Mandarin is the main language spoken in Shenyang. However, most people know at least some English.
The currency in Shenyang is called yuan, or RMB. Sometimes, people refer to money as kuai as well. It’s similar to saying "a buck" in the states.
A bottle of water costs 1.76 yuan. That is the equivalent of 30 cents. It is very affordable to drink water here!
The best meal I had this week was for lunch with my boss and some of the other English professors at Northeastern University. We had a lot of food from Northeast China. It was served in a traditional round-table style.
St. Vincent, an alternative rock group, released a piano version of their last album, Mass Education. I’ve been playing that album a lot. There’s another artist, named JMSN, who released a new project recently. It’s called Velvet and sounds as smooth as the title suggests.
