Class started on monday,

i was in the intermediate class, but it was a little easy, so i switched to advanced low (its an accelerated course so they combine third year chinese into 12 weeks)

what a mistake. i like the ppl in my class though :) good thing b/cuz its 4 hrs of chinese

on top of that, i'm taking classical chinese, which is like comparing learning french and latin at the same time. i think classical chinese would definitely help with being able to read chinese newspapers and using idioms.

ohh, and both of the classes are taught ONLY in chinese, even when they are explaining things

i don't think i'll be getting A's for these classes...but at least my chinese will improve (hopefully) by leaps and bounds. hm hmm

thursday - sunnday i'll be in jiangxi province at sanqingshan for a fieldtrip. maybe i take pics then, b/cuz i heard its a very scenic place. to bad its supposed to be raining there as well (it's been either overcast or raining since i've arrived in china

the last time i saw the sun was the friday before i left philly for china.

and the weather report shows that rain will be the forecast at least through the beginning of march. damn