The End is Near

Today we had our last event for the IARU program.  We went to a hot pot restaurant called 海底捞火锅 and had a nice dinner together.  This dinner was supposed to be held next Tuesday, but it was pushed up because one of our program coordinators is leaving tomorrow to go back to Shanghai so we wanted to say goodbye to him.

We occupied 3 tables and each table had a pot divided into two halves, one side was mushroom-flavored soup and the other side was spicy soup.  It was quite good and we all ate a lot.  After dinner, some of them went to karaoke, but I was feeling a bit tired so I went back to the dorms with the others who also didn't want to go.

Although there's only a little more than a week left of the program, my remaining time here will probably be the busiest throughout these 4 weeks.  I still need to prepare for next week's group presentation and also work on my term paper.  The paper is actually not due until August 15th, two weeks after the program ends, but I will be traveling in Asia after leaving Beijing so I need to finish it by the end of next week.

Hot pot