School's Good.

I like school. We have interesting lessons. And!

Interesting professors (who are actually quite famous, from what I heard).

There's this prof who talks a lot about China's Cultural Revolution and

how he is an anti-Mao. Which is something that Chinese shouldn't say too loudly.

But he is like Singapore's typical taxi drivers, complaining about the political

situation, and complaining about how certain policies are pointless...

Most importantly, he shared his experience on the Revolution with us.

We watched a movie in class today. It's called 芙蓉镇 (Hibiscus Town).

It talks about a beautiful lady who lived through the turmoil during

Cultural Revolution. The movie was real long, about 3.5 hours, but I quite

like the development. And from the plot, it showed a side of Cultural Revolution

that wasn't at all beneficial for the people. For the people.

Especially when China's power lie in their population.

Mao Zedong. I think I will need to revisit my History textbook all over again.

Haha, cannot remember what was the 革命 about.

(By the way, I have developed a habit of folding my money notes with Mao's face in front, this is to distinguished that THAT is my money, lol)

Aside from learning about China's painful past, we have other lessons.

A real stressful one, is 汉语汉字 lesson.

We have to 朗读标准汉词与句子... we have to express in good Chinese,

we have to 造句! It's like Primary/Secondary school all over again,

but at a much higher level because we have to present in front of the class,

and our prof can be a little pushy.

Ok, honestly, it's difficult to keep myself awake in most of the lessons,

(except the movie one)...

And just a quick glance across the classroom, many of us were finding it hard

to pay attention, something common during lectures back in Singapore, haha.

Oh well, but I think the best part of going to school is still seeing familiar faces.

Always happy to be in a big group of happy people, yea?