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Day 4 - First day at school

March 31st 2009
I started my Chinese Mandarin class today. We start class at 8am every morning and the tutors start bang on time. The Chinese are very punctual and being late is thought to be extremely rude. It was really strange walking through campus because it is so different from home e.g. dodging bicycles and walking past banana carts! We walked past a grass area and there were lots of students standing on t ... read more
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