I Has a Phone!

I finally got a Chinese sim card for my phone yesterday, thanks to Ariel, so I'm not quite so out of contact here anymore. Today I went with Yoyo to a couple of streets near South Gate - one has a whole bunch of art galleries along it, and the other has a bunch of stalls selling jade and brushes. We went in to one gallery, and I was impressed with the art inside - I think it might be possible to take art classes here, and if so, I will give that a try. Along the other street I bought something that looks like a Chinese ocarina. I just wanted something I could make noise with!

Thanks to everyone who's been commenting, but for the same reason that I can't get to livejournal often, I can't respond to comments either there or here. I can't respond to comments here because although China lets me get to the main blogger site, including the part I'm using to write this post, it doesn't let me look at my own blog. This is kinda silly, but what can I do about it?

Also, although Beijing has all the cool tourist stuff, it is even colder than here, as someone pointed out to me today. This means I will probably go to Shanghai for Spring break instead, because I really don't want to be colder.