Saturday

First up, word up to buddies AK and Lambie - Thanks guys!

Busy Saturday. Spent the early part of the day visiting Nan Luo Gu Xiang, a old street alley that good for shopping, eating and wandering around. It's kinda like Haji lane in Singapore, except much larger, with a greater of variety of stores. Definitely plan to come back more often.

Next, I met Momo at WuDaoKou, which is where many of star universities are located. It's a nice area as well, with tons of foreign students learning Mandarin in the many cafes that dot the neighbourhood.

Then it was back to my area of town for karaoke with some students. Austin, another foreign teacher from US, and I, run a International Business Club, where we teach kids international business issues. Austin threw up the idea to go for drinks and singing Saturday so that's how the team ended up groovin tonight. My buddy Christina also showed up and it was great to see her again.

Karaoke with Russians, Austrians, Koreans, Americans, Canadians and Singaporeans!

Probably the SWANKIEST Karaoke place I ever been too.

Dinner with the Kara Crew

Below: My university has these signs which spew out messages of encouragement 24 hours a day. It's pretty freaky sometimes. Beijing is big on these kinds public messages. Below are a couple for your encouragement.

Happier, Stronger, A more pleasant disposition.

Below: These are shots from WuDaoKou

I wrote a couple of handy words for Momo to learn

Foreign students, mostly studying Chinese, I suspect

I've always loved the star symbol. Here's from a store in WuDaoKou university district.

Below are shots of from Nan Luo Gu Xiang.

Below: This was lunch, For about S$1.20. Tastes much better than it looks. Soy bean pasta with chicken and veggies.