Goals and what not.

So, while thinking (which yes, I do sometimes), I came to the conclusion that "Hey, I'm going to China soon and that's an incredible opportunity." With this obvious revelation, I have decided to use my newly constructed/cheesy blog to help me take advantage of this opportunity. How is this possible? Well I'm not really sure, but here it goes. I am going to create and post my goals for the trip, here, for everyone to see. In doing this, hopefully I will be more conscious of my goals AND everyone who reads this will hopefully gently remind me of my goals or scream at me when necessary to stay on track. Thus:

A. Speak Chinese as much as humanly possible while abroad.
-This is my only chance that I know of to really learn Chinese first hand....so yea.
2. Explore the culture of Beijing and any other community of China that I am able to reach.
- I've been very lucky to travel as much as I have in my lifetime, but none of the places that I have been to will be anywhere as different as China. So hopefully I can learn more about myself and others and blah blah blah.
C. Travel in China every chance that I get.
-This doesn't just apply to trips to other cities and to the Great Wall, I want to see EVERYTHING. If someone is going into town to buy dog food, I want to travel with them just to be exposed to everything that I can.
D. Stay in contact with my Family, beautiful girlfriend, and friends.
-Cause lets face it, I'm going to be across the globe, it will be nice to talk to the people that I love, and I think they'll miss me too (hopefully at least a little).

Anywho, those are my goals so far. Feel free to recommend other goals to me. I probably forgot something very important and obvious (which I do quite a bit). Finally, I know that all of you would like to send me care packages filled with awesome stuff....I'm not really sure what, but then again I don't have much of an imagination. So, I'll post the mailing labels that CET sent me below. At least send a card or something (money optional), and you may end up with something from the China.

Chinese version:

中国人民共和国
100089 北京市
海淀区
西三环北路83 号
首都师范大学
国际文化学院
Scott Mannear

Translation:

CET Program
College of International Education
Capital Normal University
83 Xi San Huan Bei Road
Hai Dian District
Beijing 100089
PRC

That's it for now, peace.