Let the Classes Begin

So today was the first day of class... yeah... this semester is gonna be a doozy. 

We have 3 hours of Chinese from 8:40 to 11:30 4 days a week and one on one sessions with our professors one day a week. Learning Chinese grammar in Chinese is, to say the least, intense. Our teachers refuse to speak English to us so there is a lot of repetition going on and befuddled looks about the room. I'm placed in the second level with a good group of people so it should be ok. We also have a Contemporary Chinese culture class, which is very involved, on Mondays and Thursdays. We will be making field studies to different parts of the city, we'll have guest lectures from locals, and we have a major capstone project at the end of the term. We have to select a topic related to Chinese culture and do a very involved field study and write a final essay. Again, very intense. I also have a Chinese Economics class on Wednesdays so I will let you know how that goes.

After our culture class I took my first trip to a DVD store. Kind of like the bookstore, I was in heaven. I spent 66 kuai ($11) on 4 DVDs and the 4th season of The Office. I plan to make a few more trips to that store :)