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.