On the road again

Good Morning America!

Sorry, I know that was lame, but I love the time difference. It's so cool to me. So last week was a full week of studying!!!! Only to be followed by having a paper due tomorrow! So exciting. I took my first Chinese test this past Friday which I actually think I did quite well on. I'm really starting to see my speech improving. While there are many things I can not communicate, my listening has improved tremendously. I like listening. No chance to mess up there. Anyways, following our test on friday we all went out to celebrate! That consisted of going to bars where others drank in excess while I danced... Pretty typical! A new twist to this common equation is that a friend of mine taught me a bunch of salsa moves! So hopefully by the time the semester is over I'll not only know Chinese, but I'll also be able to swoon any woman off of her feet with a bit of salsa. The following morning I went to the zoo with two other friends. They had like ten pandas, more types of tigers than I've ever heard of and way too few penguins to quench my Happy Feet and Surf's Up thirst. Deet, I took plenty of close ups of the Pandas and will upload them soon. Later that day we had "text" study and a native came!!! It was so awesome!!! We're having to move "text" study because of that now, but that's okay! The next morning we had church which consisted of listening to broken english, singing in the choir, and spending 30 minutes trying to get a cab to take us less than 2 miles from where we got off the subway. Oh, I also didn't mention I watched the Dawgs lose at 3 in the morning.... sad day. Well, we leave for our two week trip this wednesday and I can't wait. North Korean and Russian borders here I come!!! When we get back my friends and I are going to go to a really pretty city in the south called Huangzhou too!!! Well, so long for now!!

- Colton