Ban in China

Oh My God,
I can't believe they banned my blog in China for the post about Tibet.
It's kind of funny actually...

Nanjing and the Olympics

The last couple of days have been pretty dull. Except for a walk on the purple mountain together with David, nothing interesting, stimulating and mind-absorbing has happened. I recovered from the cold I got on the Jiu Hua Shan, but the weather in Nanjing is still a good suicide incentive.

Hopefully, the life is going to become a little brighter after the exams (which we get no revision for at all). The lectures are also a wast of time according to the majority of my classmates. So once again, I'm waiting for better days, or at least warmer days.

What surprises me tho, is an article I read about China. Apparently they spent loads and loads to install anti-rain rockets, so that if rain clouds will be around for the opening ceremony, they will destroy them. It's funny tho, that around the world the people are following the Olympic torch and protesting, while China itself is proudly making sure that every single detail of the Olympics will be perfect.

If you want to read the article on weather and Olympics:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080411/sc_nm/olympics_weather_dc

Tibet and JiuHuaShan

Well, I made a mistake. People still talk about Tibet, maybe even more... what I really meant tho, is that I haven't seen many reportages from Tibet lately. Maybe it's because I am in China, and they do screw up the news... Or maybe there really are no direct coverages of what's happening there. Are people being killed? Has the resistance dropped? Anything? What's Dalai Lama saying? I've got no idea. Yet, I think that all the protests in London and Paris, are definitely NOT good signs...

And the Chinese act like real Chinese... they won't fix the problem because there is no problem...

Dah...

Well, so I went to so called JiuHuaShan (九华山）with Yan, Jin and a William. Arrived there after a long bus ride, slept at a house in the mountains. Then set out, walking 4 km up... narrow stairs, going up... Was totally amazing, sun was shining, the views were breathtaking. Then we had to walk back down... in rain... in heavy shoes... 4km down. That hurt. And then a long bus drive back.

That's it... Photos will say more than I can, and besides... I'm going to sleep now, because 'heavy showers' hit Nanjing... and that actually is sleepy weather.

Xue Xi Zhong Wen Again

Once again, I totally neglected my blog. I don't even remember the last time I wrote something.

No, actually, I do. I did write about my feelings about Tibet, but since I'm scared the Chinese government would buy me a ticket back home and ban me, like they banned Bjork, therefore I didn't post it. Now it's all quiet on the 'western' front. Neither Chinese media, nor Western media are reporting, speculating or even mentioning Tibet. So I will go with the flow, and write about more important things.

So, my day...

No just kiddin... I don't think anything extraordinary has happened to me. Tomorrow we are free, whole 3 days, I was supposed to spend in Suzhou, but unfortunately, I will not. Either you do everything yourself, or you wait for others until the hotels are all booked...

There are good things about life though, still. I have to wait a couple days for my tailor made dresses, and I'm dying of excitement. You cannot get 3 items of clothing, especially made for you, for about £15 anywhere in England. China is cheap. That's one bright side of life.

The other is that they just opened the running track, which is totally awesome! Indescribable.

There is also the nature here, which I plan to photograph soon. It's still pretty cold, and the sun doesn't always shine but there are pretty green, pink and white trees everywhere. Flowers are slowly appearing as well, and I think this should be enough to keep me out of the room.

Unfortunately, there is a thing that keeps me inside... It's the so- called TING XIE, or in other words homework... Which I should start paying more attention to, having mid-terms starting in 2 weeks...

And those are the news from China. Today – no photos. ( I temporarily lost it)

So now I must start trying harder, working better, and making my dreams come true.

I solemnly swear I will take photos once again; I'll keep in good shape, I'll read a lot of Chinese newspapers, and read a lot of good books (which I'm doing anyway) :P

Happy New Year

I've been in Beijing since a couple of days. The city is cleaner, much more modern than Nanjing. It reminds me of the capitals in the West. We live in a really pleasant hostel. There are always people sitting in the common room/cafe downstairs. The food here is excellent, and overall spending time in the hostel is without a doubt something that might make us prolong our stay in Beijing. So far we've seen the Summer Palace, which is probably meant to be seen in the summer. It was very pretty in the winter scene, but most likely the flowers would make seeing the Summer Palace, much more interesting. Then, yesterday we went to see the Lama Temple. It was really chilly, but the sun was shining, and I took lots of photos ^^.

And today I'm very excited to see Mao's dead body, the Tiananmen square... I just hope it'll all be open. I'm not sure because it's the New Year today, and everyone is at homes with their families.

But on such an important day why would they disable people seeing such an 'important' person?