Cold winter days

I stayed in pretty much all last week, including the weekend. Going out into the cold requires a lot of motivation! I left the school grounds just 3 times: to Tafi (the best Italian restaurant in town) for some yummy pasta on Thursday night, to Wudaokou markets on Friday afternoon, and to sushi train yesterday.

Yesterday, I slept in til noon, went out for sushi with KT and worked on my CV the rest of the time. Today was pretty much the same, except that I woke up early enough for breakfast, had noodles for lunch at Zijing cafeteria (the soup didn’t smell so good; not coz it had gone bad…I think they used lamb soup), had dinner at the cafeteria in the building next door and was working on a translation & a stack load of homework. It doesn’t sound like much, does it? My problem is that I take too long doing one single thing...

For last week's “speaking” assignment, we interviewed the ThU Green Society about their used paper collecting campaign and I’m in charge of putting together our findings for our presentation on Tuesday.　What do you think?

The TGS organise one paper-collection day a fortnight. They give out small prizes in exchange for unwanted books, newspaper, magazines, cardboard and the like, which they then “sell” to recycled-paper factories for a small amount of money. Well, it’s a start. BJ would be such a nicer place to live in if only people didn’t leave a trail of rubbish behind them wherever they go, spit and blow their nose on the street…