zhong qiu jie - the moon festival

Yesterday was a slow day. Had breakfast, went online. I did have a small adventure though. I finally got my own house key so i went out and walked up and down the block exploring a little. I found a cute pastry shop where i can buy the best hot dogs i have ever had, as well as pastries and cakes and moon cakes and ice cream bars. I found two small book shoppes where i could stalk up on school supplies need be, and a small convenient store, which, to my very great surprise sells single bottles of Heineken for 15 kuai! (3 dollars) Thats pretty cool in China.
That night i stayed in with my family and they threw a mini celebration with moon cakes and the usual karaoke and the two girls preformed songs and dances and dressed up like a hourse and did the most adorable dance ever!!
This morning I had my placement exam (the exam from hell) If i ever doubted how little Chinese i knew, I will never doubt again. At one point i gave up trying to read the long answer questions and just started bubbling in answers. This test was like the writing section of the SATS in CHINESE.
After this horrible experience the Dickinson crew all headed down to Lush for some comforting American food, hookas, and tea. And now im home. But not for long i think. My family has told me we are climbing a mountian today (yay, but not really).
hope to see you back here again tomorrow, same time, same place
A.