I'M GOING TO CHINA

Hello again Blogger,
It's been a year since I've blogged about anything really.
I feel really bad about this. I will try to make up for the lost time by posting interesting facts and findings!

As most of you know I'll be going to China this April. Sadly in China social networking sites such as "Facebook & Twitter" are banned by the government.
Being the facebook addict that I am. Going without Facebook will be extremely hard.
Since Blogger isn't banned ( yay ) I will use my resources and chronicle my journey throughout China using Blogger as a medium.
I'll try to post as many pictures of China alongside my blog posts. This way all my friends and followers can view the interesting things there are to see in China.

So where in China will I be going?
For my school exchange I will be heading to Boading 保定 in the Hebei prefecture.
Baoding is a prefecture leveled city about 140 kilometers south of Beijing
It has a population of 10,890,000 ( holy shit ! )

While in Boading I will reside in an all girls school dormitory for 10 days.
In those ten days I will be going to school with the Chinese students. I will follow their classes which include "Traditional Tea ceremony, flower arrangement,Physical education which includes running track, Chinese lessons and English lessons "

Each student will be appointed a "buddy" the buddy will be the best English speaking student on campus. She will guide you around Boading and accompany you in the lessons. I'm pretty excited about meeting my buddy. I got her a bunch of small presents. I mean it's the least I can do for someone who will take time out of their busy schedule to guide me around right?

From what I've heard is that the average Chinese student is in class from 7 AM till 10 PM at night. And then studies till 12 PM and goes to bed. So basically Chinese students have hardly any time for themselves. This is a little extreme for me.
I'm very curious to hear the opinions of the students there on how they perceive this. I might use this as blog material later.

After 10 days I will spend 3 days in Beijing!
Words cannot describe how excited I am about this!!
Beijing is one of the biggest cities in the world
Beijing is also one of the "Four Great Ancient Capitols of China"
It also houses a population of 22 million !
I'll be staying in a fancy 5 star hotel in the business center of Beijing!
I CANT WAIT!!!
While in Beijing I'll be going to the Great Wall of China, Temple of Heaven, The forbidden city,the Silk market and the Botanical gardens.
I don't know if I'll have enough time to see the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong and the Chrystal tomb he was laid in. I heard that the entrance is free but it take hours and hours to get in. So we'll see!
I hope to do many things while in Beijing!

I could rant forever on what I'd do in China. But I will save that blog material for another post.
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Priti