So last night I went clubbing (yes, I went clubbing) with a bunch of the American students and we had a lot of fun. It was at this club called Propaganda and students didn't have to pay a cover charge so that was pretty awesome. And of course the alcohol was ridiculously overpriced. A small bottle of Tsingtao was 20 kuai, when at a chuar stand in front of our dorm we can but a large bottle for 2.5 kuai. The greatest part of the night was when Flo Rida's "Low" came on and when Soldier Boy came on. We had guessed that since everyone besides one black guy and I are white, that the Chinese people would be watching the way we dance aaaannndd we were right. During the chorus of "Low" when they repeat low like eight times or so, we did the whole getting low thing, and at the beginning of the song we were the only ones doing it. By the third lowx8 part almost everyone around us was doing it. The same thing with Soldier Boy, when we did the dance people around us tried to copy us. It was very amusing.
Yas
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Illegal Hello from China
So I finally managed to get access to this blog from Beijing, which I'm really happy about. I have no idea how to work this thing and I don't think I have that much html stuff available because I'm going through a proxy. I wish I had pictures to post of facebook or something but this entire week has essentially been studying and sleeping. But now it's the weekend and tonight I'm going to see an acrobats show, and this Sunday I'm going to Tian'anmen Square!
Most interesting things I've done so far...
1) Eat a donkey burger (more like a small donkey hoagie)
2) Be in the studio audience for some Chinese talk show that was talking about the gaokao (高考). It's like the Chinese equivalent of the SAT but the score on this exam determines where you can go. I couldn't understand a single thing they were saying.
3) Gotten used to carrying around toilet paper because public bathrooms don't have them
4) Getting to a subway station and then having to walk for at least 20 minutes through the station (when we were going the right way) to get to our platform
The food here is cheap and delicious and hasn't made me sick yet, so yayyyyy.
Yas
Most interesting things I've done so far...
1) Eat a donkey burger (more like a small donkey hoagie)
2) Be in the studio audience for some Chinese talk show that was talking about the gaokao (高考). It's like the Chinese equivalent of the SAT but the score on this exam determines where you can go. I couldn't understand a single thing they were saying.
3) Gotten used to carrying around toilet paper because public bathrooms don't have them
4) Getting to a subway station and then having to walk for at least 20 minutes through the station (when we were going the right way) to get to our platform
The food here is cheap and delicious and hasn't made me sick yet, so yayyyyy.
Yas
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Reunions
I started off my summer by working 80 hours from Thursday afternoon (May 28) through Tuesday morning (June 2). I learned several things:
1) Working two 40 hour weeks is a much better model than squeezing two weeks of work into one.
2) It is very tiring and not so much fun to work 80 hours straight.
3) People are unhappy when you run out of food at meals.
4) An older woman talked to me for a while and told me that Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 180-page thesis. She told me not to write a thesis that long because no one has the time/desire to read it.
5) Men who graduated in 1954 might ask if you carry a pair of sewing scissors; they probably don’t realize that you think it’s a sexist question.
6) I learned the expression: “Let’s high tail it out of this popsicle stand.” To be taken seriously, one should not use that expression.
7) White button down shirts always look good with bow-ties.
I was working in dining services coordinating the student workers for the 15th and 55th Reunions. We served dinners,
lunches, breakfasts, set many tables, watched buffets, waited (tables and in general), and bused a lottt of tables. After Reunions, we worked at Baccalaureate day, Class Day, and Graduation. I ladled a lot of lemonade and trayed more cookies than I have ever seen in my life. It almost made me not want to eat cookies again (almost). I made friends with a large number of student center dining staff people.
Since being home from crazy-weekend, I’ve mostly been hanging out and preparing for Turkey/related travels. Danielle and I visited Awani for an early happy birthday, speaking of which… HAPPPY BIRTHDAY AWANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll upload a picture later from my dying but faithful camera and self-timer.
I leave Friday noon-time for Crete. I’ll be there for a week before flying to Istanbul. I’ll post again from a gorgeous Greek island…
Til then,
Rebecca
1) Working two 40 hour weeks is a much better model than squeezing two weeks of work into one.
2) It is very tiring and not so much fun to work 80 hours straight.
3) People are unhappy when you run out of food at meals.
4) An older woman talked to me for a while and told me that Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 180-page thesis. She told me not to write a thesis that long because no one has the time/desire to read it.
5) Men who graduated in 1954 might ask if you carry a pair of sewing scissors; they probably don’t realize that you think it’s a sexist question.
6) I learned the expression: “Let’s high tail it out of this popsicle stand.” To be taken seriously, one should not use that expression.
7) White button down shirts always look good with bow-ties.
I was working in dining services coordinating the student workers for the 15th and 55th Reunions. We served dinners,
lunches, breakfasts, set many tables, watched buffets, waited (tables and in general), and bused a lottt of tables. After Reunions, we worked at Baccalaureate day, Class Day, and Graduation. I ladled a lot of lemonade and trayed more cookies than I have ever seen in my life. It almost made me not want to eat cookies again (almost). I made friends with a large number of student center dining staff people.Since being home from crazy-weekend, I’ve mostly been hanging out and preparing for Turkey/related travels. Danielle and I visited Awani for an early happy birthday, speaking of which… HAPPPY BIRTHDAY AWANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll upload a picture later from my dying but faithful camera and self-timer.
I leave Friday noon-time for Crete. I’ll be there for a week before flying to Istanbul. I’ll post again from a gorgeous Greek island…
Til then,
Rebecca
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