random updates

Hey.... haven't been writing for a while, so here's some interesting things that happened:

First week of October was basically a holiday, cos it's Oct 1st is China Independence Day. During the holidays, me and my friends went for a 3 day trip to a place called 野三坡 (Ye San Po). It's about 3 hours ride by train from Beijing. We knew this place from an Indo publication called "IKAN". Anyways, over there we did some trekking and water rafting. We also visited a place called 百里峡 (Bai Li Xia). It's a huge area in the mountains where you can see gorges, waterfalls, and mountains. Overall, it's a very pleasant experience :)

Next interesting occasion was Edy's birthday last Monday. We went to a Thai restaurant called Banana Leaf. The food there is good, and the interesting thing about this restaurant is that they have a group of performers who sings, dance, and have fun with the guest. Some of the performers are "queens" and they make fun of the male guests. Luckily Edy was the birthday boy, so he was the main target haha.

Then.... last Wednesday was the first class outing. First we went to dinner at a hotpot restaurant with the teachers. I was quiet surprised that the teachers immediately agree to come when we asked them to. One of them even brought her 4 yrs old son. After dinner, some of us go on to Bar Pepper (a bar near school) for some drinks. Had some drinks, but I didn't get drunk this time, just enough to make me feel good :) But of course, the next day me and Tzan skipped the first and second period of class haha.

Yesterday we join a local tour for a trip to the Great Wall. We got cheated. There's one section of the Great Wall that is famous, called 八达玲 (Badaling). They told us that we were going there when we paid for the tour. Turns out that we went to a very small section of the Great Wall...... it's still called Badaling, but not the famous section where they have cable cars and slides. This section sucks..... it's very short, and the steps are very high, so it's quite difficult to climb.

Now..... I've been quite sick since Friday. First it was cough, then sore throat, and now plus flu. So.... have been sleeping a lot these few days. Don't even know if I'm going to class tomorrow.

All righty then.... am going to bed now. Stefan.... out.