Got up at 6:30 – woken up by Matt getting up. he said that the chickens had woken him up. We stood around somewhat awkwardly until breakfast was ready. I took some photos of the house, we walked up onto the roof to look at the village in the morning, and helped feed wood into… Continue reading October 19 – Wedding and Return

got up at 7, woke up quietly without getting matt up. got to the main room, and waited for breakfast. Yu jia (the son), and matt got up when breakfast was ready. Breakfast was really good. There were bread with egg on, porridge, pickled veggies. After breakfast We went over for class at 8. We… Continue reading October 18 – Village, Part Two

Got up at 7 as always. I got up and grabbed some baozi before getting on the bus at 8:30. The bus took close to 2 hours. We ended up directly north of beijing. We left the bus at the town center, currently a make-shift market, but also doubling as a taichi and basketball court.… Continue reading October 17 – Rural Village

Got up at 6:30, since it was hot in my room and their was a mosquito buzzing around my head. I got a couple bug bites on my face in the night, which was annoying. Had class in the morning, which was alright. In class, the teacher said that there had been a big sale… Continue reading October 16 – Peak

Got up at 7. Chinese class this morning. Came back, finished up the math homework, and then started in on the chinese homework. There are about twice the normal amount of characters for tomorrow. Got a bit of my disp homework done. Went out for a couple hours in the afternoon to take a break.… Continue reading October 15 – Work

Got up at 7, forgetting that there wasn’t class this morning. (tuesdays are afternoon class.) Realized as soon as I got to the classroom, and headed over to the cafeterias for breakfast. Got a fried egg and some baozi, and then came back and wrote out the characters for tomorrow. Spent the morning doing math… Continue reading October 14 – Play

Got up at 7, had chinese class for a couple hours. The test and dictation were fine. Came back, went through the next lesson. The set of new words for tomorrow is smaller than the past few days, which was nice. Finished studying that mid afternoon; caught up on some emails later in the afternoon,… Continue reading October 13 – Class

Got up at 8 ish, though I was a bit sluggish getting moving. Spent much of the morning studying characters, although to a break midmorning to grab some food. It was a nice day; I finished watching the movie (a world without thieves) and the ending was quite good. At 1pm, Lucia came over and… Continue reading October 12 – Continuation

Got up at 8 am. Got a bit of chinese studied, while waiting for the day to begin at 9:30. At 9:30, I got on the bus to go to the 798 art area. This area is one of the major creative districts in beijing. It was originally a factory area on the outskirts of… Continue reading October 11 – Art

Got up at 8 am, since class wasn’t until 10. Dealt with email for a bit. Chatted with one of the guys I met at the taiji class, and arranged to meet with him and walk over to the taiji club practice tomorrow evening. Then walked over to the bank and withdrew some money before… Continue reading October 10 – Exploration