It seems I was wrong about the group I’m in, it’s actually beginners level 1, just starting at lesson 16. This is perhaps less than I had hoped for, but we got the books today and the level seems about right. If it’s too easy (which I’m afraid it won’t be) I can move up [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Going to school
Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, BLCU, China, School on September 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
BeijingMUD
Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, China, Food, MUD on September 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Beijing is actually a MUD (online text adventure game)! Almost all the streets run in east-west or south-north direction and the signs in the intersections are marked with east/south/west/north. The city planners obviously thought in terms of a MUD, thousands of years before those silly computer science students. My route to school is south, east, south, east, [...]
Lesson 2: getting scammed
Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, China, Scam on September 1, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I did the placement test at BLCU this morning and had the whole afternoon free, so I played the tourist game by going to Tiananmen square fully equipped with backpack and camera. While trying to get a descent picture of Mao I was approached by what I thought was a middle aged couple. They said [...]
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