It has been a couple of days since I updated because classes have started, and I have had to adjust to studying once again. If you remember, I was placed at Level 102 based on the placement test. However, after attending a few classes and especially the 报 刊 (newspaper reading) class I soon realised that this level was too advanced for me. The newspaper reading class requires a lot of dilligence and hardwork which I have no issues with. However, the issue I ha...

Yesterday was a very tiring day as my day started early at 9am since Kyle, Rex and I decided to visit Beihai Park (北 海 公 园), which is located in central Beijing. We took the bus 810 from the East Gate of Uni and reached Beihai in about 20-25 minutes. I was extremely annoyed with myself that I forgot to bring my student card which obviously provides a lot of student benefits i.e. discounted entrance fees. I had to pay RMB 10.00 for the entrance fee to Beih...

Registration Day! Finally after 'lepaking' for more than a week, I could finally register. The registration times were from 8.30-11.00 and 14:00-16:30. Being the Malaysian I am, I arrived at the registration building at 7.45am and even then, there were quite a number of other students who had already arrived. I suppose the "kiasu-ness" of people do not just extend to the South-East Asia perimeter. I was extremely glad to be the eighth person in line but...

I stay at Xinsong Apartment which is filled with Korean students and at times I feel as if I am in Little Korea. One observation I have made about the Koreans is that they are a pretty insular bunch. Thus, it is rather difficult to interact with them as one often gets the feeling that they aren't all that interested to know you really. So, it was a bit of a surprise that I met Kyle, an American from California. How surprising that the first non-Korean I meet on m...

McDonalds in China are unlike the ones you have in Malaysia. Why? The main and principal reason is that the McDonalds in China serves PORK BURGERS! Yes, I kid you not. I had a taste of the burger for my breakfast and have to concur that they do taste quite nice. But lest you think I shall make it a daily ritual to eat a pork burger for breakfast, then I should disappoint you. The pork burger is nice but not nice enough to make me want to devour one everyday. Thei...