Sunday, November 25th, 2007
I’m not really Korean but everyone in China seems to think I am. And at some points when I try to tell them I’m Chinese, they think I’m lying. Now it’s just an on going joke we like to play, so I’m Korean!:)
So I’ve been a little slow on my blogs, I know. Last weekend…actually from last Friday to Wednesday, there was a group of 12 of us that went to Sichuan. Sichuan is in the southwest of China, near Tibet, but we went to the eastern part, including Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, and Leshan. The trip to Sichuan may have been one of the nicest trips I’ve ever been to, meaning it was GORGEOUS! So I departed Thursday night, after spending the day at a hospitality expo which was fabulous and an experience! I got to be a VIP with DKSH. I tried a lot of things and also spoke to a lot of the companies at the expo. But anyway, back to Sichuan. There were 5 of us flying to Chengdu that night. We took the metro and the maglev to the airport. The maglev was super fast! It reached a top speed of 301 km/h and it took us about 8 min. to reach the airport, so fast! We met everyone at the hostel we were staying at and the next day we went to the Panda reservation. The panda’s were so cute! We got to see the big ones being fed and the babies in the nursery. I also got to hold a red panda for 50rmb. If you wanted to stand next to a big panda, just stand, it was 400rmb and if you wanted to hold a panda it was 1000rmb, crazy! Here’s a picture of me holding the red panda.
red panda
After the panda’s, we headed to the bus station to go to Jiuzhaigou but when we got there, we found out that the bus drivers went on strike. One point for China. We were told the bus drivers went on strike because of the oil prices, not good for us. So we ended up having to figure another way to get there since they didn’t know when the bus drivers would go off strike. Luckily, there was another bus station in Chengdu so we ended up getting tickets there but they were for the next morning. So for the rest of the day we basically chilled at our hostel and then just went out on the town. We had dinner at a hotpot, which Sichuan is known for. Their spicyness! But I stayed on the side that wasn’t spicy. Dinner was pretty good and it was all you can eat. Super!
The next day we got up early and headed to the bus station. Bus for 14 hours or so isn’t that much fun. At one of our stops though, we got to ride a camel! Camels are quite soft actually, who would have known! I’d have to say this trip was full of experiences and adventures. It snowed on our way to Jiuzhaigou at night and we ended up getting stuck in the snow so the ride took a little longer. Snow was wonderful though, it looked quite pretty. After we finally got to our hotel in Jiuzhaigou, we settled and then had dinner.
The next day, we went to the part where it was magnificentally beautiful. It was so hard to believe that there’s a place with such blue water and beautiful waterfalls.
img_5031.jpgIt was a day well spent. I really couldn’t believe how blue the water was. It looked so fake and that we were photo shopped into the pictures.
img_5126.jpg If you ever go to China, I would definitely recommend going there. Not only did we get to see the gorgeous scenery but we also had snowball fights, it’s been too long! The day was absolutely beautiful and I was so thankful that I had this opportunity to go.
The next morning we wanted to head back to Chengdu, only to find that the buses on this end also went on strike. China gets another point. This was really inconvenient since we all had to catch flights. Some of us went shopping for taxi’s which was an adventure. We ended up getting 3 taxi’s for 1000rmb each. That was 250rmb per person. A bus ticket to Chengdu is 120rmb. But it was our only choice. So our 10 hour drive began around 1pm and since there were 12 of us, it was 4 to each car. We were cramped and uncomfortable the whole time, but there wasn’t much we could do. We spent the ride talking and sleeping and eating at times. It was one heck of a long drive. Especially on the mountain and with crazy Chinese drivers that make you quizy when they drive. We finally got back that night and went to bed. We were beat.
The next day we went to Mt. Emei Shan and Leshan to see the mountain and the biggest Buddha in the world. How about that? I got to see the BIGGEST Buddha in the world! Not only have I seen the biggest one in the US but in the world! And it was huge. 2 of me could probably fit in it’s year alone. Imagine that. I don’t really have good pictures of the Buddha cause by the time we got there it was dark but I’m going to get some from a friend. We also got lost inside the park cause we didn’t know which way was out. But that’s okay. It was fun. Afterwards we just went back to the hostel and ate dinner and hung out with the owner. He was really cool so we enjoyed learning from him.
The next day I didn’t have much time before I had to catch my flight so I went to a monastary at Emei Shan and then headed back on a bus to Chengdu and caught my flight. My trip was done and I had to face reality. Lots of work. Ew.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Adventures of Nanjing
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
November 11-13th, a group of us went to Nanjing. It was my first taking a train! Quite the fabulous experience, besides waking up super early, but it was worth it! I’m writing this more than a week past the event so I’m looking through pictures to retrace my thoughts. When we first arrived in Nanjing, we took the public bus to our hostel which ended up being pretty nice! And there was a bobba stand attached to it in the front which had the best bobba I’ve ever had, I would have to say. At the hostel we settled and went to the roof to relax a little before continuing our day. We ended up playing with a dog that I was not too fond of for awhile. After that, we walked the streets of Nanjing leading to the Confucius temple. I lite some candles for the family, quite marvelous! From there, we went to the park. It’s a funny story if you ever want to hear it. I don’t think it would be wise to write about it though hah. The park was really big so we spent the rest of our day there. We also spent a lot of time taking pictures there and being funny, like trying to take pictures as we jumped. It was really relaxing and nice out. From there we went into the city of Nanjing, taking their excellent and clean subway system! We spent the rest of the night walking around the city, grabbing dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant and then going to a bar to relax.
The next day we went to the Purple Mountain. We climbed to somewhat the top and then went in another direction and took a cable car to the top. The cable car was quite the delight. Very relaxing as we took in the autumn colors of the trees. It was quite beautiful. At the top of the mountain we didn’t have a lot of time so we saw the Buddha and walked around a little before heading back down. As we rode down we watched the sunset…so BEAUTIFUL! *sigh* I’m taken by these beautiful moments. After that we headed towards Nanjing University and walked around before finding a restaurant and eating dinner there. Afterwards we went to a cafe for tea and coffee and played card games and talked. Very relaxing night. I left Monday morning to go back to Fudan so make it for class. But in all, it was a great relaxing weekend. Oh beautiful Nanjing!:)
November 11-13th, a group of us went to Nanjing. It was my first taking a train! Quite the fabulous experience, besides waking up super early, but it was worth it! I’m writing this more than a week past the event so I’m looking through pictures to retrace my thoughts. When we first arrived in Nanjing, we took the public bus to our hostel which ended up being pretty nice! And there was a bobba stand attached to it in the front which had the best bobba I’ve ever had, I would have to say. At the hostel we settled and went to the roof to relax a little before continuing our day. We ended up playing with a dog that I was not too fond of for awhile. After that, we walked the streets of Nanjing leading to the Confucius temple. I lite some candles for the family, quite marvelous! From there, we went to the park. It’s a funny story if you ever want to hear it. I don’t think it would be wise to write about it though hah. The park was really big so we spent the rest of our day there. We also spent a lot of time taking pictures there and being funny, like trying to take pictures as we jumped. It was really relaxing and nice out. From there we went into the city of Nanjing, taking their excellent and clean subway system! We spent the rest of the night walking around the city, grabbing dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant and then going to a bar to relax.
The next day we went to the Purple Mountain. We climbed to somewhat the top and then went in another direction and took a cable car to the top. The cable car was quite the delight. Very relaxing as we took in the autumn colors of the trees. It was quite beautiful. At the top of the mountain we didn’t have a lot of time so we saw the Buddha and walked around a little before heading back down. As we rode down we watched the sunset…so BEAUTIFUL! *sigh* I’m taken by these beautiful moments. After that we headed towards Nanjing University and walked around before finding a restaurant and eating dinner there. Afterwards we went to a cafe for tea and coffee and played card games and talked. Very relaxing night. I left Monday morning to go back to Fudan so make it for class. But in all, it was a great relaxing weekend. Oh beautiful Nanjing!:)
What a Week!
Friday, November 9th, 2007
I can’t believe it’s Friday already! It’s definitely been a hectic week. I’ve been trying to write another blog but just haven’t made it that far. I’ll start with Sunday. Sunday was the Foreign Students Dormitory Olympics. We met downstairs to leave around 7:40am. The event was actually pretty interesting. Fudan didn’t hype it up at all but the event consisted of the foreign student programs in the Shanghai area. I would say there were at least 10 schools there. There was an opening ceremony with the lion dance, martial arts show and other demonstrations as well. The actual Olympics portion consisted of tug-a-war, an obstacle course, jump rope, javelin, and I believe there was something else but can’t quite remember. We lost the tug-a-war but it was a great effort. How do you expect a bunch of college kids to go up against people training in the military? Do we need to think about that? It was still fun and interesting to watch other school come up with strategies at the last minute to win the tug. Some of the teams were pretty surprising. I competed in the obstacle course. The obstacle course consisted of jumping over hurdles, crawling under a net and then sprinting and jumping over these things, all with 3 kilo’s in your hand. It was a bit difficult for the girls but the guys didn’t have any trouble. We won our heat which was great! We didn’t stay for the rest of the Olympics, but we weren’t in the lead anyway so it was okay. We also got sweatshirts for going. Who doesn’t like free stuff? After that, they also gave us a really nice lunch. It was about 9 courses and very fulfilling. After that, I went back to my dorm and took a nap for a couple hours, then got up and studied for my midterm.
Monday I had my last miterm out of my classes in international marketing. My studying paid off because it seemed really easy, but we’ll see when I get my grade back. I was really happy. I was so relieved after finally finishing midterms. And just in time too! All the UC people came back after I finished and we went out to all you can eat sushi. It was first time really eating sushi. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I don’t know if it counts, but I really liked the shrimp ones.
Tuesday I met with my language partner Latios. I wasn’t really sure how to pronounce his name. We had a rough schedule that day so the only time we could meet was of course when I had to register for classes for next semester. So, we had our session in my room while I was registering for classes, or at least trying to. It was good practice though. For the 2 hours or so, I tried to explain to him in Chinese how our scheduling works and what classes I wanted and needed to take. Of course he was watching me freak out cause I didn’t get all the classes I wanted but it was good practice and also change of topic. Latios is also a dancer, cha cha in particular. He competes against other students and that night they had a rehearsal for their competition next month. I told him I would come watch and he got really excited. I think it would be rather interesting. He also told me that some popular shows that the students watch here are Prison Break, Heros, House, Lost, Boston Legal and 24. He also said that it’s said that while you’re in college, you’ll complete the following 3,
1. find a tutor
2. have your bike stolen
3. fall in love with someone of the opposite sex
I was his tutor! Cool right? He said he’s had his bike stolen and he’s also fell in love. So basically his college is done right? Oh, we could only wish. Wednesday was quite the stressful day. My laptop adapter died and I needed information on my computer, or just a computer to work with. Thanks Mike for letting me borrow yours again! But it took me about all day to figure out that it was my adapter that was broken. I thought it was my room because in the beginning the power on my adapter would work in other rooms besides mine, but after that it just stopped. I went to a big electronic store today and they tried to charge me 400rmb for a new one. Crazy! And it wasn’t even the right one. Instead, I just went across the street from the dorms to this smaller electronic store and bought it for 130rmb. I was sick of being lost without a computer for 3 days. Imagine life without a computer. Rough I’d have to say.
I also met with another language tutor yesterday afternoon. His name was John. He’s a junior and he is majoring in economics. Our conversation mainly consisted about internships and working. Some topics were where we want to work, what do we want to do, and what our dreams are. I learned a lot of vocabulary, a lot I have to study in order to remember as well. It was about a 2 hour conversation, pretty productive. I guess it’s a good quality when I keep talking.
This weekend I am going to Nanjing with 4 other people. We leave at 5am tomorrow morning to catch our bus, so early! So I’m off to bed now and I’m sure I’ll have stories for you again when I get back! I know my entry was pretty disorganized, sorry! Hopefully not too hard to follow. Have a fabulous weekend:)
I can’t believe it’s Friday already! It’s definitely been a hectic week. I’ve been trying to write another blog but just haven’t made it that far. I’ll start with Sunday. Sunday was the Foreign Students Dormitory Olympics. We met downstairs to leave around 7:40am. The event was actually pretty interesting. Fudan didn’t hype it up at all but the event consisted of the foreign student programs in the Shanghai area. I would say there were at least 10 schools there. There was an opening ceremony with the lion dance, martial arts show and other demonstrations as well. The actual Olympics portion consisted of tug-a-war, an obstacle course, jump rope, javelin, and I believe there was something else but can’t quite remember. We lost the tug-a-war but it was a great effort. How do you expect a bunch of college kids to go up against people training in the military? Do we need to think about that? It was still fun and interesting to watch other school come up with strategies at the last minute to win the tug. Some of the teams were pretty surprising. I competed in the obstacle course. The obstacle course consisted of jumping over hurdles, crawling under a net and then sprinting and jumping over these things, all with 3 kilo’s in your hand. It was a bit difficult for the girls but the guys didn’t have any trouble. We won our heat which was great! We didn’t stay for the rest of the Olympics, but we weren’t in the lead anyway so it was okay. We also got sweatshirts for going. Who doesn’t like free stuff? After that, they also gave us a really nice lunch. It was about 9 courses and very fulfilling. After that, I went back to my dorm and took a nap for a couple hours, then got up and studied for my midterm.
Monday I had my last miterm out of my classes in international marketing. My studying paid off because it seemed really easy, but we’ll see when I get my grade back. I was really happy. I was so relieved after finally finishing midterms. And just in time too! All the UC people came back after I finished and we went out to all you can eat sushi. It was first time really eating sushi. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I don’t know if it counts, but I really liked the shrimp ones.
Tuesday I met with my language partner Latios. I wasn’t really sure how to pronounce his name. We had a rough schedule that day so the only time we could meet was of course when I had to register for classes for next semester. So, we had our session in my room while I was registering for classes, or at least trying to. It was good practice though. For the 2 hours or so, I tried to explain to him in Chinese how our scheduling works and what classes I wanted and needed to take. Of course he was watching me freak out cause I didn’t get all the classes I wanted but it was good practice and also change of topic. Latios is also a dancer, cha cha in particular. He competes against other students and that night they had a rehearsal for their competition next month. I told him I would come watch and he got really excited. I think it would be rather interesting. He also told me that some popular shows that the students watch here are Prison Break, Heros, House, Lost, Boston Legal and 24. He also said that it’s said that while you’re in college, you’ll complete the following 3,
1. find a tutor
2. have your bike stolen
3. fall in love with someone of the opposite sex
I was his tutor! Cool right? He said he’s had his bike stolen and he’s also fell in love. So basically his college is done right? Oh, we could only wish. Wednesday was quite the stressful day. My laptop adapter died and I needed information on my computer, or just a computer to work with. Thanks Mike for letting me borrow yours again! But it took me about all day to figure out that it was my adapter that was broken. I thought it was my room because in the beginning the power on my adapter would work in other rooms besides mine, but after that it just stopped. I went to a big electronic store today and they tried to charge me 400rmb for a new one. Crazy! And it wasn’t even the right one. Instead, I just went across the street from the dorms to this smaller electronic store and bought it for 130rmb. I was sick of being lost without a computer for 3 days. Imagine life without a computer. Rough I’d have to say.
I also met with another language tutor yesterday afternoon. His name was John. He’s a junior and he is majoring in economics. Our conversation mainly consisted about internships and working. Some topics were where we want to work, what do we want to do, and what our dreams are. I learned a lot of vocabulary, a lot I have to study in order to remember as well. It was about a 2 hour conversation, pretty productive. I guess it’s a good quality when I keep talking.
This weekend I am going to Nanjing with 4 other people. We leave at 5am tomorrow morning to catch our bus, so early! So I’m off to bed now and I’m sure I’ll have stories for you again when I get back! I know my entry was pretty disorganized, sorry! Hopefully not too hard to follow. Have a fabulous weekend:)
Oh Californians...
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
It’s the weekend after Halloween and I’m being “lame,” as Big Nick would say. Big Nick, by the way, is someone I met through couchsurfing.com before I came to China. Since then, we’ve met up a few times and have had dinner. He’s met my people and I’ve met his, hah. He’s been working in China for the last year and a half or so and plans to stay for another 4 or so. What does he do? Sorry…I kind of forget. Something about his own company though. I remember that, which is pretty impressive. I’ve also met a few of his friends that are also from the states that are working here. It was actually really good to get the perspective of some people who work in China. More to ponder about…
So this weekend I haven’t really done much. All the people from UC are gone on a trip to Dalian this weekend, until Monday, and have left me here stranded. Well, not exactly. Yesterday after class, I hung out with my language partner Sophia, more of a shopping partner I think. We went to a discounted part in wujiaochang to go shopping. I got a few running apparel, yay! It’s all real, and a whole lot cheaper! I got a Mizuno track jacket for 80 rmb when it’s originally is 260rmb. It’s wonderful. I also got a few more things as well. We also had dinner there as well at a cafe/restaurant. During our trip, I learned a lot about her. First of all, she’s a freshman and she’s not originally from Shanghai. Her parents are divorced and she has a younger step sister in the states. She loves to dance, especially hip hop. She lives with her grandmother. In middle school, her first boyfriend was her dancing partner. Sometimes she would skip school to hang out with her boyfriend and when her grandmother found out, she made her stay at home, I’m not sure for how long. Her grandmother also doesn’t like the dancing that she does, but hey, neither do my parents. She’s had three boyfriends, but none at the moment. These girls…they like to date. She said she’s sad because she doesn’t have a boyfriend right now and the boys at Fudan don’t like her because she’s not traditional enough for them. The boys here apparently want a girl very traditional and will listen and do what they want and be with them all the time. Over National Holiday on her plane ride home, she said she met this gentlemen who was about 20 years older than her. She told him she was 23. Apparently he “liked” her or so that’s what he told her. She said she only knew him for a couple hours but thinks she still likes him. During that conversation, all I wanted to say to her was…are you serious? She said she still thinks about him. Oh my…she needs to learn…he doesn’t really like her…he just…well, you know the rest.
I also asked her what she did for fun and if she likes to go to KTV. She said she went to KTV when she was in middle school and one of her friends died so she doesn’t go out or to KTV anymore. I was like…holy crap! Apparently he was fighting over a girl, she got really upset about it when she was telling me about it. She wasn’t sure what about the girl was fantastic or why they were fighting over her, but just the fact that was the result of his death. He was beaten to death by other boys I suppose. She said they called the police but the police don’t come right away. They wait about 20 min. and then call you back and ask if there’s still a problem. If there is, then they’ll take another 20 min. to arrive at the location, very different than what happens in states. It was a sad story. But on a happier note! Here’s a picture of her down in the shopping plaza.
sophia
Also while we were there, we saw a commercial being filmed. I think it was for coke because they had coke products there. It was pretty cool. It was also pretty cold though.
Also a few days ago we were going to the skewers place, we haven’t been there in so long!, and right outside there were the police confiscating motorcycles. Apparently the Koreans who owned them were driving without licenses, figures. They’ve been warned before as well, along with being told that there should be no drinking and driving! But they don’t listen. There were a lot of motorcycles being towed away. But skewers…yea, their service got worse! We had to wait over an hour for our lamb, not a fun deal.
So last night I didn’t go out. There was a foreign students Halloween party at 173, where my friend Ben DJ’s. I was too tired though. I had stayed up til 5:30am the night before working on my mid-term. Yea, I know, I procrastinate. So I slept at 5:30am and then got up for class and then right after class I went shopping with Sophia, so no time to nap. No nap=passed out. I wish I went though. I saw pictures and it looked like a lot of fun, but I was waaaaaaay too tired.
Today I actually got up pretty early, 8am. From then I applied for internships, writing my cover letter or whatnot. It took me about all day to do, considering I hate writing cover letters so I did everything possible instead of it, which is why it took me all day. I’m hoping I get at least one interview, but they’re really good companies, like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS, along with other companies as well. I also hung out with Gabriel, who is from Korea. He helped me get a internet card since mine ran out and then we hung out for bit. We also just grabbed street food. Yum! He was telling me about how spicy is taste different in Korea and China. In Korea, spicy food hurts your tongue, in China, in hurts your lips. Therefore, when he eats spicy in Korea, its spicier so he has to drink more water.
Tomorrow is the foreign students olympic games or something like at. I guess I’ll check it out, see what I can do. The only thing that sucks about it is that it’s 7:40am, so early! But hopefully it’s worth it. And I guess it’s good too. Since we should be back by 12:30pm, then I can study for my international marketing mid-term. Sweet! Well I think I’m going to pop in a movie and then go to bed. Night!
It’s the weekend after Halloween and I’m being “lame,” as Big Nick would say. Big Nick, by the way, is someone I met through couchsurfing.com before I came to China. Since then, we’ve met up a few times and have had dinner. He’s met my people and I’ve met his, hah. He’s been working in China for the last year and a half or so and plans to stay for another 4 or so. What does he do? Sorry…I kind of forget. Something about his own company though. I remember that, which is pretty impressive. I’ve also met a few of his friends that are also from the states that are working here. It was actually really good to get the perspective of some people who work in China. More to ponder about…
So this weekend I haven’t really done much. All the people from UC are gone on a trip to Dalian this weekend, until Monday, and have left me here stranded. Well, not exactly. Yesterday after class, I hung out with my language partner Sophia, more of a shopping partner I think. We went to a discounted part in wujiaochang to go shopping. I got a few running apparel, yay! It’s all real, and a whole lot cheaper! I got a Mizuno track jacket for 80 rmb when it’s originally is 260rmb. It’s wonderful. I also got a few more things as well. We also had dinner there as well at a cafe/restaurant. During our trip, I learned a lot about her. First of all, she’s a freshman and she’s not originally from Shanghai. Her parents are divorced and she has a younger step sister in the states. She loves to dance, especially hip hop. She lives with her grandmother. In middle school, her first boyfriend was her dancing partner. Sometimes she would skip school to hang out with her boyfriend and when her grandmother found out, she made her stay at home, I’m not sure for how long. Her grandmother also doesn’t like the dancing that she does, but hey, neither do my parents. She’s had three boyfriends, but none at the moment. These girls…they like to date. She said she’s sad because she doesn’t have a boyfriend right now and the boys at Fudan don’t like her because she’s not traditional enough for them. The boys here apparently want a girl very traditional and will listen and do what they want and be with them all the time. Over National Holiday on her plane ride home, she said she met this gentlemen who was about 20 years older than her. She told him she was 23. Apparently he “liked” her or so that’s what he told her. She said she only knew him for a couple hours but thinks she still likes him. During that conversation, all I wanted to say to her was…are you serious? She said she still thinks about him. Oh my…she needs to learn…he doesn’t really like her…he just…well, you know the rest.
I also asked her what she did for fun and if she likes to go to KTV. She said she went to KTV when she was in middle school and one of her friends died so she doesn’t go out or to KTV anymore. I was like…holy crap! Apparently he was fighting over a girl, she got really upset about it when she was telling me about it. She wasn’t sure what about the girl was fantastic or why they were fighting over her, but just the fact that was the result of his death. He was beaten to death by other boys I suppose. She said they called the police but the police don’t come right away. They wait about 20 min. and then call you back and ask if there’s still a problem. If there is, then they’ll take another 20 min. to arrive at the location, very different than what happens in states. It was a sad story. But on a happier note! Here’s a picture of her down in the shopping plaza.
sophia
Also while we were there, we saw a commercial being filmed. I think it was for coke because they had coke products there. It was pretty cool. It was also pretty cold though.
Also a few days ago we were going to the skewers place, we haven’t been there in so long!, and right outside there were the police confiscating motorcycles. Apparently the Koreans who owned them were driving without licenses, figures. They’ve been warned before as well, along with being told that there should be no drinking and driving! But they don’t listen. There were a lot of motorcycles being towed away. But skewers…yea, their service got worse! We had to wait over an hour for our lamb, not a fun deal.
So last night I didn’t go out. There was a foreign students Halloween party at 173, where my friend Ben DJ’s. I was too tired though. I had stayed up til 5:30am the night before working on my mid-term. Yea, I know, I procrastinate. So I slept at 5:30am and then got up for class and then right after class I went shopping with Sophia, so no time to nap. No nap=passed out. I wish I went though. I saw pictures and it looked like a lot of fun, but I was waaaaaaay too tired.
Today I actually got up pretty early, 8am. From then I applied for internships, writing my cover letter or whatnot. It took me about all day to do, considering I hate writing cover letters so I did everything possible instead of it, which is why it took me all day. I’m hoping I get at least one interview, but they’re really good companies, like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS, along with other companies as well. I also hung out with Gabriel, who is from Korea. He helped me get a internet card since mine ran out and then we hung out for bit. We also just grabbed street food. Yum! He was telling me about how spicy is taste different in Korea and China. In Korea, spicy food hurts your tongue, in China, in hurts your lips. Therefore, when he eats spicy in Korea, its spicier so he has to drink more water.
Tomorrow is the foreign students olympic games or something like at. I guess I’ll check it out, see what I can do. The only thing that sucks about it is that it’s 7:40am, so early! But hopefully it’s worth it. And I guess it’s good too. Since we should be back by 12:30pm, then I can study for my international marketing mid-term. Sweet! Well I think I’m going to pop in a movie and then go to bed. Night!
Minnie Mouse in China!
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Happy Halloween! Maybe a little late…but that’s okay. For Halloween this year I was Minnie Mouse:) This is a picture of my friend Nick and I. I was Minnie Mouse of course, and he was a runner.
minnie
Chinese people don’t really celebrate Halloween, like the whole trick or treating thing. Fudan actually did though. I didn’t get a chance to go to the party on campus because I had class but I did bike past it. There was a big pumpkin out in front and then I heard music playing. I was talking to my language partner about it yesterday and he said that no one really dresses up but they do dance. Halloween was fun though. Everybody dressed up and we went out. Here’s a group of some of us all dressed up.
everybody
We had a panda, runners, peter pan, chinese dolls, lady bug, togas, and ect. It was a lot of fun. Maybe the best Halloween I’ve had in awhile! But Halloween in China has come to an end and November has come. Happy November! I can’t believe how fast this semester is going by. Too quick! If I had the power to slow it down, I would.
So I met with another language partner yesterday. His name is C, or at least that’s what he told me to call him. He’s 23 years old and this is his last year at Fudan. He’s studying computer science but he doesn’t like it. He said the coding and everything is really hard so he’s going to give up. That stinks. But he said next year he’s going to Peking to study law. Which ones harder? Law or computer science? I’m not sure. He was really nice and helped me with my reading for my Chinese class. My reading is horrible. When you don’t study it for a summer, I basically forgot almost everything.:( I need to study my Chinese more. Oy. I also learned that all the students here, since the majority of them are required to live on campus, have a curfew for their dorms at 10:30pm. I tried inviting him out with us but he said if he isn’t back in his dorm by then, he can’t get in. That stinks. That ruins the social life. But he said he hangs out with the people in his dorms which is pretty good I suppose.
I went to this language partner meeting the other day and came out with 3 language partners. Their all freshman and their names are Stella, Ratha and Trista. They’re all girls but I don’t really think they want to be my language partner. They more of wanted me as a friend to go shopping with so I guess that’s fine. Then that night, I went to Chinese class and my teacher had gotten me 4 language partners. She only knew 2 of them were boys so I was going to give the other 2 to someone else. But the 2 guys I know that are looking for a language partner only want girls, apparently it’s weird if they have a guy language partner. So now I have 4 additional and their names are C, John, Kevin, and Latios. The only one I’ve met so far is C, but I’m meeting the others sometime next week. So now I have 8 language partners, also Moon who I met 2 weeks ago. Hopefully my Chinese will get a lot better by it because I’m not really learning anything in my Chinese class. And if anyone is reading this and wants one of my language partners, be my guest! Just let me know and I’ll hook you up:)
Today I don’t really have class but I do have a lot of work to do. I need to do my take home mid term for Modern Chinese History, start studying for my surprise mid term for International Business (which is definitely not cool Prof. Chisholm, who also gave us a surprise paper, but that won’t be due until December 7), and apply for internships. I don’t really have a problem filling out the applications, I just need to write my cover letters. Ugh, cover letters, those ugly things. So I guess I’ll get on that. I should have a lot of free time this weekend. Everyone in the UC program is going away this weekend to Dalian. I hope you guys have fun! So less people to distract me, but I’ll still go out. Hoping to hang out with my Australian, French, and Italian friends this weekend! But we’ll see! Hope all is well:)
Happy Halloween! Maybe a little late…but that’s okay. For Halloween this year I was Minnie Mouse:) This is a picture of my friend Nick and I. I was Minnie Mouse of course, and he was a runner.
minnie
Chinese people don’t really celebrate Halloween, like the whole trick or treating thing. Fudan actually did though. I didn’t get a chance to go to the party on campus because I had class but I did bike past it. There was a big pumpkin out in front and then I heard music playing. I was talking to my language partner about it yesterday and he said that no one really dresses up but they do dance. Halloween was fun though. Everybody dressed up and we went out. Here’s a group of some of us all dressed up.
everybody
We had a panda, runners, peter pan, chinese dolls, lady bug, togas, and ect. It was a lot of fun. Maybe the best Halloween I’ve had in awhile! But Halloween in China has come to an end and November has come. Happy November! I can’t believe how fast this semester is going by. Too quick! If I had the power to slow it down, I would.
So I met with another language partner yesterday. His name is C, or at least that’s what he told me to call him. He’s 23 years old and this is his last year at Fudan. He’s studying computer science but he doesn’t like it. He said the coding and everything is really hard so he’s going to give up. That stinks. But he said next year he’s going to Peking to study law. Which ones harder? Law or computer science? I’m not sure. He was really nice and helped me with my reading for my Chinese class. My reading is horrible. When you don’t study it for a summer, I basically forgot almost everything.:( I need to study my Chinese more. Oy. I also learned that all the students here, since the majority of them are required to live on campus, have a curfew for their dorms at 10:30pm. I tried inviting him out with us but he said if he isn’t back in his dorm by then, he can’t get in. That stinks. That ruins the social life. But he said he hangs out with the people in his dorms which is pretty good I suppose.
I went to this language partner meeting the other day and came out with 3 language partners. Their all freshman and their names are Stella, Ratha and Trista. They’re all girls but I don’t really think they want to be my language partner. They more of wanted me as a friend to go shopping with so I guess that’s fine. Then that night, I went to Chinese class and my teacher had gotten me 4 language partners. She only knew 2 of them were boys so I was going to give the other 2 to someone else. But the 2 guys I know that are looking for a language partner only want girls, apparently it’s weird if they have a guy language partner. So now I have 4 additional and their names are C, John, Kevin, and Latios. The only one I’ve met so far is C, but I’m meeting the others sometime next week. So now I have 8 language partners, also Moon who I met 2 weeks ago. Hopefully my Chinese will get a lot better by it because I’m not really learning anything in my Chinese class. And if anyone is reading this and wants one of my language partners, be my guest! Just let me know and I’ll hook you up:)
Today I don’t really have class but I do have a lot of work to do. I need to do my take home mid term for Modern Chinese History, start studying for my surprise mid term for International Business (which is definitely not cool Prof. Chisholm, who also gave us a surprise paper, but that won’t be due until December 7), and apply for internships. I don’t really have a problem filling out the applications, I just need to write my cover letters. Ugh, cover letters, those ugly things. So I guess I’ll get on that. I should have a lot of free time this weekend. Everyone in the UC program is going away this weekend to Dalian. I hope you guys have fun! So less people to distract me, but I’ll still go out. Hoping to hang out with my Australian, French, and Italian friends this weekend! But we’ll see! Hope all is well:)
Dog...mmm...
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
So tonight for dinner, you’ll never guess what I tried. For all those people out there that make jokes and are like, do you eat dog? I can now say, yea! I have had dog! and guess what! It actually tasted pretty good!
But we’ll start from the beginning. I guess I wasn’t that productive today. Woke up at 10:30…finished a movie…did some reading…tried to go to the library…and ran. After running a wonderful workout (thanks Mike) we showered and then all went to dinner at a Korean restaurant. There was about 10 of us and we each ordered our separate dishes and then ordered an order of dog soup. Sounds great doesn’t it? The dog came out last. They probably had to go out back and find one, then slaughter it and then cook for us. I wonder what kind of dog it was and if all dogs taste different. I wouldn’t know how to describe the taste of dog. I feel like I’ve had it before…somewhere. But that’s impossible…unless I was tricked into it. It was tasty. It doesn’t look any different than other meats I would say. Mike took a picture of it with his cell phone so when he loads it, I’ll load it on here.
Other than dog for dinner, it’s the weekend before Halloween and there’ s 6 of us here playing Starcraft and mafia and chilling basically. We wanted to go out but it didn’t work too well because we don’t have Halloween costumes and we’re cheap. So when that happens, we sit in and play computer games. But it’s fun, which is all that matters:)
So tonight for dinner, you’ll never guess what I tried. For all those people out there that make jokes and are like, do you eat dog? I can now say, yea! I have had dog! and guess what! It actually tasted pretty good!
But we’ll start from the beginning. I guess I wasn’t that productive today. Woke up at 10:30…finished a movie…did some reading…tried to go to the library…and ran. After running a wonderful workout (thanks Mike) we showered and then all went to dinner at a Korean restaurant. There was about 10 of us and we each ordered our separate dishes and then ordered an order of dog soup. Sounds great doesn’t it? The dog came out last. They probably had to go out back and find one, then slaughter it and then cook for us. I wonder what kind of dog it was and if all dogs taste different. I wouldn’t know how to describe the taste of dog. I feel like I’ve had it before…somewhere. But that’s impossible…unless I was tricked into it. It was tasty. It doesn’t look any different than other meats I would say. Mike took a picture of it with his cell phone so when he loads it, I’ll load it on here.
Other than dog for dinner, it’s the weekend before Halloween and there’ s 6 of us here playing Starcraft and mafia and chilling basically. We wanted to go out but it didn’t work too well because we don’t have Halloween costumes and we’re cheap. So when that happens, we sit in and play computer games. But it’s fun, which is all that matters:)
Evil China
Saturday, October 27, 2007
So yesterday I went with my friend Storm to the track on the other side of campus. He’s a sprinter for UCI and I’m just…training for the 4.5k for the Shanghai marathon, which is less than a month away! But anyway, we ran to the track because we wanted to do speed workouts. Well, I ran, Storm biked. Along this his bike, he brought his book bag with him that had his cell phone, wallet, money, some clothing, and some other valuables in it, along with our room keys. At the track, I did 800’s and he did 200’s. All is fine and dandy, and it’s getting dark out but we’re still doing our workouts. Afterwards, we head back to his stuff, only to find that it’s gone! Someone stole his bag! What in the world is wrong with these people?! Everything was replaceable, which is good, but it’s the whole principle of the fact! He also had sweat pants that he put with his bag along with his water bottle. While I was running past every time, I saw a black blob which I assumed was his bag, but it wasn’t. It was just his black sweat pants. We had a great workout, so at least there was something to be happy for. He also left his bike key in his bag, so he couldn’t get his bike back. He walked back to our dorms and told the front desk. They had to open our rooms for us and then we had to pay 50rmb for a new key card. I guess that isn’t bad, but I still can’t believe someone stole his bag! Stupid people.
But anyway…after we got into our rooms, we took a quick shower and then met up with everyone for dinner. All the UC students finished their midterms yesterday so we went out to dinner and then to a club called Muse to celebrate. Dinner was great! We went to this all you can eat and drink Japanese restaurant for 150rmb where they cook in front of you! I’ve never had food cooked in front of me before! I thought it was amazing:) And at Muse there was a Hong Kong popstar there but I don’t know who he was. Something Chen…but of course right after we leave he sings. Oh well.
fire
Overall, it was a fabulous night. Good food, good dancing. Now time to study:( Maybe another wonderful night tonight!:)
So yesterday I went with my friend Storm to the track on the other side of campus. He’s a sprinter for UCI and I’m just…training for the 4.5k for the Shanghai marathon, which is less than a month away! But anyway, we ran to the track because we wanted to do speed workouts. Well, I ran, Storm biked. Along this his bike, he brought his book bag with him that had his cell phone, wallet, money, some clothing, and some other valuables in it, along with our room keys. At the track, I did 800’s and he did 200’s. All is fine and dandy, and it’s getting dark out but we’re still doing our workouts. Afterwards, we head back to his stuff, only to find that it’s gone! Someone stole his bag! What in the world is wrong with these people?! Everything was replaceable, which is good, but it’s the whole principle of the fact! He also had sweat pants that he put with his bag along with his water bottle. While I was running past every time, I saw a black blob which I assumed was his bag, but it wasn’t. It was just his black sweat pants. We had a great workout, so at least there was something to be happy for. He also left his bike key in his bag, so he couldn’t get his bike back. He walked back to our dorms and told the front desk. They had to open our rooms for us and then we had to pay 50rmb for a new key card. I guess that isn’t bad, but I still can’t believe someone stole his bag! Stupid people.
But anyway…after we got into our rooms, we took a quick shower and then met up with everyone for dinner. All the UC students finished their midterms yesterday so we went out to dinner and then to a club called Muse to celebrate. Dinner was great! We went to this all you can eat and drink Japanese restaurant for 150rmb where they cook in front of you! I’ve never had food cooked in front of me before! I thought it was amazing:) And at Muse there was a Hong Kong popstar there but I don’t know who he was. Something Chen…but of course right after we leave he sings. Oh well.
fire
Overall, it was a fabulous night. Good food, good dancing. Now time to study:( Maybe another wonderful night tonight!:)
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