Darrol in China

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Darrol and Mike	Darrol, Zhao Lin, Mike at the Great Wall between Simatai and Jinshanling	Zhao Lin and Darrol Forbidden City

August 30, 2005

Hello Everyone,
 
I finally got the chance to check my email again.  It has been very difficult to find an internet bar where I can use my usb drive to send my update and photos.  Unfortunately, since I don't have a floppy drive there was no quick way to transfer my information to the internet.  Today my friend Zhao Lin helped me to find a coffe shop that has wireless.  It is expensive becuase we had to buy a drink to use the wireless (about $3).  Soon classes will start and then I can use the computers at school.
 
Been very busy lately taking Mike around Beijing with Zhao Lin, to see the sights.  We also went to the Simatai Great Wall (starting at the end of the Jinshanling Section of Great Wall that Shad and I hiked last year.)
 
Also spent all of yesterday at Beijing University registering as a student.  I have to go back later today, and every day this week to wrap up other things: Orientation, class selection, student ID, Resident Permit, etc.  Also, because the Aids test and bloodtest results I had were a copy of the original form, I have to retake the aids test and bloodtests tomorrow.  Also, tomorrow I have my Chinese language proficiency test.  I really need to study my textbook tonight.  I don't want to be in the lowest class with the no-brainers.
 
OK, that is my quick update.  Here is my phone number and address:
 
Phone: (011) (86) 13141067336
 
My address:
 
Darrol Butler
Beijing Shi Haidian Qu Shang Di Nan Lu
14 Hao Yuan 203 Shi 100085
 
Love,
 
Darrol

Chen Meng and Yang Fan Owners of Hot Pot	Mike and Darrol at Hot Pot	Darrol and Yang Fan Hot Pot

I met Chen Meng and Yang Fan, the owners of the Hot Pot restaurant,  last summer when I was in Beijing teaching English for the summer.  (My twin brother, Shad, was also with me and teaching.) Yang Fan roomed with us when he was too tired from working the restaurant to take the subway home.  Chen Meng and Yang Fan became our close friends.

Mike and I roomed together in Redding, California while attending Shasta College.  Mike is attending the university in Chengdu, in southern China, while I'm in Beijing.  He travelled up by train to visit before school started.

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