Early March

 3-5-10 School’s really been wearing me pretty thin. Mostly because I live so far from campus.  I have to take a bus, a subway, another subway and another bus to get to school.  It wouldn’t be so bad, but I have to be back around 6 for dinner and to teach Xiao Xiao every night.  It’s nice living with a Chinese family and I’m learning a lot, but it’s just too far.  Today I moved out and back in to Justin and Scott’s place near campus. It’s good to be back. 


3-6-10 Scott and Justin’s friend Esther from their foreign exchange program was in Beijing so we went out for some Dim Sum. The dishes just kept coming.



 The Dim Sum Restaurant- worth the 30 minute wait.

 A woman on the subway wanted me to teach her English and invited me out for some hot pot.  I’d never seen a place where everybody gets their own pot. How Lonely!



 



3-8-10A nice snowy day for class.





  3-10-10Lots of studying lately, we’re learning 150 words per week among 3 subjects. Today I took some subways and found myself at the Olympic stadium.








The Olympics complex is humongous.  Billions went into it and now it’s a mere tourist relic, not even used for sports events.










 3-12-10Today I took a bus out to a skate shop that I found online.  I wanted to get a longboard for riding to school/subway but the best one they had was a piece of junk I could buy on eBay for $50 total.  They wanted $230- more than I paid for my moped in Zhuhai.

 3-13-10Today I got off school and went for a stroll around central Beijing.
Tian’An Men Square is pretty well guarded.


I found myself at a walking street with some ridiculous stores.

 And then a back entrance to the Forbidden city.


3-14-10Today we got some really great snow.  Scott and I went built a snowman and had a snowball fight with little Chinese kids.




  Spring is coming soon!