Where's the Cheese?

Monday June 14, 2010

Today was test day. We were completely unsure of what to expect. The first test was brought to us by Yang Laoshi(teacher who organizes everything for us), but our real teacher never came. We had two class periods to take the test, which was plenty of time. It really wasn’t too bad, as long as you payed attention in class you pretty much knew everything, except for a few characters here and there. The second test was for speaking, which also was not bad whatsoever. Our teacher, Song Laoshi came in, read a paragraph to us twice, and individually asked us questions about it. We had the list of questions and were able to talk through the questions with everyone before we met him individually in the hall. We also created a dialogue with a partner. Rachel and I both wrote ours down wrong, but in different places, but other than that it was just fine. He laughed at us and said, “Sometimes in Chinese, what is wrong is the director.” It was a funny moment.

For lunch, we went to the cafeteria. Today they had jiao zi (dumplings), which made my day. I had a lot, and became very happy. We sat with Yang Laoshi, and I got to practice my Chinese. He also told us the name of a dish that we really like so that we can order it without pointing at someone else’s food.

We had Calligraphy class, which is still just practicing characters. For dinner, we went to French Café again. I had a Panini, and it was delicious. I also got Hot Chocolate, which made me very happy. We then watched True Blood and went to bed.