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I went out to a Chinese concert the other night with my friend Katka and a few of my classmates and my teacher.  The concert itself was quite interesting.  It was more of an interaction show between the crowd and the pop singer then a concert.  After the show Katka and I went out and got some wine and pizza.  If only she was single my life in China would be set...she is one cool chicka.  PEACE

The good life...

This picture was from one of the first nights I was in Kunming as you can see the ratio of girls to guys is quite good in this picture.  We all went out to dinner and then to a bar for a few pijiu (beers).  I have to say I have met some unbelievably cool people here and have made many great friends.  Usually on the weekends we get a whole gang of people and we head out to "Kun Du" (Where all the bars/clubs are) and paint the town red.  There is nothing like a bunch of foreigners from all different parts of the world partying in Chinese discos.  It is a sight to see...hehe.  Anyways I just found this pic from one of my friends so I thought I would post it. Today was a good day.  My classes went well and I almost done for the week.  I have a break from school all next week, which I am very much looking forward to.  Tonight I am going to go get some pizza with my friend Katka and then go see my Chinese friend Chenling Jin.  My Chinese friend is a cool dude.  He owns a clothing shop right by my campus and he is gonna hook me up with some Chinese soccer and basketball jerseys.  After that I will probably just crash, cuz I am pretty tired.  The best part of my day.....I asked one of my teachers out on a date...so hopefully this weekend or sometime over the break coming up we will get together and go out for dinner....^_^

I LOVE CHINA

Life in China

So I have been trying to blog more, but life here in the motherland is insanely busy.  I will walk you through a day in the life of me in China.  Usually I get up around 9:00 and go get some weird, but incredibly tasty "Chinese egg Mc muffins" from this little lady on the street.  After that I have class for 2 hours until noon.  My classes are taught almost strictly in Chinese.  It sounds very tough, but if you study and pay attention it gets easier everyday.  At noon I usually go get lunch with some friends and sit by this little pond area on campus.  After that I have class for another 2 hours.  Finally around 3 each day I am done.  I have a language exchange partner who I meet with 4 times a week.  I teach her English and she helps me with my Chinese. Sometimes it seems like it is too much and I just want to relax, but meeting with her that much really helps me a great deal with my Chinese.  If I don't meet with her I will go play basket ball at another school that has better basketball courts then my university or go running with some Israelis.  It is sweet when we play ball, usually we get a pretty big crowd and I do my best to pull some street moves for them...^_^.  I have been hanging out with a girl from the Czech Republic and we go out for dinner almost every night and hang out quite a bit.  She is really cool and probably my best friend here in Kunming.  We usually check out a different restaurant every night.  On the weekends everyone likes to go out to "Kun Du" which is where all the bars or "Disco's" as the call em here in China. It is absolutely insane.  There are probably 30-40 different clubs in one area.  Living in the International dorms is fun.  It is nice because there is always something going on and almost every girl living here is cute!  The weather in Kunming is awesome and traveling around Yunnan is the best.  I really am in a great situation and I am so thankful that I have this opportunity.  I miss all my peoples back home and I look forward to the day I can see all my friends and family again.  I will do my best to update my blog more often and I hope you check back to see what life in China is all about.  PEACE

One Love,  Adam

Yuan Yang

Yuan Yang might just be the most beautiful place I have ever been. We watched the sun rise and sun set from different places and all I can say is...WOW. There are pics on here form the bus ride which we were 5 deep in one bunk bed for 12 hours. Also there are pictures on the rice paddies and terraces, wanted posters, lil people saying hello, my crew of 2 Israelis, 3 English, 1 Czech, and 1 American aka me, a dog waiting for the sunrise, the view from our hotel which cost me 3 dollars a night, Market day, and some other pics of scenery/etc on here.

I hope you enjoy them and if you ever come to Yunnan you must go to Yuan Yang. I hope to someday have a vacation home here, hehe.

One Love my peoples. Ya dan

你好

Was up my peoples,  I just got done with class for the week and so far It has been really difficult, but I think I can do it.  I am in the pre-elementary level and there is little to no English spoken in my classes.  This is good and bad, hehe.  I am feeling better with my Chinese each day, but I still have a long road a head of me.  This weekend myself and a few friends are going to go out to see some villages and rice paddies.  I'm not exactly sure the name of the place, but when I get back I should know it, hehe.  It will be a 6 hour bus ride and then we will stay there for 2 days.  I'm not sure where we will stay, but I am excited to get out and see the rural side of Yunnan.  On sunday it is the Mid-Autumn festival here so there should be some cool stuff going on.  Life here in Kunming has been good lately and I am trying my best to get out and do as much as possible.  I think today I will go get some pizza...again, hehe and then maybe go play some ball or lift weights.  I am trying not to lose any weight here in China so I started lifting.  I hope everyone is doing great in MN and I think about you guys every day here.  One love

Adam 

The other day a myself and a group of International students went to a place called "Xi Shan"  We hiked through the jungle and then climbed a mountain.  We took the road less traveled by up the mountain and had a great time.  The view at the top of the mountain was amazing.  You could see the city and a huge lake.  Here are a bunch of pictures of what we did.  Zai jian