Continuation....

So to continue that story from the other day....

Basically I spent a few hours in Gilbert's apartment, learning all sorts of new Chinese phrases and looking at stuff on the internet with him.

Then we were talking about music, and I found out that he had a guitar that he hadn't used in years in his closet. He offered to let me borrow it as long as I promised to return it, which has been awesome because it is a real stress reliever to have the guitar around. It's kind of crappy, but that's ok...it's still a guitar!

Anyway, after hanging out in his apartment and drinking tea for a while, Gilbert and I went to a local outside bar near his school where lots of students gather after class, etc.

To make a long story short, I ended up speaking Chinese, Spanish, and English for about half an hour on and off with some people, before ending the evening with a two-hour, beer-driven lecture by a Chinese economics professor who sat down with us. A lot of the words he used I did not understand, for they were huge economics words, etc, but overall I understood the majority of the conversation.

The entire situation was quite otherworldly, but really made me remember why I love languages so much, especially when we spoke some sentences that combined three languages.

Well, that's the story really. I guess I cut it short...there are lots of little details in there....but at this point it's important just to know that the day really made me feel good, and was a nice break from the work I've been doing at the Residence.

Being at the Foreign Language University made me think that I should most definitely go to Grad school at some point....I just don't know where.

Anyway, that's it for now.