Tuesday

Today I walked to the Bank of China and opened an account and
got a debit card. Then I walked to the WorldLink office and picked up
my backpack that was lost by the airline. Its a decent walk there, I
got to see my surrounding areas. Not much to say about the trip. So
that took about 3 hours. When I got back I listened to music and read
up on my Chinese from my high school textbook. I would really like a
native Chinese speaker to practice with but I haven't met anybody
nearby, once I start classes I will get a language partner, who is a
local trying to learn English. That should be fun. Then my roommate
came home with some of his/our friends and they brought food and a
cake, because on Tuesdays the bakery makes cakes. We basically sat
around and talked for a while, 2 of them went over some [chinese]
characters.
So I didn't really do much today, and I am feeling sort of
restless. Good thing I have orientation tomorrow. I would like to get
some exercise but the streets are too crowded to run on, I might run
the 11 flights of stairs up to my apartment, its just that some of
them aren't lit so its tricky.
Also, this afternoon was the first sign of sunshine and blue
skies after we had some light rain in the morning.
Tomorrow is my orientation and possibly indoor ultimate frisbee.