Day 2...

Today was an interesting and meaningful day. After the tour of the campus, we went shopping. I was actually too shy to approach the salesmen and ask about the price. Some of you might find it weird. I think that I need to interact more although it will be quite difficult for me. I guess I will just have to try. Mr Ng was so good at interacting he managed to strike a conversation with some Americans studying in the campus and some other foreigners. But the climax came when we went to fly kites in the middle of the city. Beijing has open space in the city to allow the citizens to relax. We saw some very wonderful activities going on. One of which is about a stunt done by a human and a bird. The man will let go of the bird. The bird will fly off while the man will use a blowpipe to shoot a ball to the bird. After capturing the ball, the bird will descend and fly back to the man. It is quite amazing on how the man is able to aim at the bird so accurately. Also, we found out there are quite a few people flying kites. The strong cold wind during winter actually allows them to do so. Some of them have their kites fly as high as a 20 storey building. Seeing the fun in flying a kite, we decided to participate in the fun. Of course flying a kite is not easy; it took quite some time to let the kite fly. Some ran around the court and caused dog to chase them instead of following its owner. We saw some masters at work and some even giving us advice and assistance. This shows that the people in china are friendly and are willing to help. Maybe they are influenced by the Beijing Olympic. This also show that some forgotten games that are once considered boring can still has have its appeal even when we grew up and become more inclined to the internet and computer games.
----- written yangle(state of mood:still ok)