Tomorrow

First off, I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who said some words of support or encouragement. I appreciate them very much; every little bit helps.

Tomorrow my classes start. Apparently 2 semesters of Chinese in Canada gets me into the 102 (Beginners) level Chinese here. This is as opposed to the 101 (Introductory) level, which is for people who haven't studied Chinese before or have VERY little. Judging by how I think I did on that placement test, I have a feeling that I'll be shifting around my classes after the first week or so.

Either way, should be fun. I have classes from 8:00am-11:40am Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Class from 1:00pm-4:40pm Thursday and Friday. I'd rather it be the opposite, but there's no changing that. I can change levels, not schedules.

I'm looking forward to seeing how different the system is here! I'm MORE interested in learning how better to communicate. I'm getting a little tired of having to lean on people who have more Mandarin than me. I'd much rather be able to communicate what I mean myself, though the help is always appreciated.

Anyways, I'll let you all know tomorrow how the first day of classes went.

Thanks again,

Nathan