The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Zhejiang University is known as 'Cambridge of the East' and is considered the 3rd best university in China. Just being on campus one can tell the pride the institution has. The roads are lined with trees and banners, and people are always keeping the campus clean. All of the 35,000 or so students live on campus- many seem to be older than normal American college students.



My dorm is also pretty amazing- one of the better places to live on campus. There are mainly Koreans, Europeans, and a number of Americans in the International Dorm. Though there is some Middle Eastern and African presence. My Schedule has kept me from meeting too many people- I expect once classes start to start making real friends.
The dorm is complete with a front desk, your own bathroom, dining hall, and various convenient stores within a very close distance. We paid about $30 for 4 months of broadband, however I'm having troubles connecting applications to it- such as skype and AIM. I'll work on getting more connected.



















All three of us West Virginians are feeling some anxiety about being here. There is larger language barrier than anticipated, and lately the food has not quite agreed with us. The delay of getting online, and the troubles once we got online haven't helped. I still have a unconventional sleep schedule, and we are eating meals at weird times for this country. Not to mention I may have just broken my (American) cellphone- losing all my phone numbers. I'll let you know if I can't manage to recover them. The three of us are really thankful for each others company and support, however soon I hope we branch out more from each other for language sake.



Regardless, I'm feeling good about the months to come and am ready for even more challenges. So much has gone right to sweat the setbacks; there is more to share that is considered positive that I'll just save for later.







Right outside of campus.