Thursday Feb 5th…
We had class with our Chinese classmates today. My group completed a lot of what needed to be done quickly so it was a nice time to talk. We talked a lot about their school and how it is different, for example they take 10 classes every semester. After class the guys played basketball with the Chinese students.
The funny thing about the basketball courts on campus…They are really bad quality. The backboards are bad. There are no nets, just the hoop. You have to bring your own ball but you still have to check in with your student ID before entering. So they actually pay someone to sit there all day and just check student IDs…they really do have that many people in the country that worthless jobs like that are very common.
The guys played with 3 teams and played a round robin. The Chinese students were under the impression that all American’s play basketball. Many Chinese students follow the NBA. Some of the guys were really good. I enjoyed watching and socializing from the side.
From the basketball court we all went to the dinning hall for dinner. After we let our food settle, Caitlin, Kyle and I started a workout video but were quickly interrupted with the option to go get free drinks for an hour at one of the bars. So naturally we stopped working out and went out and enjoyed. This whole being able to go out during the week is weird. As engineers at Purdue we don’t get to experience this. We are just telling ourselves for one more week (until we move to MinHang) we are liberal arts students and we are living it up. Because before we know it, reality will kick in and we will be back to engineering courses L
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