xidan bookstore

xidan bookstore, originally uploaded by Nazoox.

My new method for studying chinese characters involves using zhongwen.com to find a description of the character's roots and to form a type of story using the smaller pieces of each hieroglyph. So, after an afternoon of looking up characters, tomorrow will tell how effective that really is. I took my second lesson on calligraphy today. We have this cool book that you can write in with water, so you can write over and over, which is good cause it's way harder than it looks. I also hit the gym today, but I'm sad to say I did not attend the yoga class that was going on. My new friends Will and Ben, from New York, also plan to take one of the classes offered by our gym (including hip-hop dancing?).
Since today was spent reviewing the last three chapters, I had some free time and got to go out to a bookstore, bought another dictionary, and then later went out to the market (again) and bought a sweet Chinese soccer uniform, which I will have pictures of shortly.