Nonevents and a few more photos

So, I'm including some more pictures at the end of this post. My weekend was uneventful, largely because I chose to do nothing but eat, read, sleep and do a little laundry. Socialization was kept rather low, but I think I really needed to be a recluse. I felt much refreshed when Monday rolled around. Of course, now I'm tired again. Haha. I had my rough day today, three classes with just about an hour and half break. Chinese was fantastic, as per usual, although I'm really going to need to study to be able to keep up. Cultural Revolution was good again and International Business was better than expected because we ended up watching a movie. I'm not exactly sure how the movie, which is about the rise of communism and the cultural revolution, ties back into international business, but it's really interesting and I'm sure he'll explain later.

Okay, so I don't really know how to format very well and the pictures are just going where they want. This one is of shopping buildings at Wanfujing.

And back to what I was going to say...I was very surprised to walk out of my building this morning to find it snowing. I was shocked and excited and angry all at the same time. The only reason angry factors in is because I swear someone told me that it doesn't snow at all in Beijing. Whoever that was lied. Haha. Oh well, it was pretty, although kind of dingy. Apparently, it may snow tomorrow as well, which would be inconvenient. I'm tentatively planning to go to Tienanmen Square tomorrow morning for the flag raising at 7 a.m. with my friend Kathleen. Afterwards, we want to meet up with Martina and her host student to go to the Capital Museum. Snow would make it significantly colder. I hope we still go though, because my class has been cancelled tomorrow so I could actually go to bed early. It was cancelled because we have a meeting at two, so we'd still have a timeframe to adhere to but it would still work out pretty well. Here's hoping!! I think that's all for now, except photo explanations. Later!



The scorpions at the night market.....don't they look delicious? (In the upper left, you can also see the silk worms.)










Photo evidence that I actually ate scorpion. Taste's just like a french fry.










Next course: SILK WORMS!!!
(I really don't recommend these.)








And, last but not least, snake. I've secretly wanted to try it for a very long time now....ever since a trip to Texas and a post card about rattlesnake soup. :)