University life here is quite different than what I'm used to at CNU. let's see, at about 7am some very loud music is piped in throughout the university to start to wake everyone up. the 1st couple of songs are kind od mellow and then about a 15 minute, big band version of the Chinese National Anthem comes blaring through. It's time to get up! Everyone has an 8am class (except me) so everyone gets up, heads to the dining halls and then a stampede to the 1st class. Time is built into the study for an afternoon nap, it's expected and a part of the culture. Seems like a good idea to me and part of the culture here that's easy to get involved with. At about 4:30 most are finished with classes and hit the athletic area for PE classes, soccer, basketball (until 10pm) volleyball and of course ping pong. It's impressive. Of course the ping pong tables fill up fast (about 20 of them) and the level is very high, girls and boys. i haven't really beat any of the girls yet, never mind the boys, and a 7 year old teacher's kid gave me a pretty good battle (the spin on his shots was incredible. they are serious players. Everyone is doing something, dance, tai kuan do, badminton, it's a good thing. the following are some pictures of the university, which has about 10,000 students. the dorms are about 6 to a room except in the foreign student building, where there are 3. I actually live in an apartment in the dorm so i feel like i'm back in college with all the noise, etc (kind of)
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