It has been a while since the last update, so it's time to write something new. Life in China is becoming more and more normal every day, so it is time to go off campus and visit a new city. Since the last update not much has changed. School in general is going well, with some ups and downs, and I am not bored in my free time. I'm regularly going to REAL and attend English corners and other activities. Last week they had a Halloween party with some games, food...

Last week I've been pretty busy. During the day I had my classes and during my spare time I spent a lot of time in REAL. This week I haven't really tried any new or special food, maybe I am just getting used to the food now so certain things are becoming normal. The Monday morning project is going alright, it is still very hard to understand the teacher and the teaching students, but by reading ourselves we're able to do something anyways. At least we have co...

Saturday's classes are Chinese in the morning and English in the evening, but then not as a student, plus a completely English Sunday. It was the first real Chinese class that we've had so far. This class has a bit more students than just the three of us. One teacher from Sudan and another student from Finland are taking this course as well. Besides them, there are a few students who're helping the teacher during class. Every one of us has their own student w...

After some three weeks of being in China I have finally applied for my residence permit and in the evening there was a combined farewell and welcome party for international students. There was only one class scheduled today, a four hour 'Workshop Measurements' class. It seemed like a very long class, because the teacher's English is really bad and he's very difficult to understand. Luckily he's reading from the slides so we can just read it ourselves. Still, ...

After three weeks in China I've already become a bit more Chinese, I have finally started to learn the Chinese characters and got an introduction into writing them, plus I went to the barbershop to get a Chinese haircut. The class in the morning wasn't so special, just a normal class. Also lunch was just an ordinary Chinese lunch, which means something with rice and people taking photos. It is not very much different from any other day. The second class was ...