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I went to school barely on time for a Chinese course, Putonghua I. I found it to be super difficult because the class is taught in Putonghua as well instead of English, which was the mode of teaching when I was in secondary school. I would say it’s analagous to learning English from an English teacher when you naturally know Spanish but know enough English to get by a bit. Sorta. Anyway, I know this course will be extremely challenging since I cannot really read much Chinese, especially since it’s traditional Chinese, but I hope this will help me to learn Chinese at a much faster pace. First, I’ll talk to my professor about it though…

My second and final class of the day was analytical chemistry. We finished up the topic on chromatographic separations.

Afterwards, I went to eat dinner with some friends at the canteen and talked about this trip to Antarctica. Students can go to this trip in December if they submit a proposal by next week I believe. If I was sticking around for a year, then I would definitely get involved, because this sounds really interesting, and it’s pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…