Day by day

Time flies when you're having fun, eh... :) My life here in Kunming has now pretty much settled into an everyday rhythm, mostly between my home and the campus and its surroundings. Every morning around 7:30 I jump on my bike (grief of griefs, with another part going *kabloinck* every couple of days) and weave my way through the morning traffic for 25 minutes. Then, a quick breakfast on the little rooftop terrace at the school (i usually grab some fuit from home before leaving) and off to class it is.

After 4 hours of class, I meet up with my little bunch of friends and we head out for lunch somewhere nearby, there are lots of little chinese, korean, japanese and western places just around the corner from our school. More often than not, after lunch we go to one of the cafes for a couple of hours of homework various chinese-related mental struggles, accompanied by a cup of coffee and/or a strawberry tart...mmmm :)

In the afternoon it's either extra classes (such as Chinese painting or calligraphy) or just general hanging out, studying or discussing the meaning of life and why the the little birds sing the way they do. And, either enjoying the weather or bitterly complaining about the freezing cold or the burning heat in the supposed "spring city".

All in all, it's a wonderful life of no hurry, just time time time to sit around, watch the world go by, talk to friends and learn new things. :) ahhh
I have to say though that I am quite impressed by the time of actual studying that gets done, either by myself or with other people.

And you know those little lines and squares and all that what they call Chinese characters? What a great feeling when they begin to make sense and mean something :)