Bye-bye Beibei (Glorious Feats)

In just two short days, I will be taking my last look from our 18th floor balcony at the town of Beibei below. The ten months of study as a scholarship student are over, and it's time to head out for new adventures again.

I am certainly happy I got the chance to come here and to study Chinese, it is definitely a highly valuable investment at this point in my life. The school here was mostly ok, though the efficiency of teaching and learning was not always ideal. But small class sizes, a green campus and a couple of good teachers make up for it in the end. However, I don't know if I can live up to the ideals of the school myself: (These pictures are from the lobby of the building where we had our classes.)






Many days, hours, minutes in these months have been full of boredom and useless killing of time. At times it was hard to keep myself motivated, especially when I saw people around me sort of laze into an existance of home, school, dvds... And the cold, wet winter, now replaced by a sweatty summer greenhouse is something I will be happy to be leaving behind. But despite all that, I will miss this place in a way. What I will miss the most is the small town life: being able walk everywhere or going around on the motorbikes for 2 yuan, the relaxed athmosphere, friendly people, the nearby river, the mountain just up the road...

But now it's time to move on, the boxes are packed and although we haven't found it yet, somewhere out there in Beijing is our new house, waiting for us, ready to be the stage for the Act 6 of my China life. Glorious feats, here I come!