Saturday, September 19, 2009

pics from china

having a few setbacks getting pics up...
1. my camera isn't working right. it seems chinese batteries won't work in it??

2. i think uploading pics is somehow blocked by chinese government on blogger. i can't figure out how to uplaod them.. even though i've done it before, ..

i might have to make a blog on a different website..

Friday, September 11, 2009

my address

For those of you who want to send me mail or packages, below is my address.

All mail must not contain, explosives, knives, flammables, instructions, news, dissent against china, and any mention of hope.

Patrick is hard for Chinese people to say, so instead I go by Leo. Li You actually, but pronounced Leo. Li would be my surname, and you first name, and when you call someone by their name you basically always say surname then first name, so ppl call me Leo.


Leo Costello
Room 609, Foreign Student Dormitory
Hainan University
Haikou, Hainan 570228
China

I got a cell phone, and if you can figure out how to send and receive SMS messages to my cell fone for free, please let me know so I can let everyone know. The # is 15248920049. Please try to send me a txt from your phone, or find a website that will allow you to send/receive txt.

A little about my life.

I take Chinese class every morning from 8 am to noon.
My class has 30 people. We are in the A level class (complete novice to chinese).

Jeff is in the C class.

Most of my classmates are Russians. I'd say about 20 of the 30 are Russians. There are no other Americans, there is 1 Finnish girl, a German, two phillipinas, a Thai girl, a few Khazaks, and me.

Jeff and I live on the 6th floor of the Foreign student dorm. It is the top floor. We each have single bedrooms to ourselves with our own shower and toilet. The cost is about 110 dollars a month + electricity (about 10 usd a month).

Ok Jeff just stopped by my room, we're gonna go play sports.
Basketball, Run 10kilometers, ping pong.

In china

im testing out some software that lets me post from blogspot even in china.

Chinese government has banned facebook, blogspot, youtube, and censors google, so i'm trying this workaround.

If this works well I will soon post pics and stories.