Hi all,

I live! Today is Saturday and our cultural excursion is to the Temple of Heaven. My expectations would be that it'd be like really grand and what-not, but alas, not to my expectations. Regardless, we had to be at the Library at 8am to get there early and beat the crowds...We arrived and walked to get there just to meet....A SHIT LOAD OF PEOPLE...as per usual. We proceeded into the different sections of the temple and took touristy pictures and goofy pictures. We had random people taking pictures of us when we did our group photos, this is a normal occurence lol. While we were at the cultural museum on Wednesday, a little boy asked my roomie what her name was and quickly snapped a picture of her xD .... Oh China.

Just now coming back from the chung(er) place, I held the door for a bunch of girls, and they said thanks in mando..But one of the girls said 4 in Italian, I thought it was Spanish so I pressed it for them. They were impressed and we had a good laugh, and then when they left they said ciao! so I knew they were Italians. It was a nice encounter. Although a few days ago, a woman who seems to be leaving the dorm she asked the people in the elevator I was in if we wanted to adopt a hair curler lol .... Life brings you interesting encounters.

Sorry I don't have much to say because I have to start thinking about a skit and studying for our mid-term on Friday also prepare for our class on Mon...sooooo STUDY STUDY STUDY!

Sim out.