虎头蛇尾

first weeks done. i'm exhausted. today we had a test on the past weeks material which was equal to four weeks of regular chinese. i got a 95. that's the other thing the teachers here are REALLY good about. they return everything you turn in the same day. i'll hand in my homework at 8 in the morning and find it waiting at my door by 3 pm.

anyhow, i entered the week feeling strong. like a tiger. and i'm leaving feeling weak. like a snake. thus the chinese saying 虎头蛇尾 (tiger head, snake tail). i realized i haven't really spoken any english for since last saturday and i keep catching myself trying to speak chinglish or attempting to speak in chinese with english grammar and being frustrated because it just doesn't work.

so after the 2 hour test today they immediately shepherded us into our weekly culture activity: going to another college and chatting with chinese student. honestly, it would've tight, but after a test nobody wants to be forced to do anything. all i wanted to do was sleep. the girl i talked to was nice though. although she spoke really fast.

now i'm finally off. i can't believe i used to go to high school five days a week from 8-2! this is a lot like high school in the amount of free time we have. always something new. i think we're meeting with our "host" families either today or tomorrow too.

nectar must be wrung out.