Outside again in the cool drizzle, I found someone to interpret my class schedule and lead me to the correct building. The computer lab where class was to begin at 8:30 was dark and locked at 8:20. I had no idea if I was at the right spot, but eventually a janitor came round and unlocked the doors. Around 8:40 one of the administrators showed up and explained that the teachers would arrive shortly and that no one had given them their schedules yet. I ended up in a small class with three others who had either studied or been using the language for two to four years. It was pretty rough, so I ended up staying for a beginner class being held at 10:30 which was a much better fit. There was also the added bonus that I got to sit by Shinay!
After class, it was even colder than when we had left the house in the morning! My stomach had been growling through the whole second lecture, so rather than facing the long bus ride and walk home cold and empty, we hunted down a restaurant on a side street near campus. There we warmed up with many cups of hot tea and a heaping mound of fried rice along with eggplant cooked with garlic and ginger and tofu cooked with peppers and fungus. Feeling much better about the journey home, we stepped outside to find the day miraculously transformed from gray and cold to sunny and pleasant!
Now that we're home, it's time to study study study.
