Xiamen Daxue (Shah! Men? Dah shweigh)

The group made it to Xiamen on Saturday evening and started official class on Monday morning. Classes have been going well. Its interesting to listen to our teachers' accents; you can tell where they learned English : from either Australia, the UK, or from the states.

Our group is staying on the third floor of the international students dorm and from the top floor you can see almost the entire campus, which is really pretty and well kept.

We've been trying out the local restaurants around campus and have found some good ones nearby. My favorite thing to get currently is Ji Rou Jaozi (chicken dumplings).

Its been good to finally be able to settle in: buying some much needed groceries like coffee, tea(xiamen is a famous exporter of tea) anime coffee mugs, and some asianish wall posters.

We had the first English corner last night. They're kind of awkward and I was apprehensive about going, but after getting swarmed as soon as we got there, the whole thing was pretty enjoyable and 2 hours went by without me realizing it. Some people and I are planning on talking more on Friday when the next corner is.

We found the underground pirated DVD market today; it was awesome. We walked down this back alleyway where there was an unmarked door. Inside were two completely filled rooms, one of which the ceiling was so short i couldn't stand all the way up. I wanted to take some covert pictures and videos, but couldn't. I will the next time I go, which will be soon.

I'm taking pictures of the campus and around the area. I will upload them soon.

Zaijian,

-park