Guess Who's Back...Back Again...Dan is Back, So Tell A Friend!

So many thanks to a new staff member who figured out a way to set up a wireless network that computers can access off of the 3G network that is set up for mobile devices, ie cell phones. Also many thanks to the same staff member for creating a program that allows us to log into an Internet Service Provider in America, giving us the full unlimited Internet. It's a shaky connection and it's only in one room across campus, but we are much grateful. The past few days here has been a monsoon, torrential rainfall day and night, but yesterday when we woke up the sky was a vivid blue. Because of the notorious smog and pollution, Beijing is always overcast and under a thick gray cloud cover, so blue sky is a rarity. The monsoon cleared all that way for a day or two and even lowered the humidity, so this weekend was amazing. We took advantage of that to get off campus last night and a few of us went to this Mexican restaurant a few minutes away called La Bamba. Now I know what you're thinking, Mexican in China? But trust me, this place was amazing. The food was better Mexican food then I've even had in the US and the prices were very good considering how jacked up "foreign" food here is. The whole place was run by Chinese who must have learned somewhere how to make good Mexican, and also how to attract Americans. The stairway up to the place was covered in permanent marker from bygone visitors who put their university and the dates they visited. I saw a "We Are Penn State" from 2004 and so I added a "Mizzou" as well as a "CCCB." We can't leave campus too often but nights like last night were really good.