By Veronica

This morning, I have to check the flight information via the Beijing International website. Luckily, I can get all of the information I needed. However, I still cannot find anything about the registration place (Ben told me not to worry as all of them are the same in the morning).

Tomorrow afternoon, I would be the boss holding a gathering for my colleagues here. With Ben's kindness, we will go to a restaurant nearby to have seafood. That's fine for me.

At 1/9, I will leave Beijing in the morning. Hence, Ben suggested me to be day off on wednesday (1 holiday/2). I need to think which places I would also like to go.

Ben is so kind. This time, I am not likely to wake him up at 6am for my driver. Hence, I would take a taxi instead (asking for it the night before). It seems to be my 1st time to do flight registration. Hope it would not be so troublesome. 

真係好耐冇寫了，
期間11/8 - 20/8 上左北京
20/8 - 22/8 清晨在火車上
22/8 - Today (27/8) 接待北京交通大學的老師和同學
所以非常忙。

下午三時，終於送左上火車了，
Mission Completed.

By Veronica

Today, "T" will arrive Beijing. We will meet in the lobby of the office (hope so, as there is sth that needed to be given to Ben. In the morning, I received a message from "T". However, when called him, it is of no use (no signal). Don't know whether it is due to the line or of low battery. Hope to see him in the office. Then, we will go to Xidan for shopping. After dinner, we will go back to the party school.

This morning, Ben & I take bus to the office. As he requested me to do it myself in the following days, it is necessary to remeber all the details. However, it seems valuable to have such an experience (have an independent life: the target for summer intenship, learning mandarin of course).

Living in Bejing for nearly 1 1/2 weeks, I began to be familiar with the lives here (Ben's home: 5 days; hostel: 5 days without much nervousness, thinking someone will go in my room: security) & began to eat in a normal way (previous: less than in H.K.). Taking taxi is ok while the bus is still a challenge (longer journey).

Someone said that the enemy of a person is loneliness. It seems applicable to a girl in a remote area. Hence, I would like to go somewhere else instead of staying in the hostel. However, for 1 person, it is difficult to go somewhere else alone e.g. watching movies. Do shopping is better (I always did it in H.K.). Taking taxi is much expensive than the one with 4 persons while taking bus or MTR is not my 1st priority (do it alone & dirty).

Can someone have such a deep feeling of loneliness?

In the evening, Ben gave me a bicycle ride to the Xinwah Book Shop. At there, I bought a Beijing tour guide. It seems quite difficult for me to sit properly at the back of the bicycle & hurts my leg. Luckily, it is of no blood. However, my shoes are not so lucky. I told mom that I have such an experience (bicycle ride). However, she said that in China, having a bicycle ride is not safe (big cars would not give way to a bicycle). While I sit at the back of the bicycle, it's me who have to take special care.