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The end of week five is officially here. It was kind of a rough week because of the whole no time to do homework over the weekend and arriving back in Harbin two hours before my first class Monday morning ordeal. The weekend trip to Dandong was a ton of fun. I was able to see a lot of new things and places, including North Korea, eat some good food, and buy some stuffs. We had the most free time in Shenyang as we waited to get back on the train to Harbin. So we all went to this pedestrian shopping street called Zhong Jie. All it is is shops, a ton of clothing shops. Some are pretty expensive, and some are really cheap. In order to get there from the hotel we needed to take a taxi, but the first few we asked wouldn't take us. And then this woman pulls up in a neon green little three-wheeled car. I don't know the name of this kind of carr, is it a Smart Car? With the one wheel in the front and two in the back. We all thought it was incredibly unsafe but took it anyway. She was a pretty safe driver so it wasn't too bad.
This week has gone by so fast and has been pretty uneventful. I hope to get some major studying done this weekend and maybe go buy a cell phone. Tomorrow we have our "academic weekend activity" which is going to be us "interviewing old Chinese people." That is a direct translation from my worksheet. That should be interesting, if I can understand what they're saying.
Tonight I have my second cooking class (Yay!). I don't remember what he said we were making...I think some sort of Tofu dish, but it should be fun. I have about an hour until then so I'm going to go walk around a bit!
I still can't use Facebook :)
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