Where I live

Not a whole lot going on these days besides classes and studying. I'm in class for SIX hours a day every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Somehow, listening to a teacher for that length of time is much less tolerable than it was 4 years ago. Sigh. I've still found time to join a couple of IM teams. The international students all play for the "International Team" - go figure. The volleyball team I've joined consists of Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Hong Kongorean people - and me. I don't think news about the team's existance reached any other Americans (maybe we were too tall to hear the converations - SNAP!). The basketball team is a lot more diverse - a couple of Italians, a handful of Japanese and Koreans, a few of Americans, and a Mongolian to boot. We played for 2 hours straight on Sunday night. The most fun I've had balling in a long time.

To make up for the lack of interesting things in my life at the moment, I've decided to share some photos around Beida campus. This is my room (in its natural, i.e. messy, state):

That's Nobu watching 24 on his laptop. For the past 2 days, I've not walked into the room and not found Nobu watching 24 oh his laptop. I figure if the season is 24 hours long he'll be done by tomorrow morning.

This is my building - Shao Yuan Building 3.

I bought a bike a couple weeks ago. They say if your bike isn't stolen in the first couple of weeks, chances are pretty good that it will be stolen in the next couple of weeks. After that you're supposed to be safe though. I never have trouble finding my bike since it's the biggest one in all of Beijing:

The mini-mart where I buy groceries:

"No Name Lake" in the northern part of campus (that really is its name):

Random-ass Cervantes statue: