When we are not travelling our weekly schedule is fairly consistent. Every morning we have class from 8am to around 10 or 11 am. Then we take a break until 2pm, during which time we eat lunch. We have our second class of the day at 2pm and it usually lasts until around 4pm. All […]
Field Note for Independent Project
For followers of Islam, Friday is the day when one should come to the mosque to receive a sermon and worship with other members of the community. For Muslim men this is a requirement, but women may come as they please. In Jinan, there are three mosques that are all located within the Muslim district, […]
Confucius says…
Disclaimer: I meant to publish this more than three weeks ago, but thanks to shoddy Internet, it reaches you now. “Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn’t it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around […]
Pre-Qufu weekend
The weekend before we went to Qufu – Saturday the 31st of October and Sunday the 1st of November – I had the beginnings of a horrible cold, so our schedule was a little miserable for me. Saturday we went to a mall to watch a new movie, “Mountains May Depart,” in the morning. Don’t […]
Jiu Ding Ta
Friday October 30th we went on a field trip with the other international students – one of the first times we’ve gotten to interact with them at length, actually! – and some of the Chinese students to Jiu Ding Ta, which is a… “cultural amusement park” about an hour out of Jinan. The park’s attractions […]