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我们高兴地通知您，经审核您的申请材料,我校决定录取您作为本科生到我校 国际文化交流 学院学习汉语言专
业，自2004年09月01日 起至2008年07月15日止。授课语言为汉语。
根据国家留学 基金管理委员会的通知， 您在中国学习期间的经费方法为金额奖学金(学费，住宿费,医疗费,教材费,生活费）…….

Yesterday, I got my final documents for university. I’ll be attending Tongji University in Shanghai.
I wasn’t too happy when i read my letter of acceptance. I was hoping that I’d get Beijing Language and Culture University because I’d rather attend a small university where there are loads of foreigners and where I’m likely to adapt quickly. TongJi University is a much bigger university where they offer many other courses. I hope that I’ll like it there. I need to ask the other scholarship students where they’ll be going. They will be studying other subjects, Medicine,Fine Arts etc and all i know is that they have been admitted to other universities.
In case you don’t understand the chinese characters above, I’ll explain. I’ve been admitted to Tongji University in Shanghai as an undergraduate and I’ll be studying there for a period of 4 years (from September 2004 up to July 2008) . My chosen course of study is the Chinese language and my classes will be in Mandarin.(In some universities, they teach in both English and Mandarin. )
I got a full scholarship (study expenses,accommodation,medical expenses,teaching materials,living expenses) for the duration of my study there.

I’ve stopped working a few days ago. Just when I thought that I’ll finally get some free time to go out with my friends, to work on my site layout, reply mails,etc ,I’m gonna be busy with my application for Visa and other stuffs. I have to book my air ticket too. My uncle is going to China on September 15th and he has already booked his ticket. I think that many Mauritians travel to China during the end of August to mid-September period. Better book my ticket early. I have to reach Tongji University between the 6th and 8th of September. I’m not thrilled about the dates. I wanted to celebrate my birthday (9th Sept) in Mauritius with my friends and family. I’ll be all alone on my birthday. :(

Since i’ve never been to China, I asked Chen yi and Sky about it. They are both from China and know their country best. They both told me that they prefer Shanghai to Beijing. Shanghai is a very beautiful city, more beautiful than Beijing. I’m not really satisfied with this answer. I need more information about Shanghai. :???:
Shanghai is even closer to the cities they come from, so they can easily come and visit me (or vice versa) when they go to China next year.

I’ve just read an article about Shanghai in the magazine Women of China. According to it, comparing Beijing to Shanghai, Beijing is considered to have more masculinity. Meanwhile Shanghai is a city of extreme feminity. It has been rich in two ways: Dubious but attractive stories and beautiful young women. Apparently, the women in Shanghai are different from women in other chinese cities or other countries. They have a style of their own;apart from elegance, intelligence and shrewdness,they exude a sense of mystery. At this point in the article, i was like, “this is not what i want to know” .
I really need to get more information about Shanghai before I leave Mauritius.