Today was kind of a long day, but I really enjoyed it. I had my back-to-back chinese classes from 8 until 12:20 p.m. I then went and grabbed lunch with some classmates over at the jiaozi baozi place. I wish I knew the real names of the places we ate, but for now I'll have to settle for the nicknames we use. I think tomorrow I'm trying the noodle place next to jiaozi baozi or maybe I'll go back to hole-in-the-wall. After quickly eating my plate of jiaozi (dumplings) I went back to the dorm to switch books for my afternoon classes.
I had a 1:30 p.m. class, China's Cultural Revolution. I'm really excited about it both for the content and the professor. Our professor is a French woman who lives, teaches and does research in Shanghai, but she flies out to Beijing once a week to come and teach this class and one other one for TBC. She's fantastic and very enthusiastic about the subject. The technology in the room didn't seem to want to work right, so she ended class early and I went over to the library. I found Connor and asked him what he would recommend to read if one is trying to brush up on Chinese history, since I have pretty much no foundation. He gave me a book almost immediately and suggested another one after I finish the first. I also found the literature section and picked up an autobiography about a man who lived through the revolution. I'm hoping to finish both these books by the end of the week.
The class that followed I can't say that I'm really all that excited for. It's international business, and I had high hopes for it, but I think it's going to be an epic fail. I, and half the class, nearly fell asleep several times. The professor speaks quietly and I'm not sure exactly what point he's trying to make half the time. I'll wait to pass absolute judgement until next week's class but I think this one is a dud. It's one redeeming quality is that he let us out early today and it seems that he tends to do that regularly. I can accept boring if I get out of it earlier than the three hours allotted to it.
Afterwards Gina, Gary and I went to dinner at the restaurant down the street from Muslim burgers. I got a nice big bowl of spicy noodles for eight kuai. :) It was delicious! Then we walked around for a bit and headed back to campus. The weather today was fantastic. During the warmest part of the day I was happy with just a hoodie and this evening it cooled off, but it was almost too warm for a coat to be completely comfortable. I'm really looking forward to warm weather, and at this rate, I could be going to class in just a tee by early March!
Tomorrow's looking like it's going to be a good day. My first class is at 1:30 p.m. so my plan is to get up around 8:30 or 9 and get laundry done, do some more reading, go to lunch then go to class. I have history of religions and I'm cautiously optimistic. Rumors are that it's a good class and I hope they hold true. I'm excited to not have to get up for an 8 a.m. class and after talking to the professor today, that's the last time I'll have to do that. Granted, I will usually have class at 9:50 a.m. which isn't exactly late, but it most certainly isn't early. It'll be very nice. And now, I think I'll get back to my reading. Later!
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