http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Beijing , Wudaokou en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:13:00 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:13:00 +0000 Beijing Homestay Live with Chinese FamilyHi foreign friendsWe promote the Chinese education language and culture exchanges with west countries. According to your requirements such as the district wersquod like to offer the wonderful homestay for you Homestay is the best way to study Chinese understand the Chinese culture customs and life. It can enhance your cultural experience and prac http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-455288.html The Wudaokou 201163694721475 subway station is a major access to the near by universities. Such as Beijing Language and Culture University 212712014035486353282282323416China University of Geosciences 200132228322320304622282323416 Tsinghua University 28165337752282323416Peking University 21271201402282323416 Beihang Univers http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-451289.html About halfway into the fall the Chinese celebrate two holidays MidAutumn Festival and National Week. The first holiday usually marks a long weekend of eating Moon Cakes a rich datefilled pastryish treatish and family time. The latter holiday marks for the better part of a week a mass mobilization of most of China when everyone plays tourist while waving small Chinese flags. This year http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-444559.html I has been sit thorough all the classes in the level E. I do not have much problem except the speaking part. Most students there are have been in China for a while or have Mandarin and Chinese background. The older Caucasian is from Hawaii he has been learn Chinese before and work in china for 3 years. The older Japanese is working in Beijing for fours years. Most other students have been here http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-439299.html I get up early today for the first day of classes. First time need more time to be on the safe side. I get on the subway at 630am the early bird. There are already a lot of people even not packed yet. Half of them taking a nap stand or sitting down. The 8 am rush hour group usually reading the newspaper standing or sitting. Their paper is half size area of ours may be easy to ready in th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-438717.html I was in the university a little over 800am there are quite a few people there already. The test results group it by price. Dollar sign on to of the list. The higher the price the longer the term. Most students take the 20 weeks or one semester term. May be approx. 250 taking the 12 weeks course. I was confirmed at level E of the 6 levels fro AF the second highest level. Out of the 12 weeks gr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-438415.html This is the first day of registration. I went to BLCU Beijing Language and Culture University early. The table was set up and only a few students there. However the girl told me I need a temp. residence permit from the police department before I can register. I said I do not need one I am a legal citizen of Hong Kong same as China. She refused to stamp ok on my application. I spent two hours http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-437461.html Hello EverybodyWe had our first Chinese lesson today so we don't have much to report for the day we pretty much just went to bed when we got home we were really exhausted for some reason. It was pretty cool we feel like kids again because they make you feel like a kid again just pronouncing sounds before you can even put them into words although some of the sounds are incredibly diffic http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-434929.html The Lotus Center conveniently located at the coroner of one of those intersections is the equivalent of the American WalMart. The store consists of three separate floors. First floor is used by individual retailers and other separate little shops. Simple stuff like a TShirt shop or purses or other stuff that will definitely sell better if it is a store and not being sold off the streets. The s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-414620.html Today was the official day of International Women's Day and I had a Chinese friend Guo Dong invite me out to dinner in the area around our university. I also asked a friend Derek from the Syracuse program to join us for dinner and it turned out to be a really fun evening We went out to eat at Korean Restaurant. The area by my school is called Wudaokou 2011636947 and is generally kno http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-381019.html Tonight I had one of the most spectacular nights in China. Life is full of surprises and today was definitely one of the most fun nights I have had in China. After class the other day I heard some guys speaking a language that was strangely familiar. The more I listened the more I was certain that it was spoken Vietnamese. Since they were both northern Vietnamese speakers I was a bit hesitant t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-379651.html hei this is a good place http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-329255.html Beijing Huan Ying Ni Beijing Welcomes You Hey everyone It's been a little over a month now since I have arrived in China So far it's great Beijing is a huge city with plenty of things to keep busy with. For the first 5 months I attended a language program at the Beijing Language and Culture University located in Wudaokou a big student district filled with foreigners. I met so many gr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-317459.html Irsquove been in Beijing for about a week and a half now and it has been a bit of an adventure at times. When I got to Beijing from Japan it was pissing down with rain and it was an all around miserable night. The flight was late as well and I had no clue where I was going I just hopped on the bus I thought I had to catch. I was completely exhausted in the bus and was not looking forward to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-304724.html Beijing has been invaded. It began at the start of the traditional tourist season at the end of May. A couple of hopelessly lost Koreans here a few scattered Westerners speaking Mandarin with horribly mangled tones there and a smattering of hopelessly lost elderly Japanese. As the summer arrived and the weather heated up along with Beijing's interminable humidity the trickle became a stream http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-302603.html The official countdown has begun both for me and for China. For China the Olympics will open in Beijing in 44 days for me I will be leaving China and moving back to the United States in 35 days. The Olympics will open here in Beijing via a spectacular ceremony on a very auspicious date August 8 2008 or 888 at 808 PM. Eight is a very lucky number in Chinese culture. Chinese is a monosy http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-290180.html 2nd postsunday1 june 2008ahhhmm I did indeed take the subway to WuDaoKou my old stomping grounds where I lived and worked last year. Somethings have changed since last year. For instance all subway costs are 2 kuai. Last year it was 3 kuai for red and blue lines and 5 kuai if you were going up to line 13 which is where Wudaokou is. I am surprised the the costs have gone down. I would g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-282391.html I've recently been tempted to snatch the title of Windy City from Chicago my prospective future home and relinquish it to Beijing. The period of late spring through early summer in Beijing is notorious for being immensely windy and tends to experience sudden sandstorms. However on special days the winds of Beijing are so strong that I have to walk at a 75 degree angle just to keep moving http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-281358.html What I thought was a simple Beijing rumbling has turned into the most devastating natural disaster China has experienced in recent decades. I was sitting at my desk willing myself to crack open my books and begin studying when I experienced a sudden onslaught of vertigo. I looked up at the ceiling and noticed my hanging lights noticeably swinging back and forth. When I stood up to get a better http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-276571.html Yesterday started out like any ordinary day. The sun was shining the smog had lifted and everything was turning green. I was on my way to the Dirt Market one of my favorite locales in Beijing. On the weekends hundreds of vendors arrive spreading their wares out on blankets on the ground and within temporary stalls. Products range from handpainted scrolls to porcelain vases to antique Chine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-270779.html