Some Clarity

It was a surpisingly clear day on Saturday. It's not uncommon to have difficulty making out the smokestack on the left in the first picture below.





I would say I have become a little comfortable and accustomed to life here. Being a student here is quite conducive for living a simple lifestyle. Although my language skills are an ever ongoing project. The classes throw words/characters at you sometimes like rifle fire and it is still a challenge when the Chinese speak very fast. Of course, there is still that difference between between the language in the classroom and the language on the street. I would say I have a long way to go and I have come to accept that.

Some may wonder about what the reaction to the Impeccable incident may have been like here. The Chinese media have covered the story with a completely different perspective, of course. But on the ground here everything is mute, which is not surprising to me. The whole incident was completely weird to me.

I am sure some may wonder about a few other recent happenings as well, but that's for later.