Quick Recap:
So, the plane ride was pretty uneventful. Long and smooth. I did get upgraded by a complete fluke though!!! Holla for economy plus!! Another added bonus was I sat next to Sam—a “baller” and “Rhodey” aka a George Washington University student from Rhode Island who is in my program. He kept me from going insane during the 14 hours.
About my program, there are 13 students total and only 3 girls, including me. The boys aren’t too happy about the ratio. I think we may be the only study abroad program in the entire world with such a ratio. It makes things . . . interesting. We all live on the same hall in the International Dorm and we share a coed bathroom. My room is ridiculously nice! I was pleasantly surprised. I was also incredibly amused when I arrived because of the Chinese translation taped to my door. All of the students were given a translation. Mine read “Jiuhou tu zhen yan—the truth comes out after alcohol.” A little bit of Chinese fortune-telling perhaps?
Eating, eating, and more eating! We’re in the orientation period and every lunch and dinner we get taken out to another AWESOME restaurant. You have NOT had Chinese food until you have had it in China! It is soooo good! And I’m becoming a badass with chopsticks!
You do see some interesting food though. . . Yay chicken’s head!
Monday morning at 7:25 am the crew watched the Super Bowl live. It was so wrong on soo many levels. Pajamas, coffee, Chinese commentary and commercials?!?!
The night life here is ridiculous! Last night, the “dream team” aka the 13 of us went clubbing at Propaganda. Here’s a bunch of us in one of the VIP booths:
Beijing is incredible and the next couple of days is devoted to “discovering Beijing.” We have a ridiculous scavenger hunt to complete. Given my limited Chinese abilities this should be an adventure . . .
2 comments:
Haha, fun pics! Good luck with the scavenger hunt! It looks like you all are having fun, which makes me happy!
Your smile is so huge in all these pictures. I hope you really are having as much fun as it looks like. Have fun squattin'.
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