post-holiday blues?

i'd say it's more a mix of fatigue and my liver crying.

it's my last week here and that means *drum roll* FINAL EXAMS!!!!!! YAY! actually exams aren't that important here and i don't think i'm really going to study for them. in fact i have an appointment on wednesday night to go drinking at karaoke while the most important exam is on thursday morning. so what that means is drinking until 6 in the morning, sleeping for 30 minutes, then heading off to write my exam.

so if you think christmas is one huge act of commercialism, wait until you see china. since it's not a 'family' holiday like in the western world, it's just buy buy buy buy buy. so christmas eve all the big hotels and restaurants have 1000rmb+ dinners, and the streets are packed with people until the early morning since stores are still open.

so i went to shenyang for christmas weekend to visit my uncle. he called me friday and asked me if i had plans, so i flew down saturday morning to see him. it was cold, dirty, and a pretty shitty city compared to beijing. despite all that it was a good time. i got to eat a lot of good food which i never get to eat here since i'm a cheapass. christmas eve night though we couldn't get a taxi anywhere and the hotel was still going strong until 11pm so we just got some yoshinoya and kfc. christmas day we went to look at one of the tourist sites there that was pretty boring and it was also outdoors in cold -15c. yeah, i know -15c isn't that cold but when was the last time you were just outside for hours standing in the cold for that long.

flew back to beijing last night at 11, called my family and wished them merry christmas, then went out drinking at karaoke. why karaoke? because you get private rooms with a shitload of beer, and 200rmb more gets you a karaoke girl. best concept ever. so yeah, i was drinking until 6 this morning, came home and slept for 2 hours, then off to class like a superhero.

even though i had a nice nap this afternoon, i'm still pretty tired at the moment. i haven't opened my book for tomorrows exam although i think i will in a little bit. funny thing is though that knowing i'm going home so soon i really don't want to leave. i heart beijing.

molested

twice.

tired from staying out past my bedtime and suffering from the not-being-able-to-sleep-more-than-4-hours-even-when-im-tired disease.

chinese acrobatics are disturbing.

i got burnt by a racist girl.

im baaaaaaaaaack

IM BACK !!!!!!!!

wait. i'm still in china.. i mean i'm back from a long absence of not posting on the wonderful internet.

so yes, eventful week. let's start with last weekend.

wrote my 'le sat' as the administrator called it on sunday. met some nice people; actually 2 from calgary. one thing that really bothered me though during the test was all the chinese people who were cheating. i mean, normally this kind of thing wouldn't bother me, but don't they know how important this test is? for example during registration they were already looking at questions, and when the time was up they were still writing. time is KEY on this test so they had a definite advantage. but i mean if you did this in canada you would be kicked out and maybe even blacklisted from going to university.... but i guess what do u expect from china.

so besides the lsat, this week was much drinking. sunday went out with the korean to eat terrorist on a stick and drink. monday i went out myself to the 68rmb all-you-can-eat/drink japanese restaurant and ended up drinking too many beers.

tuesday i was at the same place when team russia called and asked if i wanted to go out so we went to a bar. all i can say is the clubs here are waaaaaaaaay better than canadia. maybe it's because i don't know anyone here, or maybe because drinks are half the price AND no tips, or maybe because the music is good or maybe because it reminds me of home that i love it so much. so yeah, got home at 4, slept at 430, and woke up at 630 for class the next day. not fun.

wednesday went out with the korean again since hes a little bitch and has 'relationship problems' with his girlfriend. wow, i'm heartless i know. but here i'll explain the situation. an old classmate of his for 10 years, no big deal. when he went back to korea though he met her and started going out. they met 3 times. upon returning to china they often talk on the phone, so they've been going out for less than 20 days. so wtf is wrong with this guy? he talks about marrying her and all these things down the line but when they break up he cries for a week. so lately hes been pissing me off but i still accompany him to go drinking just because.

so thursday went drinking with him a little bit again. not much. really pissed me off just because he makes a big deal out of nothing.

and then last night i went with team russia and our japonaise friend to a bar called taku. small, ugly place. here's the catch though: 50rmb entrance fee but all-you-can-drink. all i can say is that is the best concept ever. we were drinking too fast that the guy suggested we pay 200rmb for a bottle so we can pour ourselves hahahahahaha. it kind of defeated the purpose though because the only reason i was drinking fast was because it was free. anyways i got home at 6 this morning and my ears are still ringing from last night. stupid bar.

now im rehydrating myself with much water and watching telebi. i guess i should go for lunch.

i am the procrastinating

test on sunday morning, don't want to study.
i do practice questions while watching nothing on tv, but haven't brought myself to do the timed practice tests.

this week has been pretty boring. basically go to school then come home and try to study but end up taking afternoon naps.

today went out to lunch with my classmates and teacher. was fun even though food really sucked. so the girl from my class from calgary (actually medicine hat) looks like shes my age. all this time i thought we were close in age just by the way she acts and looks. then at lunch today i found out she's 32. THIRTY-TWO WTF? i was going to ask for her phone number to keep in touch for next semester but i can't bring myself to it now that i know she's 1.5x my age. weird. i wonder if the american girl she hangs around with in class is also in her thirties... jebus. i already knew the guy that sits next to me was 32. but today i found out that he's in the tourist industry, so he was probably at the same conference in kunming last week as my uncle. now that i think about it i'm probably the 2nd youngest in my class.. there's some 17 year old japanese girl which makes me wonder why isn't she in high school?? it's not like she JUST came too, as this is her second semester at the school.... strange.

after my test i want to see what ktv is like, and see what beijing discos are like. i guess it's time to retire from drinking at restaurants on the street for 30RMB (4.50 CAD) including food. /cry