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Tomorrow will officially mark the start of my third week of class here in Harbin. It feels like it's going by fast, but then I remember that I'm here for 6 months and I take that back. It's been pretty difficult lately trying to deal with my classes, language pledge, and the challenge of making friends but not being able to communicate anything. My roommate, Yanping, has been extremely patient and just plain great. Yesterday after our trip to Yagou we went over to her dorm and I met her roommates and some of her neighbors. Her friends were really nice and I talked with one of them for awhile because she wants to study in the US next year. She's studying for her TOEFL exam so she spoke English and I spoke Chinese. Her English was definitely better than my Chinese though, haha. Yesterday was probably the best day I've had since I've been here. We got out of the city, and spent some quality time just relaxing and having a good time.
I really wish we had more downtime to explore Harbin and what the area has to offer. I keep thinking that I'm just going to have to come here again just to travel because there's so much that I'm not going to have time to do. A few of my classmates have traveled around China before and have given me some good ideas about where I could possibly go in between sessions and at the end of my fall session.
I have two exams tomorrow that I'm putting off studying for, I've pretty much studying all day with a few breaks here and there. I even did some laundry (in our bathroom sink) while procrastinating.
It's crazy that this summer is almost halfway over. It's already July and I heard one of my classmates today talking about how they're all going home in a little over a month. They keep telling me that by the end of the summer my language skills will have progressed immensely...but right now I'm thinking "I only have about 5 weeks left of summer, that's not enough." So I'll just continue to study hard and keep at it, no matter how embarrassed I am that I look like a complete fool :)
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