A quotation I came across from the book I'm reading right now that I really like: "Blooming once a year also neccessitates wilting once a year" (translated by me). So the trick is to eternally bloom, I suppose. And anyways, who's to say how long that year will last.

I went to Shangjie again today and taught two demo classes for the newly opened school there. Had a GREAT lunch there once again, and in the afternoon I taught two more classes in Zhengzhou.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow (Yay Monday!). I love going to school haha... and I've got a couple more classes starting up this week, including one that will have only me and one other Japanese student. This will be a class focusing on the origins and contemporary use of Chinese characters.

Pictures: Night time walk through a semi-village area; Lunch today.

Chris