall

Friday, September 21st, 2007



What a week! So the typhoon did hit parts of Shanghai, like downtown on Nanjing lu, but it didn’t end up hitting us on campus. Classes weren’t canceled:( I still had to bike to class while it was raining and windy out. I got a purple poncho, but it didn’t seem to do the job well on those days, I still got wet. According to Cat, I looked like a molecule, so if you can imagine that…they say it was pretty funny. It was disappointing, but it was also good that we weren’t hit.

So what else has been going on this week. The National Holiday is coming up next week, so everyone is planning their vacations and where to go and whatnot. There are a bunch of us that are going to Guilian, known for it’s river and mountains. It should be very pretty. We originally tried getting a tour package, but it was complicated. Some of the students did get one for 4 days and 3 nights in Guilian for 2400 rmb. There’s 5 of us that decided to be difficult and wanted to form our own way. Instead we will be flying down for 980 rmb and taking a train back to Shanghai, hopefully in a sleeper. It’s about a 25ish hour train ride. But it’s cheap. About 300 rmb I believe. we’ve also booked hostels for 5 days, so that should be exciting! I’ve never stayed in a hostel before. When more details come about our trip, I’ll be sure to write about it. As of now, we know our plane leaves next Friday at 5:30pm, so we’re going to go to half our class on Friday afternoon and then take a taxi to the airport. I’m still in vacation mode…

So another bike experience, I was biking to the travel agency today and I was also on the phone talking to various people trying to get our flight information worked out. And let me tell you, cell phone and bike might be as deadly as car and cell phone. But then again, I’m not that coordinated. I swerved a lot and almost hit people. I didn’t get into an accident with anyone though! Just hit the sidewalk. But it’s very hard to multi task on a bike. You should try it!

Tomorrow we’re celebrating American Day, I believe. The guys came up with this holiday in appreciation of American fast food. Their plan is to hit up the fast food places and eat all day. Im beginning to think that’s all we do, eat. I’m pretty sure that’s where the majority of my money has gone, it’s crazy! We eat way to much…maybe about 3-5 meals a day. We’re crazy, but it’s China! If not American Day, we shall be traveling to the amusement park here. Pretty excited!