Jilin University
so we are at this university near zuhai in the guangdong area of china (which we refer to as Canton). we'll be attending lectures today and tomorrow, staying in the dorms overnight and attending a lecture the following day before leaving.
the rain has stopped for now and it's back to being hot and humid. this area reminds me of what the palm desert campus must be like ... no escape from the heat! as we walk down the hall to our lecture classroom, where we will be hearing a chinese professor talk about doing business in china, we notice about 100 students already in the classroom and they erupt into cheers when we enter the room. amazing. i wish i got that reception everytime i entered class!
anyway, it made us feel very welcome, and indeed their opening remarks to us were "warmly welcome! warmly welcome!" tooo cute.
after the lecture (which was the standard 3 hours, no break ... those poor chinese students!) we had a dinner put on by their hospitality students which was my favorite so far. you could tell they tried to mix in some american things, so in addition to the regular plate of shrimp, pork dish and chicken .... we had a little dish of fries, neatly stacked into a pyramid shape, with some sort of tomato soup to serve as ketchup, some chicken wings (no blue cheese or celery, but who cares!), and a salad of apples, bananas and mayo -- not to be missed! also, fanta orange soda!
after the fantastic dinner, where we were joined by some local students, helen, patrick and gigi, we headed down to a performance hall where they totally put on a pageant for us! it was a combo of american idol ..... solid gold ... the view .... and travel channel all rolled into one! again, when we entered the auditorium everyone clapped and cheered and they had the first row reserved for us, which featured a table covered in red velvet fabric and plates of watermelon, bananas and plums for us to enjoy during the singing, dancing and Q&A session.
it was sweet .... we were all very touched by all the work they put into their program. the host professor said they worked on it for 10 days!
anyway, i feel much better about china now .... i think that's just wnat i needed. it didn't even bother me too much that my dorm room bed was covered in ants.
the rain has stopped for now and it's back to being hot and humid. this area reminds me of what the palm desert campus must be like ... no escape from the heat! as we walk down the hall to our lecture classroom, where we will be hearing a chinese professor talk about doing business in china, we notice about 100 students already in the classroom and they erupt into cheers when we enter the room. amazing. i wish i got that reception everytime i entered class!
anyway, it made us feel very welcome, and indeed their opening remarks to us were "warmly welcome! warmly welcome!" tooo cute.
after the lecture (which was the standard 3 hours, no break ... those poor chinese students!) we had a dinner put on by their hospitality students which was my favorite so far. you could tell they tried to mix in some american things, so in addition to the regular plate of shrimp, pork dish and chicken .... we had a little dish of fries, neatly stacked into a pyramid shape, with some sort of tomato soup to serve as ketchup, some chicken wings (no blue cheese or celery, but who cares!), and a salad of apples, bananas and mayo -- not to be missed! also, fanta orange soda!
after the fantastic dinner, where we were joined by some local students, helen, patrick and gigi, we headed down to a performance hall where they totally put on a pageant for us! it was a combo of american idol ..... solid gold ... the view .... and travel channel all rolled into one! again, when we entered the auditorium everyone clapped and cheered and they had the first row reserved for us, which featured a table covered in red velvet fabric and plates of watermelon, bananas and plums for us to enjoy during the singing, dancing and Q&A session.
it was sweet .... we were all very touched by all the work they put into their program. the host professor said they worked on it for 10 days!
anyway, i feel much better about china now .... i think that's just wnat i needed. it didn't even bother me too much that my dorm room bed was covered in ants.
posted by christine at 8:07 PM
3 Comments:
And you relive yet another one of my nightmares.
I'm glad you're doing better. Probably helps that the rain stopped. And, your hosts are so gracious. Now I understand how SARS spread so rapidly. Would have thought that disease would have changed people's behavior. Chin up - love the stories!
hey, let's make the apple, banana and mayo salad for lori e's housewarming party. i think it had pineapple too ... it will be our chinese dish!
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