Tomorrow morning I go to Zhengzhou University for a pre-semester language ability test. If I get a good mark, I'll be the first "westerner" (there have already been two Japanese) to attend classes with other Chinese students in Zhengzhou. If I don't do so well, it's no big deal; I keep studying in the international department. But it sure would be nice to give Dashan a run for his money.

Picture: My grandpa tending a bonfire while looking at the stars, near Alliston Ontario.

Chris