Thursday, September 23, 2004

the jetlag is finish and i feel like as usual, i mean in a good shape. when i'm travelling i'm often affraid about how to eat , how to find good food without eating always instant "things" ( but i like this...).On the campus i'm happy cause there is a cantine (cafeteria) and i can eat with my translators , students or colleagues, it's strange, i was completely against school cafeteria when i was adolescent, i hated school so much and now i'm a real teacher at the top university of china! ..well they asked me my degreed, but i don't have any, they will manage..the campus is not exactly in beijing but 20 km from Tien anmen square, since my arrival i stayed in daxing (campus place) but i plan to go to beijing center this weekend. i brought my BMX with me and would like to ride the skatepark of beijing. i alreaady send an email to the owner who gave me his phone number, i'm looking forward to meet the BMX rides scene..my first classes went ok, my students did no answer at the begening but now they are not affraid to ask.i prepare exercice at home with my laptop and Maya 6 and i remake them on video projector in the classroom so that they can understand step by step.I'm listening music on the laptop, mainly Mercury Rev that i just rediscover befote leaving paris ( deserter's song). maybe i will connect the minijack to the gigantic TV , like this i can use the speakers. but beijing is running low in energy and it's probably stupid to let such a big TV on to use only the speakers.i have to find a computer zone .. ( like akihabara in tokyo or pantip in bangkok) but it seems that it's not in the center.i 'll let you know.tomorrow is the research practicum, the students elect their teacher to help them.here is some roughly taken pictures taken around me :


my flat is big, i would like to keep empty as it is ( or maybe not)


the view on the students dormitory


the making of an exercice, "the bouncing ball" first animation exercice for the students , they have to feel th good timing to make ball bouncing well.


here's a still of the rendered animation


from 5pm , the students are practicing and playing several sports ; football, basketball, badminton, tennis ( also indoor in the hall!) racketball (?) and i'm jungling with a Jianquin (jianquin?) a chinese version of the vietnamese Da-Cau (also called shuttlecock)


the classroom with my most ambitious and serious students,those who stay after my class to refine their animation. it's very hot inside! all the computer are burning, the air conditionning is not yet installed...ouch..but I won't complain, i heard about the continental winter, it's approaching; and i will be happy to be warm by the students and computers.

OK, done.

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