Monday-my first bicycle ride

So today was a beautiful Monday. A bit chilly and nice and clear. Mondays I only have one class at 12:30 so i got up late, and talked to my family and matt on skype.
I decided today I wanted to try and ride my families bike to school (they said i could use it) It takes me 30 minutes to get to school by bicycle. On a good day it takes 15 minutes to walk to the bus stop and 15 minutes by bus to my school. So in a way, i may almost save time biking to school. Anyway. The bike is a little short for me (not only am i considered very tall in china, they also dont even make or sell my shoe size) so biking was made a little difficult, but not too bad. Biking in china is like playing Frogger and Dodgeball simultaneously. While bikers have their vary own lane, most drivers ignore this and use it as a passing lane. OR people park their cars in it. So after dadging parked cars, moving cars, other cyclists and motorbikes, one also has to navigate bus stops and intersections. I was pedling along, minding my own, when a motorcyle/moped zooms around and in front of me and I swerved to aviod him, but a car was coming at the same exact time. I swerved into the side of the car and grazed my leg, probably only a small bruise now. But it was still a little shocking. The moped man sped away and the car guy yelled something and drove away, and I continued on. That was probably the most exciting thing that happened today. I bought a new meal card because i had lost my old one on the subway. I met and tutored a chinese MBA graduate in english (for free because i have to explain everything in Chinese so its helping me too) and i got an early dinner by myself because i didnt want to spend money and go out to eat and shop with my friends. no fun, but cheap.
Im off to finish my HW and go to bed.
ming tian kan jian
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