I am still experiencing extreme China withdrawal symptoms. And I think all my friends are, too, as more pictures (some incriminating) from the trip are uploaded onto Facebook. Everywhere I go, I get reverse culture shock and compare America with China. Ah, fun times. We should have a reunion. Pronto.

But for now, I will entertain you all with a new song from 2NE1 called “I Don’t Care.” It has a nice summerish feel, and it’s really not a bad song. But it’s not exceptional either. Nonetheless, have a listen to it in 320 kbps.

Also, rest in peace, Michael Jackson. Truly one of the greatest.

So we’ll be leaving Nanjing in a few days and I just know I’m going to miss it like crazy. It’s almost as beloved to me as Guangzhou is. We had our share of lots of food (Korean BBQ, hot pot, Ajisen ramen, authentic Nanjing dishes as well as street food) and shopping (mostly at Walmart). Then of course there’s KTV at Milo with its beautiful stage and music videos. And drunk friends. And going out to different historical sites and getting totally lost. And finally…there’s clubbing at 1912. I think I am officially addicted to clubbing and giving guys my phone number. I’m terrible, I know.

After Nanjing we will go to Yellow Mountain, Hangzhou, then Shanghai. Gahh I’m going to miss China so effin’ much.

Captions, in order of pictures:

• Coffeeling, where we have our history classes.
• Susan listening to Mirotic at 新華書店 haha
• Token machine at subway station
• Me and Poling
• inside the beautiful subway (take notes, MTA!)
• el traino

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Currently my nose is stuffed and I have a pretty good feeling that my cough is going to worsen from cup noodles tomorrow. But other than that, everything’s been groovy. I did my group presentation and it went swimmingly. Plus, we won’t have class on Sunday so yay for free days!~ Have to work on the paper soon, though. Taking it easy tonight. We also went to Walmart and got a ton of 王老吉. lol Man I want some dai pai dong food already!

By the way, I can’t believe Twitter is blocked in China now because today is the 20th anniversary for the Tiananmen Square massacre. Apparently my professor doesn’t really sympathize with the students.

Today was the second day of class and already I had to make a group presentation. Fortunately, it went well without setting the standard too low or too high. We had some interesting discussions about modern China and comparing it to the United States because goodness knows our country is screwed up. It’s fascinating to see the connections between ancient China and how America is doing currently. We do have a lot to learn from China and the Chinese have a lot to learn about themselves: where did they screw up during the Communist Revolution and how can they return to the glory days of the Tang dynasty?

Everyone is busy with classwork right now so there won’t be much time to hang out and explore Nanjing, unfortunately. Nonetheless, we must go through Hunan Road! There are too many shops and food there to miss out on. Though, wherever the tourists go, that’s where the prices are unfair, even if it’s still slightly cheaper than stuff in America.

Last night we went to a Hawaiian restaurant and the waiter/boss there was pretty happy and friendly. Too bad the pizza was expensive, although unique. I never had a duck and broccoli pizza before. We went to the bookstore, too, and were disappointed to find a very limited CD selection. *sigh*

We have finally arrived at Nanjing, where we will be staying for the next two weeks or so. I thought Xi’an was great, but Nanjing totally dominates it. Or the street we live in, at least. There are so many malls, stores, and food places (plus bubble tea even though I personally am not a fan of it). We ate at a Ajisen Ramen place and it was pretty good, right next to an arcade. hehe I want to stay here for another month or so. Not looking forward to classes. Just wanna party all day and night. But can’t have everything.

Yesterday I went to the big department store across from our Xi’an hotel with Jimmy and Susan. We snagged a couple of booklets with Song Hye Kyo’s face on them. LOL The stuff there are super expensive. I’d prefer street markets any day. Need to save money, which means doing our own laundry every day, too.

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