Today began with several hours of class this morning as usual, and then a break for lunch. Several of us went to a restaurant that we went to two days ago (I had the garlic fries there). However, we tried other items and it wasn’t quite as good. Also, they messed up my garlic fries and brought something entirely different. The kicker is that this restaurant has a dog that runs around lose through the dining room and kitchen—I am not sure how the health department would feel about this in the US. I had to settle for a quick yogurt snack at McDonald’s. We had to hurry back for a lecture on Chinese Modern Art by Professor Zhang Shengqiang. He spoke English very well and gave us live demonstrations, so it was a fun lecture that was mainly about the types of classic Chinese calligraphy. There were a couple of items of note about him: one was that he studied at Indiana University for a time in the 1980s and two was that during Mao’s reign here in China he created propaganda art for the government. A lot of artists were either killed or sent to reeducation camps during the Cultural Revolution, and no doubt he stayed alive and kept from starving by creating art for the government. A picture of the professor is below.
After this presentation we went out to another supermarket store across town that is known for its import sections. They actually have cheese there, along with many other American and European items that you can’t obtain anywhere else. After enjoying the exploration of the store (there is little that is more fun than going grocery shopping in a foreign country), we stopped by McDonald’s and I had another Big Mac meal with a strawberry shake this time. (I am not wasting away, Mom.) I am now home for the evening to prepare for the quiz that we have tomorrow morning. I think I may also watch a movie that I bought at Trust Mart a few days ago (Flags of our Fathers). Pictured below are several items that might be quite common in the USA, but quite so common over here in China.
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