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I was really busy last week, so here comes my belated report about last weekend.

On Saturday we took a trip to Qufu (曲阜). It actually is a rather small town south of Jinan. The thing that makes it special is that it is the birthplace of Kong Zi (孔子) around the world also known as Confucius. Until today it is the residence of the Kong Family that also nowadays has great influence and power.

In Qufu you can visit three sights: The Confucius temple (孔庙), the Confucius Mansion (孔府) and the Confucius Forrest (孔林) where Confucius was burried. The price of all three sights is 105 Yuan. You can find a city map here.

On Sunday I was at the Shandong Education TV (山东教育电视台) to help with the selection process for applicants of the China Media University (中国传媒大学). So it was the final round and the students had to prove their knowledge of the English language. There were 60 high school students from all over Shandong Province. So each student would come up to the podium and introduce him- or herself and then my job was to ask some simple questions according to their self introduction.

After each student was done, the jury gave points reflecting the students performance. It was a really interesting and fun experience to be part of this. It was actually aired in the whole province but I didn’t catch it on TV. I try to get a disk with the show and mybe put some feeds on my blog but I can’t promise anything.

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