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Just do so!
July 03, 2008
// 9:48 PM
So while a few of us were walking around Xidan, a HUGE.. seriously, HUGE shopping area full of good bargains, cheap stuff, and good eats, we passed by a nice rip off of some Nike shoes that said "JUST DO SO." Freaking hilarious. Anyways, that's one for the books.
The last few days have been HOT. When I first got here, the weather was awesome. Not as hot as I expected.. Probably around high 70s to mid 80s and sometimes a breeze. But lately, it's been even too hot to walk a block to get something to eat. The A/C is on 24 hours a day in the building and it feels SO good everytime we walk in. And on top of the heat, the mosquitoes are starting to bite more frequently. Poor Chris. He has about 6 bites just on his neck. Gross.
The other day we went to Houhai, a huge area with ancient architecture and nice lakes and cool restaurants---speaking of mosquitoes, i think i just got bit. gross--- Anyways. There, we got to look at a prince's garden and try all these different teas (Oolong, Jasmine, Rose [a bit sour for my tastes] ). But that day, our tour guide, coincidently named Jackie Chan, told us that there were 50,000 tourists that day. Ridiculous. We also got to visit an old family's home. Fourth generation in the hutong. Amazing. After dinner there, we all got on these boats and went around Shisha Lake, and were provided the nice entertainment of this young woman playing the pipao (i think!). She was kind enough to fulfill our requests of Tong Hua and some Jay Chou songs. Oh baby! After that, we still had time before we had to go on the bus so a bunch of us decided to get in a huge circle and play silly games like Elephant, Watermelon, and Dungy Dungy. lmao.. good times.  
First day of classes have started! I was placed in a ridiculously high level and I bounced out of that class so fast, that by the time the day was over, I was in the middle level. :] It goes at a really slow speed, but everything is understandable. Today's class made me miss Zhang Laoshi and Berkeley though :\
Anyways. As promised, pictures from the past week!
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Name: ymmatammy
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