Starting...............Now!

Okay friends, perhaps I was a bit harsh in my initial understanding of the Duke students. While my view still holds for the most part, I have enjoyed getting to know them.

Now that that is off of my chest...

Last night our Chinese Culture class professor took the lot of us out to eat at a Kunming style restaurant (pretty much Amazing, even for us lame vegetarians, which by the way I am one of three!!) Our professor, Qin Laoshi, is very insightful, she lived and grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and described her experiences to us with a chilling beauty.
Today we orientated ourselves with the campus, professors and classes. We were also assigned language partners, who to some extent are our simi-forced Chinese friends, though I hope mine doesnt feel that way. They are all students studying to be teachers and are very friendly. After we met my partner, Chen Yu Ai and I, went out to grab a cool drink, then she offered to take me out tomorrow to buy a cell phone among other things.
It seems classes start tomorrow friends so I doubt anything of intrest will take place for sometime, but you never know. I do you hope you continue to stay loyal and check up on me here in again!
P.S.
Heres something to leave you with! Turns out that Xiao Hu is not the daughter (>o<) but in fact is the maid! How was I capable of making such an error? I am not sure. I guess I just wasnt able to put two and two together. You would think that with her always cooking, always cleaning along with the fact that there are no pictures of her in the house it would have been a dead give away, but I must be honest I kinda assumed she was just the discarded daughter (I mean it is China). Ah you live an learn! Also, the husband lets me call him big brother, for a guy he is pretty willing to talk with me which it nice, though Bei Bei gets most of the attention!
Oh well. Heres to my first week of classes!