Went on a weekend trip last week with my roommates to a city called Nanjing. There were eleven of us, from about 9 different countries. It basically was the typical foreign student trip... took the train there, stayed in a REALLY bad hostel and spent the entire two days that we were there hiking around the most famous monuments and tourist spots. My feet really hurt at the end. But it was great. I got to see the tomb of Sun Yatsen, I climbed up this huge pagoda, I saw the tomb of the last Ming Dynasty Emperor, I had my picture taken by about two hundred Chinese people, I went out on a lake in a boat, I went out on a pond in a huge inflatable bubble... that about sums it up.
Otherwise, things are "mamahuhu" (so-so) at home. School, work and the complexities of daily life go on. Visa issues are annoying me, but I should be able to work things out until I transfer to the university and get a student visa. I'm excited about the Halloween Party at work, my birthday next month, and another trip (to Guailin) that I am taking next week. Work is still strange... things are the same - I don't really do too much. I'm getting to know my coworkers a lot better though, and its fun to hear about their families, their lives, etc.
Well, thats all for now. I'm going to go with my roommates to get some dumplings from the "food street" two blocks away. Its the place where vendors park their homemade carts and fry things up right in front of you, it's great! Six amazing dumplings for about forty cents total. Yummm.
