I am not taking this seriously. Maybe i thought I was, what with good midterm grades and a slow and steady improvement in my Chinese. Justin always tells me I need to study harder, but I would always look at my peers in Chu Er and feel pretty good about myself.

So this begs the question...why settle for being slightly better than mediocre?

I met an older woman, Jennie from Indonesia, who basically shook up my world. I am not here to party, fall in love, excercise, read English and Russian literature, play video games, and amass a collection of DVDs. These things are all fine, SECONDARY to the goal: learn Chinese.

It's about to get serious. Period. Zaijian