We started out for Hangzhou around 13:00 and arrived around 15:30. We checked into the “hotel” and dropped off our luggage. I think this “hotel” could be better classified as a “visitors’ dorm”. The whole place was straight out of the ‘90s, and looked kind of like it could be the set of a horror film. The beds were the hardest I’ve slept on so far. The hot water had obviously been off for some time, so at first we got muddy water, but after a while it turned clear. We couldn’t get to Wi-Fi on Jiliang University’s campus, but there was an Ethernet cord in a desk drawer and a socket in the wall. Too bad, that didn’t work either for any of us.
Anyway, we dropped off our things and headed for an introductory presentation. There were several JU students there already. We found seats amongst them, and sat through several presentations about JU and its affiliation with UDCI. After that, the visitors were told to find JU students to be their campus guides. I got lucky, because one of the students came up and asked me if she could be my campus guide. As a side note, Joe and I were both happy we got pretty campus guides.
My guide introduced herself to me as Vee. I can’t remember her Chinese name, but she told me she goes by Vee. We went out of the presentation hall, and headed to their school museum. JU specializes in measurements and measuring devices, so that was the main focus of the museum. UD has a small school museum housed in its own small building between St. Mary’s Hall, Chaminade Hall, and the Rike Center. I’ve never seen this building open or people in there, but to be fair I don’t haven’t been by there often because I almost always pass through that part of campus on the south rather than the north. China Jiliang University’s campus isn’t terribly different from many city campuses in America, and is essentially a large green space and lake surrounded by academic buildings which are encircled by dormitories and the rest of the city. In a way, it reminded me of a tiny Ohio State.
After the museum, we all went to dinner. Dinner was very good, and the conversation covered a wide variety of topics, from ice hockey to how to use chopsticks. One of the girls at my table was going to need to teach foreigners how to use chopsticks, so she asked Dan and I for advice on how to teach them.
After dinner we all went to a school-sponsored party. It was good, clean fun. We played a couple of games, did some karaoke, and then did a few line dances before it just turned into a normal dance party. After the party our guides walked us back to our dorm, and then most of us just hung around our rooms talking for most of the night because we didn’t have sufficient will power to do homework and the Internet couldn’t be accessed. However, a few people went out and a few more managed to be productive. At some point we all went to bed.
Anyway, we dropped off our things and headed for an introductory presentation. There were several JU students there already. We found seats amongst them, and sat through several presentations about JU and its affiliation with UDCI. After that, the visitors were told to find JU students to be their campus guides. I got lucky, because one of the students came up and asked me if she could be my campus guide. As a side note, Joe and I were both happy we got pretty campus guides.
My guide introduced herself to me as Vee. I can’t remember her Chinese name, but she told me she goes by Vee. We went out of the presentation hall, and headed to their school museum. JU specializes in measurements and measuring devices, so that was the main focus of the museum. UD has a small school museum housed in its own small building between St. Mary’s Hall, Chaminade Hall, and the Rike Center. I’ve never seen this building open or people in there, but to be fair I don’t haven’t been by there often because I almost always pass through that part of campus on the south rather than the north. China Jiliang University’s campus isn’t terribly different from many city campuses in America, and is essentially a large green space and lake surrounded by academic buildings which are encircled by dormitories and the rest of the city. In a way, it reminded me of a tiny Ohio State.
After the museum, we all went to dinner. Dinner was very good, and the conversation covered a wide variety of topics, from ice hockey to how to use chopsticks. One of the girls at my table was going to need to teach foreigners how to use chopsticks, so she asked Dan and I for advice on how to teach them.
After dinner we all went to a school-sponsored party. It was good, clean fun. We played a couple of games, did some karaoke, and then did a few line dances before it just turned into a normal dance party. After the party our guides walked us back to our dorm, and then most of us just hung around our rooms talking for most of the night because we didn’t have sufficient will power to do homework and the Internet couldn’t be accessed. However, a few people went out and a few more managed to be productive. At some point we all went to bed.