Class time!

Today I started my Chinese language class. I have class every Monday, 1:30-4:30, and every Friday, 9:00-12:00. The lessons seem to deal mostly with Lao Li (Old Li) and his misadventures. For instance, today Lao Li started growing a flower to give to his girlfriend. He really wanted to impress her so he watered it and cared for it until it became a beautiful flower. When the flower was ready, he dressed nice, combed his hair, and went in search of his girlfriend. He thought he found her, said I love you, and gave her the flower. However, the person who Lao Ling thought was his girlfriend was actually a very mad Frenchman. Lao Li was really scared and ran away. The second story was similar in that Lao Li had a bad day, this time from driving his bike to fast and falling into a manhole.

The lessons are fun, and the three hours went by relatively fast. I hope the class stays interesting all year. We get two breaks during the lesson, and all of the students go into the lobby and chat. Today the air conditioning wasn’t working, so we all were very hot. There are seven other students in my class- which is the intermediate level. Of the 35 people in our group, about 15 know Chinese, and the rest don’t know any. My teacher is nice. Her name is Yang Laoshi (Teacher Yang). She doesn’t talk in English much, only to explain difficult concepts.

Last night I went to go see "The Cube", which is the Olympic swimming stadium. At night they light it up real cool, so I thought I would show you a picture.

Tomorrow I start my internship so expect an update soon!