Rgh No Pictures

Well it has been much too long since I last posted, and this will be short, but I wanted to say hi anyway and let y'all know what I've been up to:

I tried to post pictures twice but failed twice.

This is our last week of classes but thankfully it is almost all just preparation for finals and finals, no new lessons. Preparing is not too hard, so I am not stressing out about things, and might even actually get normal sleep!

Because of that I spent this whole afternoon on the internet reserving rooms for travel I will do over the break: one week with a fellow student, and two weeks with Jake. Places to see: Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing (yes I know I live there but Jake doesn't so we are going to check out the sites for a while, and go to the Great Wall), Qufu (Confucius's hometown), Tai Shan (a mountain) and Qingdao, a place I have already been to and really liked. So if I am a good blogger I will let you know how all of that stuff goes and send pictures.

This past weekend was a lot of fun because I sang karaoke with new Chinese friends, who I met through a fellow student at my program. They are really awesome and I am looking forward to hanging out with them more next semester, practicing Chinese and learning a little bit more about what life is like for Chinese college students, as well as hanging out with cool people, which is the most important. I sang "My Heart Will Go On," by Celine Dion, "Baby One More Time," by Britney Spears, and "Girlfriend," by Avril Lavigne at their request, and some Beatles tunes of my own choosing. It was a great time, but we were there for five hours!!!

Well that's all, back to studying for finals...miss you all!