King Wing Hot Spring Hotel Beijing

... at the province that I am registered in. I was born and registered in the Guangdong province, hence I have to go back to Guangzhou to apply for my ID card, or I have to find another bank. I tried asking a foreign bank (e.g. HSBC) and the result is that I can use my Chinese passport to open an account, BUT for a personal account I must have 100,000RMB in the account untouched. This is just ridculous.

2. Chinese ...

The envoy laughed. "I always knew the word of a girl could not be relied upon. If you don't have the nerve, why bother sending anyone? War or surrender, I can take the message for you."

"If we meet on the battlefield and if you don't run away, I'll let you see whether us girls are useless or not," said Huo Qingtong, livid with anger.

Beijing, Beijing, China irstit

... because they eat more freshly made foods?
k) they eat desserts for midafternoon snacks, not directly following or with a meal
l) they are very friendly but like to laugh at us american idiots who must sound incredibly stupid to them
m) today is the chinese communist party's birthday, a national holiday, we still have class and I am pretty sure nothing that special occurs

thats all for today, have to study about parks in china =)

... De hvide strømper var til mit kostume til fund-raisingfesten samme aften. Eftersom overskuddet skal gå til en sportsbegivenhed, var festens tema sport, og jeg var chearleader for diverse fjollede konkurrencer. Der var et makeup-race, en form for stafet, hvor folk skulle påføre sig makeup uden spejl. Fake handbag-throw, hvor man skulle kaste kopi håndtasker og ramme indenfor en cirkel, samt en budybuilder-konkurrence, hvor man skulle vise sine muskler frem. Festen blev jo holdt ...

... up and the view was worth it. The day was clear and you could see these amazing karst peaks for miles. The descent was a bit easier and on jelly legs I had a welcome ice coffee at the bottom. We managed to shake the two ladies who were selling water and, of all things, mango juice to us on the way up but a couple of guys we passed on the way down had them as personal fanners for their ascent! Those old bags must be fit climbing that a few times a day! After we got back to the hotel at ...

... latest invasion was by aliens. The scaffolding has just come off a city newly dotted with massive steel and glass spaceship-like structures that jut out at gravity-defying angles, earning their colourful local nicknames: the Bird's Nest, the Egg, the Big Shorts. They are clean, spacious and futuristic-looking, just as China wants its capital to be seen when the world's spotlight shines on it in August. The campaign to transform Old Beijing has involved an attempted ...

... play on outside. There were a few younger boys (maybe around 6-8 years old) playing on them when we found them. Although these little Chinese guys were fun to watch, I found more entertainment in my classmates. The guys climbed up on this tank and started pretending they were in battle (complete with firing noises) and then complained about how the little kids were taking too long. Haha, fun stuff. I found Alyson and we found a nice bench that was perfect for a little break ...

... Inside it get better, or worse, as you walk down the narrow isles they get in your face showing off what they want you to buy. Its actually fascinating to watch. The best part is when you find something you like, you have to barter the price (which is ridiculously high) down to a good price. It's Gorilla shopping. You are exhoasted after you walk away. As we left the building with our stuff we looked at each other a said ...

... to split to eat. Very nice. We consulted our Mandarin phrase book eager to learn and communicate with our hosts, however our Yorkshire twang left the farmer and his family looking a little bemused. We quickly showed them the book which also had Chinese writing in it and smiles were restored to their faces. We had said that our bellies were very happy, we then thanked them for their hospitality, they seemed pleased. The farmer sent us off to sleep, but we decided ...

... I managed to wrangle a car into the city , then spent another equally lonely day wandering around campus getting used to the place. There's a lot more foreigners here than there were in Dongguan, which means, I think, that there's less of a sense of foreigner solidarity. Actually it felt a little unfriendly on the first day - when I smiled a sort of hello-smile at people, being all alone in this city and needing my hello smile more than normal, the foreigners ...