What Happened:

After I got out the club, I discovered that my wallet was stolen…
All my money and my bankcards were stolen, so I could nothing..
When I was in my room, I called to my father and he arranged I could have cash money the next day. However, receiving the cash money wasn’t that easy. I have underestimated the level of English the Chinese people speak. They all speak very poor English, only at the university this is better. Due to the help of my dictionary I could explain the most and I got my money. My mom will send the bankcards to me, so I will have them next week and I will have the important stuff back.

Even though most of the Chinese people people speak poor English, they are very kind and helpful. I told to the taxi driver that my wallet was stolen and he offered me a bottle of water. Also on the street or at the reception they want to help you as best as they can! However due to the language barrier this is not always possible.
The Chinese people always spit on the streets, just like some people in The Netherlands, but they really make a strange sound if they spit. That was funny when I heard it for the first time.

The first night I also discovered the subway(metro) in Beijing. At the very first moment it looks very difficult, but it is very easy actually. You pay 2 Yuan (0,25 Euro) for a single ticket and you can get everywhere with the subway where you want! However it can be very busy in the metro just like the bus and that’s no fun :P

Then the traffic in Beijing. Of course it is very busy. There are 4 or 5 ring roads which Is 4/5 roads on each side and when it’s busy all roads are completely full and a lot of gasses. It really stinks. They don’t drive too fast here, but a car always comes first. If the lights for the pedestrians is green you still have to be careful crossing the street. Also the ‘zebrapaden’ means nothing here. The cars will simply yank the horn and keep on driving. For me that was a bit strange the first day, because I’m used to that cars will stop when you’re on the ‘zebrapad’.

In my room I don’t have a wash machine… I think I have to wash my clothes by hand, since I also couldn’t find any store where I can wash my clothes.
Also the toilet is somewhat different from The Netherlands. You can’t flush the toilet paper after using it. You have to throw it away in a dustbin and luckily a cleaning lady cleans it every day.

Furthermore I discovered that the Chinese government really blocks the access to some websites. I thought I would run into trouble using Google, but Google works fine, just like home.
However sites like Facebook, Youtube and the site for my blog are blocked…
Really strange how thet can deny access to Facebook, since it is the website to get international connections.

Furthermore I had today (Tuesday) a welcome meeting and a campus tour. At the welcome meeting I met some new students and at the campus tour we get to know each other better.
As I already said the campus is really huge. It has 2 lakes, sporting facilities, housing facilities, supermarkets etc. For Dutch standards it could be a village.
One of them is an Italian guy who’s name is Anush. I immediately started laughing and everybody looked at me, since I was the only Dutch person. So they asked what was so funny, but I didn’t explain it yet.

Well this is all for now what I have experienced so far. Tomorrow I will register at Peking University and you will be hearing from me soon again!