Tongji | Dominik Mayer – Products, Asia, Productivity
Educational Video
I was asked to give a little presentation at the Deutschkolleg. Didn’t know that they wanted to record it. Well, now “München in Bildern - Eindrücke der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt” may be used in some classes.
According to teachers many Chinese learn their presentations by heart instead of speaking freely. The video should give a good example. I hope it will.
How to Recharge
The student ID in Munich has an RFID with which I can pay in the cafeterias. The Tongji one too. If I want to recharge my card in Munich I go to one of several machines, put the money in the slot, hold the card against the sensor and wait.
If I want to recharge the card in Shanghai I need to get a form, fill it in, wait and pay at the counter:
Tongji in the News
German news site Spiegel Online cites Tongji professor Xie Weida, deputy director of the Railway Institute who says it’s “unlikely” that China will buy the Maglev technology.
An English article can be found at The Earth Times.
Another Day in Paradise
Food from the International Students Cafeteria. The lower one was quite good but I finally realized that I don’t like the egg and tomato thing which seems to be some kind of Chinese national dish.
International School
My bike, attached to a tree.
Tongji at Night
View back to the main entrance
Mao and the library
Library, reverse side
Camera next to the computer center
Above Tongji
Views from the not too safe International Students Dorm.
Campus Shots
Medical School
Cat on the tree
No one tried to find a ladder or someone to help the poor kitten. Perhaps they were too busy to get back to all their Hello Kitty stuff… Our Chinese wasn’t good enough to plan a rescue mission.
Dorm
Cats in love
International School and School of Foreign Languages
Small cafeteria in front of the International Students Dorm
Student ID
We didn’t need admission, passport or any other document. Everyone could have picked a Chinese name from the list, gotten a picture taken and he’d have a nice Tongji student ID like mine within minutes:
The counter is directly behind the desk with the camera. Explains the picture. ;-)
Cleanup
I seem to eat the same things every day. Rice and something green. This time there was just a small piece of meat in it, a fruit fly.
A classmate chose tofu and egg.
The problem: The egg contained a larger quantity of meat which ended up here, together with all the other unappetizing things that have been lying on our table:
I’m sure they’ll take care of it.
Cleaned chopsticks.
What Is It?
We walked past a broken vending machine when a friend asked his Chinese friend what’s been in there. She said it’s something you can get everywhere. You don’t have to pay for it. It’s only for older people, not young ones or students. It can also be found at Tongji.
The first one that posts the right answer will get a postcard.
Hint: I just repeat what she said.
A New Day at Tongji
Noodles with tofu. I took two bites of the tofu and decided to only eat the noodles.
Mao in front of the library. It was the first time I noticed that the two towers of library seem to hover above the lower building.
German Conversation Class
Two Chinese girls wanted to take me along but the teacher said he’ll only speak Chinese. They think he might have been afraid his German wasn’t as good as mine. ;-)