How much stranger does it get and what do they actually do with it afterwards? I am talking about the people who're taking pictures of us. I forgot to tell something about that yesterday and the madness continued today. During the opening ceremony yesterday evening, we didn't want to attract too much attention so we stayed in the back of the crowd. Because I am taller than the average Chinese I didn't have any problems watching the performances. What I forgot ...

Today started with the 'CNC Machining Technology' class. Most of what we were about to do today during the lecture we've already had in back in Finland. No new topics were going to be explained here today, it would have been just a reminder of previous studies. Then the rest of the semester we will spend in the lab programming and using the CNC machines. This lecture we were saved by the lamp, instead of the bell, because when the lamp of the beamer broke class...

What can I say about today? The classes were completely different than yesterday, but my evening program was more or less the same. Again I had two classes today, 'Computer Controlling Technology' and 'Money and Banking'. I am actually still wondering why we are having this second class. It doesn't really have anything to do with Mechanical Engineering. The good thing was that both speak spoke English very well. One of them was living in Canada for almost ten ...

A lot happened today and most of it was completely unexpected. For example, in China you need only three students to form a class, to teach to international students you don't necessarily have to speak English and if you're not careful you'll end up making pictures with about 30 people. The day started with a four-hour class called 'Design and Development of Programmable Logic Controller'. When I arrived in the classroom there was still nobody. I was just wait...

My first weekend in China was mainly tiresome, but also an exploration of the campus, country, people and food. It was definitely different than any other weekend that I have had lately. Even though I have traveling to some other countries, this is by far the most extraordinary experience. I have never experienced a jetlag before, but it is some weird feeling. I am not sure if it is actually the jetlag or just a sum of everything that is happening around me. ...