Well, you learn something new every day – 50 new things if you’re in a foreign country. Like the amount of time I spend cleaning the kitchen is inversely proportional to the amount of cockroaches I find there the next day. And it takes a lot of time to wring out clothes when your washer doesn’t spin properly. And you can’t expect to be an expert at a tonal language in two months. Two months next week, that is.
Another thing I’ve been learning is the value of friendship with local people. For one thing, they are absolutely necessary when I have to order clothes off of taobao, the East Asian ebay, or when I need to ask about language or culture. But more than that, they are just awesome. Some friends took us out to the river the other day (picture above).
We ended up visiting a Buddhist temple, which was very interesting. Here I have some pictures.
Another thing I’ve been learning is the value of friendship with local people. For one thing, they are absolutely necessary when I have to order clothes off of taobao, the East Asian ebay, or when I need to ask about language or culture. But more than that, they are just awesome. Some friends took us out to the river the other day (picture above).
We ended up visiting a Buddhist temple, which was very interesting. Here I have some pictures.
Please lift up these students and many more that we will meet. We have been making lots of friends at different universities.We will soon be moving to the foreign dorm at the school. We start school in the second week of September, I believe. It will be quite busy from then on. We want to start some study groups, so please yarp for this opportunity.
