04-06-2016

In keeping with the previous pictures of people and the fact that I didn't take any pictures today, I thought I would share some pictures of my classmates and I from the trip to Meiling. I guess it's also relevant to today since yesterday and today, I saw two of my classmates at lunch and then again this afternoon at Chinese corner (one of them is the guy with the gray and light blue shirt and the other one didn't go on the trip).

In the bottom picture you can see that a couple of my classmates are holding the Kazakhstan flag. Also, the lady with the red shirt and the white cap is the teacher (王老师) who took us to Meiling. The top picture is of all the students from my class who went - they are all from Kazakhstan except the girl with the maroon tank top who is from Mongolia. (Oh and Hannah, the one in the stripes is my classmate whose first language is Persian.)

03-19-2016

今天早上我跟我的中文老师和五个同学去 Meiling National Forest Park 了。(This morning, I went with my Chinese teacher and five classmates to Meiling National Forest Park.) The point was to see 樱花 (cherry blossoms), but there weren't very many trees that had bloomed. Despite that, the scenery was still beautiful and the trip was an excellent form of exercise.

This is a picture facing towards the way we climbed up. Some parts were pretty steep, but I don't think this particular section was too bad. There were people of all ages from young children to older adults milling about climbing on this Saturday morning.

This picture was actually taken by my teacher. She shared the photos she took on our class' group chat on the WeChat app.