I think this post is more of an update for all the friends that I made at BLCU and me reminiscing about the time that I lived in Beijing for a semester 5 years ago. First of all…how the heck did 5 years go by so quickly? Although I know that at no point in my life will I ever be able to relive the times I had with all the same people together in Beijing but it doesn’t mean I miss them any less, we had a great time getting to know each other and exploring China and running into trouble in Beijing.

So in the morning today we got up and took the subway to Wu Dao Kou station which is closest to BLCU. Not much has changed except that there is no more construction and the roads are fully paved without human sized potholes anymore

The U center has about twice as many restaurants and the grocery store downstairs is packed with a new food court and twice as many grocery aisles as I remember.

We walked down the street to go visit my old campus and I noticed a new building on the side, my first thought was, oh one of the schools must have built this after I left thinking it was a different campus. Then I realized this was MY school.

This is now the general office, classroom, and cafeteria. It was so huge and very nice inside. There are now 3 floors of food to eat, 1st is how it used to be with the cafeteria, 2nd was the multiple restaurants you can get food from, 3rd is the sit down and cafe area with a super nice study area as well.

I was happy to see my old dorm #4 was still standing too.

The school was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary and many parts were under construction, but I wasn’t sure exactly for what.

After that we walked all the way to Zhong Guan Cun, for those who are familiar with the area, yah that’s a super long way to walk. It took us about an hour and a half to walk there and once we arrived, I found out they opened a brand new subway station there – -”

We spent the rest of the afternoon browsing the electronic market and walked around one of the department stores called Carrefour. At the end, we decided to get haircuts because at home I have a vietnamese guy who cuts my hair and barely speaks English.

Today we walked soooo much, I was ready to pass out and sleep on the subway station ground. It was great to visit the campus and it makes me feel like trying to figure out a way to come back to beijing for school or work