Back once more
Yes, my blog was once again shut down from me, but i'm back now for the moment and figured i should make another post.
My life here has not been so bad these days. I have given up all hope of gaining anything out of my classes, but that doesn't mean that i still can't learn Chinese here. I just figure i can relax for now, chill with my Korean classmates and prepare for my next semester.
~~~~~flashback....flashback.....flashback~~~~~~
My sister's boyfriend came to visit me here about a week ago, sometimes we don't get along, but this time....this time it was a BLAST. He chilled with me here a few days, the best moments where when he got himself drunk and a entertained a crew of Korean girls that came over to eat, and then we took a night train to Beijing. 12 Hours of standing on a train to Beijing later, we arrived tried as f*ck and still pondering where we would stay. Alex is a big fan of the couchsurfing system and we had already made a few contacts. We were at the time however, in disagreement over who to stay with...the "i go f*ckin' nuts on the weekends" dude, or a seemingly normal chinese girl.
Long story short, we made the right decision, we stayed with the chinese girl, and for my first couchsurfing experience it was great, and i got a new friend out of it. Our host, elly, was very chill and guided us in our wanderings and eatings through Beijing. Although i must say one of the highlights of this trip to Beijing was the bicycle trip Alex and i took around Beijing (check out my killer bike) and getting lost in the process. Yes, we messed up simple english directions which should hae led us the Houhai (后海). We never made it, luckily, we did make it back to elly's apartment.
Anyway the real reason i went to Beijing wasn't to escort Alex, he's a big boy and can find his own way. I went because i had an interview with the IUP Chinese language program at Qinghua U. This is arguable the best language program for teaching foreigners Chinese. In my sleep deprived state, i with my mediocre Chinese skills skidded through the interview and was accepted to study in the spring. The last words out of my interviewers' mouth went something like "我们现在的学生并没有你的汉语水平那么低，但是我觉得你可以来这儿上学" Now, for two days i thought that was insulting, but now i think it has made me uber motivated. I have now interpreted his words to mean that after 4 months of study at IUP, my chinese will improve to a level incomparable to the present (i hope/pray/dream). In fact, this is why i no longer care about my remaining weeks of study here, i will continue as usually, because i know come January 8th, i will be swamped with soo much chinese (just like the summer) that my head may very well implode...that makes me smile
As usually, i am not fixing any english grammar mistakes, please ignore them. Enjoy for now.
This man is way too happy about his hemorrhoids
My life here has not been so bad these days. I have given up all hope of gaining anything out of my classes, but that doesn't mean that i still can't learn Chinese here. I just figure i can relax for now, chill with my Korean classmates and prepare for my next semester.
~~~~~flashback....flashback.....flashback~~~~~~
My sister's boyfriend came to visit me here about a week ago, sometimes we don't get along, but this time....this time it was a BLAST. He chilled with me here a few days, the best moments where when he got himself drunk and a entertained a crew of Korean girls that came over to eat, and then we took a night train to Beijing. 12 Hours of standing on a train to Beijing later, we arrived tried as f*ck and still pondering where we would stay. Alex is a big fan of the couchsurfing system and we had already made a few contacts. We were at the time however, in disagreement over who to stay with...the "i go f*ckin' nuts on the weekends" dude, or a seemingly normal chinese girl.
Long story short, we made the right decision, we stayed with the chinese girl, and for my first couchsurfing experience it was great, and i got a new friend out of it. Our host, elly, was very chill and guided us in our wanderings and eatings through Beijing. Although i must say one of the highlights of this trip to Beijing was the bicycle trip Alex and i took around Beijing (check out my killer bike) and getting lost in the process. Yes, we messed up simple english directions which should hae led us the Houhai (后海). We never made it, luckily, we did make it back to elly's apartment.
Anyway the real reason i went to Beijing wasn't to escort Alex, he's a big boy and can find his own way. I went because i had an interview with the IUP Chinese language program at Qinghua U. This is arguable the best language program for teaching foreigners Chinese. In my sleep deprived state, i with my mediocre Chinese skills skidded through the interview and was accepted to study in the spring. The last words out of my interviewers' mouth went something like "我们现在的学生并没有你的汉语水平那么低，但是我觉得你可以来这儿上学" Now, for two days i thought that was insulting, but now i think it has made me uber motivated. I have now interpreted his words to mean that after 4 months of study at IUP, my chinese will improve to a level incomparable to the present (i hope/pray/dream). In fact, this is why i no longer care about my remaining weeks of study here, i will continue as usually, because i know come January 8th, i will be swamped with soo much chinese (just like the summer) that my head may very well implode...that makes me smile
As usually, i am not fixing any english grammar mistakes, please ignore them. Enjoy for now.
This man is way too happy about his hemorrhoids
posted by Perry @ 13:13
1 Comments:
At Tuesday, 28 November, 2006,
Eva Luo said…
Hey Brian! Congrats on the Qinghua Program! And continue having fun in China! Be sure to get yourself a Qinghua shirt- you'll have everyone in China bowing down to you in seconds, haha.
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