On this day....
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
It is a holiday in all China, but here at our University they had to postpone the free week because of an important evaluation (i think it is because they are supposed to be granted a higher status) taking place next week. It seems everybody should be more worried about this fact, but i have heard the opinion of someone (foreign teacher living here since 4 years) that people is really very relaxed. So, maybe the results of the evaluation are now already decided, so that is why they don't worry.....(i wonder if someone will think i shouldn't be writing this here, the big "Big Brother".....)
Anyway, did i mention that the there are no more students walking around with their camouflage clothes?! I think i have to correct some previous statement, the freshman were not being "domesticated" by the senior students. That was a military training they are obligated to do when entering the university, to be in condition to serve their country in the case.....well, the 3 weeks training provided are, as i was told, not really a help if they really have to put hands in gun or somethings like that. But at least, none of them has to worry about their military obligations anymore. It was, anyway, very interesting to observe the "troupes" marching and singing some songs....
Did i mention that sometimes life here seems like a video game? Or something called real time strategy games, or whatever.... It is funny to see the masses moving to here, than there, all at the right time, time to wake up, to go to classes, to go to lunch, to take hot water, to go for a walk, time for music or advertisements to be transmitted in the entire campus through the speakers all around. Indeed, things are different here.......just different.......
