Today was our last class with professor Meng, and I was about to cry. Although it was weird that we had to sing songs for the last 45 minutes of class, I couldn't be mad because I was so sad to be leaving possibly the happiest kindest man I had ever met. Presentations for Chen's class went longer than expected, so in addition to class from 9:30-10:30am, we also had class from 4:30pm until almost 7:00pm. And it was one of our last nights in Beijing.
So afterwards, I went out to dinner with Steven just one-on-one since we hadn't gotten to really catch up just the two of us. He showed me his new apartment that he's moving into. It's called a hutong (I think that's the spelling, not sure), and it's very traditional with an inner courtyard and everything. He has two full bathrooms and a washing machine, which is like big pimping. Also, he'll be living around lots of locals, and he has a balcony! Soooo nice. We walked around the area, which is actually really close to the Drum Tower and Houhai. His location is the best. We eventually settled to eat dinner at a Hot Pot restaurant. I hadn't had hot pot yet, so I was really excited. You get all the raw ingredients and then pick the sauce and the cooking broth and you cook it all yourself. It was delicious but we definitely ordered a lot more than we could eat. Living large.
Then, we met up with some of my other friends to go to a Hookah bar near Houhai Lake. It was so nice! We were given the entire second floor of the place, and it was bathed in this soothing reddish lighting. We sat on couches and talked and enjoyed some hookah (it was the first time I had ever tried it, and I loved it). It was so calming and relaxing, it was the perfect ending to the meal.
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