We have moved on from “To Romance” and are now learning a Chinese folk song entitled something like “the moon is my heart”. Why are we learning this song? To help me pick up chicks. Apparently Danna has enlisted our guitar teacher in her mission to find me a good Chinese girl…

The other day, Tian Ming and I went shopping. Tian Ming is my official Tsinghua School of Economics and Management MBA conversation partner. Now I’m not much of a shopper, but we wanted to do something besides just sit and eat. Especially considering how poor my Chinese is…

The good news is I once again have power and even internet access at my apartment in Beijing. I even had someone come and look at the place today. The rent at 2500 RMB per month is deemed a bit high, but the place is nice and big. Wu Dao Kou is very convient place to live for foreigners, especially foreigners studying at Tsinghua…

October 1st is National Day in China. It is the start of a week long holiday period. I went to Tiananmen square to see Chinese nationalism in full effect…

So we are into our third week of the semester. Next week is a national holiday, I don’t have anything big planned. I may have missed out on a few trips, such as the one being organized by Ron Kwok…