Wakey Wakey

I had a very rude awakening when I woke up this morning. My alarm went off, and I had no idea what the hell was going on. I didn’t know where I was, what day it was, or what that noise was that was waking me up. When I realized that it was my alarm going off, then I started thinking if it really was the week, and if my alarm actually deserved to be going off. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. It’s a very disconcerting way to wake up.

You can definitely tell that this is the last week here. Everyone is just about completely checked out. We are all giving it a go, trying to behave normally in class, but people are falling asleep, and it is obvious that people are all just thinking about the end of the week, when we no longer have to come to class. I have started to take more notes in class, which has the double bonus of helping me learn, and keeping me awake. Too bad it took me until the end the summer to figure this out.

During the 20 minute break in between reading class and small class (I know, horrible names, but I have no idea how to translate the names. Just go with it) the entire HBA (students and teachers, plus people that I don’t think are affiliated with HBA…) all trooped over to the library to take a group picture. It is amazing how long it takes to set up a group picture that actually only takes a couple of seconds to take. The preparation is not worth the outcome, in my humble opinion.

I also got my HSK test results back. I didn’t do as well as I had hoped I would do, but it was an improvement from last time. Oh well, it’s getting better. That did make me a little bit grouchy for a while though. I felt bad for the people that were in my conversation class. I got over my little fit after a couple of minutes though. Can’t stay mad forever. I think it also definitely did not help that I was hungry. I get super grouchy when I am hungry.

I got creative for lunch. Well, actually, I just changed things up. I got cold noodles (which are actually pretty good. They put lots of sauce and hot stuff on it. Yummy yummy) and Pumpkin bread things. I’m not sure what the translation is, but it’s sweet pumpkin sticky stuff, with red bean sauce in the middle. It was my treat. At the end of my trip here, I enjoy little treats.