This week I got the first result of an exam, plus I was teaching an English class in the supermarket. That was a really strange experience, but it was fun. For one of our Chinese classes we had an exam two weeks ago and this Thursday I got my result. I didn't do so badly, I got 98 out of 100 points. Though, this course is not about Chinese language but about Chinese culture and about the country. The real Chinese language exam I think will be way more difficul...

Shopping for souvenirs in Jinan, good weather again and a free day to end the month with. This Sunday we went to the city center of Jinan to go shopping for some souvenirs. I am not going home soon, but Roman and Victoria are so they wanted to buy some Chinese goodies. Unfortunately for them they didn't really find anything they were looking for. We went to this huge kind of shopping center with hundreds of small shops where they sell a lot of stuff that nob...

It is getting colder now, the first snow has fallen and the temperature stays below zero during the day. A true Fin is missing the snow and goes back home. In the beginning of this week we've had some snow in Jinan. It wasn't very much, not like in Finland, but it was something. The good thing then is that it is super clear, I think those were the clearest days that I've had so far. The mountains surrounding the campus could be seen very well, so I could take ...

The second month has already passed, already for two months in China. Life in Jinan is becoming more normal and I am getting used to the Chinese way of life. To be honest, it feels more like two weeks than months that I'm here. Time is going so fast that every week feels like a day. That is probably because we have classes six days a week and don't have a lot of free time. Having classes during the week from 8 to 17 and then going out eating for about two hour...

For the international students on campus a party was organized to get more familiar with the Chinese culture and afterwards we spend the afternoon in the national park. In the morning there was a sort of party for us as international student and for Chinese students who went abroad. The idea was they're familiarizing us with the Chinese culture, even though we're already here for quite some time. So we played some games, learned how to make Chinese knots and w...