When I decided to come to Beijing, I had no idea what to expect. I imagined that I would spend a lot of time alone, contemplating life, learning Chinese and taking in the foreignness of it all. I even had to defend my decision on countless occasions as people asked, "Why do you want to go to China?"Well, every image I had about life in China was wrong. I should have expected that a city of 14 million people would have a lot to offer, not to mention all of the other international students I would have the opportunity to meet.
Last week alone was full of a variety of musical and social events: I went to see the Roots (if you know this group then you know how spectacular it was to see them in China, it was an amazing show), we threw a birthday party, also saw the London Symphony Orchestra and there were house parties both Friday and Saturday night. I actually have to find time to be alone. So like I said, not what I imagined life in Beijing would be. Anyway, all of this is to say that Beijing is fun, really, really fun. Here's to China!
Ladies night:
Dinner in a Chinese Hutong:
My attempt to play a strange, traditional Chinese instrument:
3 comments:
Is it wrong for me to ignore all the China commentary and just tell you that I covet your shoes in the bottom photo?
dude, those are some AWESOME shoes!!
cool! the last picture you are playing er-hung(chinese pingyin),i don't know the english name for this instrument.
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