{"id":33,"date":"2009-08-20T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amber.schlomer.net\/?p=33"},"modified":"2009-08-20T00:07:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T06:07:56","slug":"33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amber.schlomer.net\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"Excitement Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past week was a good one.\u00a0 There were not too many interesting things that happened so I’ll be brief.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

We had some more English training from Prof. Tom Hunter (MLC) at the end of last week.\u00a0 He taught us a lesson in Japanese so that we could better understand what it would be like to be learning a new language with a teacher who does not speak yours.\u00a0 It was interesting.\u00a0 I learned a little Japanese that day and then I quickly forgot it.\u00a0 Thankfully, the Chinese is sticking a little.\u00a0 We got to have three hours of Chinese on Friday!\u00a0 If ever there was a mix of joy, frustration, fun, and coloring, this was it!\u00a0 We learned some Chinese geography, talked about food, and learned a dialogue for haggling.\u00a0 Then we practiced haggling at the ‘market’.\u00a0 It was challeging to try to not use English at all, (which didn’t really happen) and it was also frustrating!<\/p>\n

This week so far we have been talking about culture and culture shock.\u00a0 Pr. Peter Leyrer spoke to us about this and directed us to a nearby Somali Mall where we were to interact with the people, learn a little about them, and try the food.\u00a0 Great experience!<\/p>\n

On another high note: I learned that I will be traveling with the team for sure on Monday the 24th.\u00a0 I will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday next week<\/p>\n

Highlights of the week:\u00a0 Three-hour Chinese class (or Chinese class in general), campfire\/brats\/King Kong\u00a0and fun weekend with friends, The Gasthof, and playing sardines at Pilgrim when the power went out because of a tornado nearby.\u00a0 (Pr. Leyrer’s house had some damage and the team went to investigate.)<\/p>\n

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One of the many trees lying across the streets of Minneapolis after the tornado this afternoon.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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