The campus is a bit like a ghost town right now, almost everyone went back home for the holiday week. So that's a good time to see what's behind the gates of the campus. We have a very good system on campus for cycling, or more accurate, for using a bike. There are hundreds of yellow bikes with a small number plate and the have a lock which can be opened by entering the right combination of numbers. So to get this code you need to send the number of the bike, ...

The first of October is China's national day. This means that there are shows, festivities, fireworks and so on in the city center, right? In the city center of Jinan, almost next to the main square and Baotu Spring Park, is a large lake surrounded by a park. During the day we spend some time around the lake. Because today is a national holiday it was super busy there. That also means that many people wanted to take photos of us. Besides people taking photos ...

I am not sure whether it is the course name or just coincidence, but both times the teacher can't speak English. And finally I got the chance to visit the city center of Jinan, to take some nice photos there and to get to know the Chinese bus system. Just like in Finland we have a course here that is dealing with measurements, the one here in China is the advance version of the course compared to the one in Finland. Remarkably enough though, the teachers in bo...

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...