Just a quick update...
Last weekend was crazy fun! After a long (slightly awful) day of teaching on Friday, we were invited to a dinner with the mayor. All of the teachers in Xiaolan got to go eat at a really fancy restaurant, and the great part was that it was free! It was incredible, however I left kind of hungry. Chicken head, pig legs, and giant fish aren't really up my alley. But it was so fun. Our Chinese coordinator tricked us in to believing that the mayor wanted us to do an impromptu performance. Luckily they told us it was a joke before we started singing the Princess Pat in front of the mayor...
Saturday was long, but so great! We woke up early and took the sky train to Guangzho (the neighboring province) to go to the zoo! It was incredibly hot that day so we didn't have too much energy, but it was still way fun. I got to hold a weird snake and feed/pet a giraffe! It was pretty sweet! My favorite part was definitely the black jaguar. New favorite animal for sure. I would totally be a crazy cat lady if I could have one of those things! They have so much power and their fur is so gorgeous. Anyway, the zoo was great!
| They tricked us into holding the snake, then made us pay 20 yuan...how annoying. |
| This is my favorite animal as of Saturday. |
| This is obviously me feeding a giraffe.. |
| All of us teachwas at the zoo. |
A few other random things I've done in the last few days:
-We painted our chins to look like faces...then filmed ourselves talking. If you're ever bored, do it! It entertains for hours.
-We watched Snow White and the Huntsman. I'm in love with Chris Hemsworth....he is one hunk of a man.
-I rode a Motor Taxi for the first time.
| Pitcha please? |
-I also used a squater for the first time ever. Pretty exhilarating...
-We did seaweed face masks last night, while watching Mulan. One of the best nights I've had here so far!
| soo much love for these girls! |
-I bought a bunch of stuff for really cheap. I love taobao.com. I love China.
-Today was teachers appreciation day. We woke up to children bringing us all sorts of flowers/gifts/cards! Got a pretty nifty water bottle, and a chinese cat piggy bank. Sweet.
-Sidenote: Whenever the kids need to go to the bathroom they say, "Teachwa, may I go to the bafaloom?"
| Leo, showing us the card he made! |
| These girls were adorable. They did a little performance for all the teachers! |
| These are the younger kids we teach. Oh how I love them! My favorites are Angel (top left with the pink shirt), Aubrie (named after my sister, standing to the right of Angel), Norah (named after my future daughter, standing right in front of me), Sammy (bottom left corner, totally oblivious..), Oscar (middle of the bottom row with his hands on his hips), and sweet little Eric (Bottom row, yellow shirt, he melts my heart.) |
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