These past few days have been awesome. We had our language placement test at 7 am on Thursday. It was pretty much the SAT's in Chinese and I think I placed about as low as I did for the SAT's in high school. Fortunately, my schedule isn't too bad. I am taking 4 classes (reading/writing, listening, speaking, and intercultural communication). We start school tomorrow and I'm really excited to see what my classes are like/ actually use my brain again.
I'm happy to report that I've been eating a lot of street vendor food and haven't gotten sick yet! It's actually super yummy. All the food is sooo good and about $3 a dish. I was upset to wake up this morning and see that I spent 100 yuan last night but quickly realized that is only $14. We keep joking that we won't eat/drink when we go back to America because it is so much more expensive. I don't think I'll ever be able to get over how cheap everything is.
The weather has been very cold and grey :( I am definitely ready for it to warm up but then we will have to smell sweaty armpits so I guess it's a trade off. Speaking of sweaty armpits a bunch of just joined the Bally's Total Fitness which is conveniently located next to my hotel. It was about $120 for 3 months (of course we bargained for the price..) Don't worry I will inform yall on what a Chinese hip hop class is like.
Yup, there go the fireworks again..so much for a nap. Hope everyone is doing well. Thinking about yall everyday. Much love.
Lauren
柯若兰
The king came back as an asian
Chinese bar
View from my hotel
thanks for the hotel view- it's not too bad is it? As for the fireworks, that would make me crazy. Happy New Year already. :)
ReplyDeleteOH yeah, it's supposed to snow all day tomorrow. Crazy.
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