Today we met our partners at the university. I am partnered with Guang Li who is from Jinan and studies television media and documentary. The university did a spectacular job at pairing the students and I really think Guang and I hit it off. We already have a definite plan for our project on the first day and it should be pretty cool. He doesn't speak much english but he understands well and it's better than my Chinese. This should be a really great experience here and I'm really excited to dive into this project. I brought Guang a frisbee from the UO bookstore but he didn't know what it was. I never considered that they don't play with frisbees here but I have found it to be my obligation to teach them now. I brought 8 for the students so I think it should be a lot of fun. We will be hiking again tomorrow but I'll remember to stretch this time because the Great Wall was pretty brutal. I'm typoing in a smokey internet cafe just down the street from our dorms so I'm going to cut this short and pick it up when I get to a lab.
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Matt, I think the frisbee's were a super idea. Something they have not used, what fun for them & YOU to be able to bring & teach something new to them. So glad you were teamed up with such a perfect partner!!! xxoo to you
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