It’s been about 2 weeks since my last post, and I apologize to for that. Life move fast here in Beijing and I barely even noticed the time since. The new group of interns arrived on July 5th and they are a pretty good bunch so far. My new roommate is a nice kid named Tom from Australia and he’s been getting used to the area quite well, especially since I’m basically a Beijing tour guide at this point into my internship. A lot has happened since two weeks ago so allow me to share with you!

This past Wednesday was a CRCC event so all the old and new interns can have a chance to meet and interact. Karaoke in China is pretty much a national past time so we went to a place called Radio KTV right around the corner from the apartment complex and rented out the biggest room in the building; all in all about 60 of us were there. The room had about 6 different karaoke stations all playing in unison so the entire room can enjoy the music simultaneously. Mix a bunch of expats, karaoke, and free alcohol together and you will get on interesting night. I found myself belting out a few songs myself, and showing off my dance moves, of course. I managed to snap a picture or two and you can see what I mean when you see them…

Thursday and Friday after work were two separate B&D Law Firm company events. The first was an introduction dinner for a new major client the company just picked up – the former VP of the Oracle Corporation. In case you don’t know Oracle is the third largest software company in the world after Microsoft and IBM, with a market value of over $78 Billion. The client is starting up an internet company similar to eBay here in China so this is a very important case for the firm – and I get to be a part of it! The following day was a company dinner to celebrate the success of the firm and to just enjoy each other’s company. The food at both events was…interesting to say the least. But as to not disrespect the host and restaurant I ate it all. Also, the Chinese love their wine and vodka so I was unable to refuse a toast as it would show disrespect. Needless to say by the end everyone was taking cabs home.

Saturday night I met up with my old friend ‘apple juice girl’ (Golriz) and her new roommates, Heather and Claudia to have some dinner and explore Beijing a little. They are all in law school so it was nice to talk to them and get some feedback. We met two of Golriz’s friends from law school here who are visiting Bejing together. They are this really nice couple who have been traveling around the world together before they start school back up. Interestingly, they met in Israel about 3 years ago – he was studying to be a Rubbia and she was there visiting – and have been together ever since. She, being Catholic from Hawaii, even converted to Judaism for the sake of their relationship. It was great to all sit together and speak about life and traveling and just about everything else we could fit in a 3 hour dinner. They took us to the Muslim restaurant (because everything has to be kosher) and the food was very, very delicious. There was even a belly dancer who came out to perform every 15 minutes. It was one of the better dining experience I had while in Beijing and it really heighten my desire to travel and culture myself even more so than I am now. My goal now is to finish what I started in 7th grade and get back to my roots by learning Spanish and maybe next time visit Spain.

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We had nothing else better to do today, Sunday, so my roommate and I joined a group of newbies going to the Great Wall. I guess we liked it so much the first time we wanted to do it again! Today marks two more weeks in Beijing before I head home; it is hard to believe how fast time has flown by. The feeling is bitter-sweet, but I look forward to the next chapter of my life.