The homestay so far has been really fun. I really like my host mother, han lihong. She’s a lawyer dealing both as an adviser for companies, and has some experience in dealing with corruption of officials.
The food has been delicious and there’s always too much of it, which is custom.
I biked back to the university today, sadly one of my peddles fell off about halfway there which made the ride a bit less pleasant. I didn’t feel like stopping so I continued to the university somewhat awkwardly and got it fixed for 8 kuai (for a new peddle and shaft, since it turned out that the piece holding the peddle in was what had broken.)
Making progress on the disp and research, hope to get it done this week, and have next week free to explore the city.