pictures, placement tests and kendeji

this is my dormitory and where I have classes!
ten of us went out for a "casual" lunch after our teachers took us for a tour. At Chinese restaurants you order a bunch of food and everybody shares. This place was the best tasting food so far--roasted asparagus with spicy peppers, chicken with nuts, seaweed with nuts, some potato and eggplant thing, spare-ribs, wonton soup, etc. etc. Also, we split the bill ten ways and it came down to about 20 kuai or 3 US dollars each. It is wonderful to eat so well for so cheap!
This crazy looking building is in my neighborhood. It is still being finished and when it is done it will be the CCTV (China Central Television or something) headquarters. I walk past it all the time and I still can't really believe it exists. I would like to go in that top weird corner at some point but I am guessing I will not be able to.
Chinese ad for Maidanglao--McDonalds! Note the drumsticks exploding out of the bag. I would not be sad if I didn't go to Maidanglao or Starbucks the entire time I am here, although I have already been to Pizza Hut, KFC, and Walmart. It is fun to compare and contrast. But starbucks is expensive!
This is the scene of one of my favorite China adventures so far: the donut shop. They look pretty authentic, don't they? they taste pretty authentic too. Apparently the guy who owns it is married to a taiwanese woman who learned how to make them from americans, and they make them above the store. I definitely plan to go back because I also made a friend there. I will put a picture up of her next time but this time it would only let me do five pictures for some reason.

We started the language pledge today and took our spoken placement test. written placement test and results tomorrow! I'll let you guys know.

Tonight I am going to try and take yoga at the gym. Should be interesting at least because they teach it in Chinese.