Visa, kung fu and stuff

Hello!

I'm writing today, the 21st, and it's not random, but exactly one month before my leaving.

I received my invitation letter from Jilin University and last week I went to Milan to apply for the visa. I should get it tomorrow or the day after.

I hope I didn't make mistakes >.<

I'm already thinking about the luggage: I can't forget this, should I bring that?, maybe those will be necessary. Then a voice in my head whispers "it's f***ing early, calm down" haha

In these last days I've been practicing kung fu with some new friends and it's been both fun and tiring, but I'm loving it :D We've been also talking about Chinese culture, philosophy and literature, which are really fascinating me. Cool!

Books corner: I've started reading Orwell's 1984 and I like it a lot, so far!

Movies corner: watched Hitchcock's Birds and... it's weird. I mean, I liked it, but there isn't really an ending...? And I've started watching Under The Dome, which is pretty interesting; I like how female characters have been defined.

I guess that's all for now, see ya ~

介绍 . introduction

Hello, my name is Cecilia, 白兰 for the Chinese (and those who met me for the first time in China).

I'm 21 years old (actually not yet, at the moment of writing); currently attending the second year of Chinese Language and Culture at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

During the second year of high school, my English teacher kept on talking to me about the chance to study abroad for even a year. With "abroad", she probably meant an English speaking country, not China for sure! But that's where I ended up going: a whole scholastic year spent among interesting people in "small" ShiJiaZhuang (河北，石家庄). Thanks to this amazing experience, I decided to keep on studying Chinese.

In January 2013 I won a contest, getting the opportunity to spend a semester in an extra UE country.

So here I am, plane tickets bought and leaving for China in the middle of August!

Sure I'm looking forward to be back there (and meet some of my old friends, hopefully!) :)

中国，我快回去，等等我！好想你！

PS: please, forgive my many mistakes, since English is not my first language!