Quick blog then off to bed

I'm hoping if I blog tonight (your 9:30 am Tuesday morning) about my day today, I will have time tomorrow morning to work on catching up my missing week and maybe even land in China!
Yesterday's car fiasco is a thing of the past... until tomorrow. The driver and I are slowly becoming accustomed to one another. Because it was only day two or unaccompanied pick, and neither of us speak the others language well enough to hold a conversation, we covered introductions today... in the 40 mins it took to get to work. His name is Cho. I think think that was how he said to spell it.
Anyways, I spent most of the day working on a online survey for dehumidifiers. If you are reading this right now, odds are you may be receiving an email from me asking you for your response (hint hint) :)
I have started eating lunch with Vivian (her Chinese name is Zhang Jin Li) and a couple of her friends. I still get stared while I fight my way to the shortest food line, but it isn't nearly as bad now that my hair is slightly darker. Strange, but it actually seemed to help.
After lunch I was introduced to the Director's Chinese teacher. We are going to work something out where she will teach me Chinese and I will help her with her English skills. I think she has her work cut out for her.
Once work was finished, it was on to the advanced English class. I had a request to talk about politics. HA! I don't think my class had any idea of what they were getting into. We ended up discussing the economy, gender equality, scandels... wow. Kind of a heavy night tonight, but I think they enjoyed it. I even had someone from the 3rd floor (I'm on the 4th) come upstairs and join in. I'm wondering how many new students I will collect! Word of mouth around here is amazing. I can't tell if it's gossip or simply trying to get to know about me. I've had a number of people come up and one of the first things they ask, or mention is "You're a music major" or "you sing". I don't know if they are asking this because they can't understand how a music major is in the R&D development and whether or not I have the credentials, or if they are excited that i can sing. I think at first my group may have been concerned with my credentials, but the people I am meeting now would like me to sing. Lol. Maybe, I'll think about it.
The bus ride home is usually very quiet and everyone, if there are Koreans on the bus at night speak amongst themselves. I guess I sat in one of their seats tonight because I had a Korean seatmate, who asked me to scoot over, and one directly behind me. It is not unusual to be surrounded by them, but it is unusual to start or hold a conversation with them. We had a very broken English conversation, but it was enough to get my seatmate to volunteer to teach me Chinese on the bus ride if I would help him with his English. What a bartering tool!
Okay all for now. More tomorrow