Week 4.

Ni Hao!

I always feel awkward trying to start  new blog posts. Usually people are really clever and can say really cool things...not me. So just bare with me.

This last week has been kind of crazy. Last weekend we all got sick. Not deathly sick or anything. We just caught the flu bug that's going around. However, WE ARE IN CHINA and none of us really want to waist our time laying around doing nothing when there is so much to do out there! So we all have just kind of been pushing through it. Some of the girls got over within a few days, but of course I haven't gotten over it yet. So here I am, finally laying in my bed doing nothing but drinking zip fizz and blowing my nose.

This last week has been a blast:

• Dinner with our student's Henry and Coco and their families. They took us to a fancy restaurant and I had the best meal I've had in a month. Probably because I could make it more American. They bring out a big bowl of broth and put it on a stove in the middle of the table. Then you can just put whatever you want in it and make soup! So we put beef, potatoes, corn, garlic, cilantro, mushrooms, and noddles in there. It was divine! 
• On our way home we decided to get in tune with our Asian selves and tell everyone we saw how beautiful we think they are and ask them for pictures. You would not believe how happy it makes them! It's so cute. 
• While we were taking pictures we made some new friends. Some 16 year old skateboarders haha. They are so sweet. They said, "It's getting dark. We know kung-fu, we walk you home and keep you safe." haha How adorable is that?
• I got two meals, a new pair of shoes, a skirt, and a manicure all for less than 10 American dollars.
• I was at the mall sitting on a bench, waiting for the other girls to come out of the grocery store. Everyone that passed me just stopped for a second and starred, so I would smile at them and say "Piao liang" (beautiful), and then their hard faces would turn in to beautiful smiles! It feels so good to make people smile. So I pulled out my ukulele and started singing. Then I felt like a celebrity because everyone passing by just stopped and listened to me. Tons of people swarmed me! It was kind of overwhelming, but so fun! I just smiled and told them all that I love them.  As I was doing this, a man and his daughter came up to me. The little girl gave me a piece of gum and the father said, "You are a very good person. We watch you and we know you very happy girl. You are very good. You never stop smile." It almost brought tears to my eyes. These people are the sweetest people ever. It seriously just made my day. 
• We went to a salon to get our hair washed and styled. Ended up getting an amazing head/neck massage, and a twenty minute hair wash, and a style! All for like 2 dollars. I felt bad for the poor guy who tried to do my hair...I don't know if he has every had to style curly hair. I kept looking at his face and he was trying so hard. He ended up just blow drying it and calling it good...hahah it was so funny!
• I taught my cute little kids how to say I love you. Now when they see me they say, "Teachwa Kandy, I love you." Precious, I know.
• I got to go and visit another school about 20 minutes away! Let's just say I'm SO happy that I'm at my school :]
• The teachers invited us to "Watch the Moon" with them. Little did we know this meant we would get to see every single teacher in the school perform a dance, and then have to give and impromptu performance ourselves. They all had these sweet dances prepared, we beatboxed to The Princess Pat...hahahaha. It was so funny!

China is being so good to me. Even though I'm sick, and I'm tired, and I'm hungry, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now!

-Teachwa Kandy (hahah)

P.S. For some reason, my pictures wont work on my blog. So if you want to see them you must go to facebook.