As so many people know, China isn't exactly known for it's large Christian population. Many people from older generations might not even know who/what Christ is at all. It's so strange to me.
Anyway, It makes for interesting Sundays.
First we have to understand what a normal Sunday is like for me back at home.
I wake up. Go to church for three hours. Come home. Have dinner with my family. And then often times there is another meeting, or devotional, or fireside that I would go to that evening. Overall I usually stay kind of busy on Sundays. But not a bad sort of busy. A good, spiritually productive sort of busy.
Here in China, I wake up at 6:30 in the morning. Take a 15 minute walk to the bus station. An hour long bus ride. Switch to another bus. Another 45 minute bus ride. And then another 15 minute walk to the tiny little apartment that we all cram into, led by a 23 year old guy. We sing a song. Pass the sacrament, and then listen over Skype to the Branch who meets about 2 hours away from us. Then we have a 30ish minute Relief Society/Preisthood/Sunday school lesson. (There is about 45 girls and 2 guys..). Then we take the long journey back home. Where I usually have lunch/dinner, which is nothing close to what a meal should be. Then I try and find ways to fill in the rest of the time with good uplifting things instead of just sitting on the computer all day.
And then, if no one else in my apartment wants to go, I can't go. Can't travel alone, it's against the companies rules.
All in all, I really miss Sundays in America. I miss getting dressed up and feeling pretty. I miss going to church for three hours and coming home feeling spiritually uplifted. I miss having priesthood holders all around me. I miss the time I get to spend with my family on Sundays. I miss going to church in Rexburg, seeing hundreds of young adults making their way to their meeting spots. I miss the way that it is just so easy to feel the spirit there. Here, I have to try a lot harder.
I am grateful that I even have a chance to take the sacrament here in China! I have gained such a deeper appreciation for it since I've been here. It is worth the 2 hour journey.
Anyway, I just love the gospel. I love my savior. I love my Heavenly Father. I'm so grateful that I can talk to him whenever I need. And I need to SO often. I can't wait for these people in China to have the opportunity to know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ like I do. And I can't wait to be back in a land where the fullness of the gospel is everywhere!
Have an awesome Sunday everyone!
-Kambrie
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
17 Days Left. WHAT?
As I tore off another day on my paper countdown chain, I realized that it was getting pretty small.
17 DAYS.
WHAT?
I really can't believe it...
My day has consisted of 5 things:
My bed.
Potatoes.
Mormon Messages.
Les Mis.
My own thoughts.
I know. My life is awesome. I find days in China often turn out to be like this. Sometimes (actually most times) I absolutely hate it. I am in CHINA! I need to be out exploring every second I can, right?
Well then I get to thinking, as I often do, and in exactly 18 days I will not have the luxury of thinking to myself, while watching Les Mis, while eating potatoes, while sitting on my bed. I won't have the time to just relax and think and ponder things to this extent. So you can bet you're bottom dollar that I am going to enjoy it while I have it.
Sidenote: I am BEYOND excited to see the new Le Mis movie. Yes I did use all caps and bold. That's how serious I am.
Anyway. My time here in China is quickly coming to an end. It's a weird feeling. I now have a small idea of how strange and hard it is for missionaries to go home. Having to face the world again, and leaving behind a world that you have grown to love so much. There are some people who I will miss dearly. Like Kelly.
I don't know if I've told you about Kelly much, but let me tell you now. Kelly has made my experience in China better than I could have ever hoped for. Kelly is our Chinese coordinator. Aka: Our translator, our little chinese helper, our Taobao order'er, our train ticket buyer, our travel guide, and so much more. But out of all of these things, the best part about her is the way she just befriended us and makes us feel welcome! She always knows how to make us laugh, to keep our spirits up when we get down, and she is always there for us! I seriously owe so much to her. She is so great.
I am going to miss all of the cute adorable Chinese teachers at Ming De. They have been so kind to us. Whether it's inviting us over to their house for the weekend, or making us lunch when we can't face the fish again. They are so great! Katie, Lulu, Judy, Milly, and Q-Bi. I love all of them!
I am going to miss the beautiful girls I have been so blessed to share this experience with. Maddie, Andrea, Megan, Rachel, Makenna, and Dani. These girls have been so great. We have grown so much over these last 4 months and we have gone through so much together! Teaching our precious little children, traveling all over China, trying to navigate our ways around with the handful of Chinese words we sort of know, making trips to Da Fu Yen...everyday, having deep conversations on bus rides, facing the school lunches together, riding on buses packed fuller than I ever though possible, being separated on those buses and yelling to each other across the bus to figure out if we are at the right stop, making faces on our chins, preparing impromptu performances for the Mayor..., missing American men, scrunching around a little computer screen to try and watch movies, ordering way too much off taobao, going through food phases(rice cookies, A-OK smoothies, peanut butter dumplings, moon cakes, peanut butter on EVERYTHING, Oolang oreo smoothies, bran muffins, madeli), seaweed face masks, climbing stairs, and more stairs, and more stairs, living in our struggling apartment, getting eaten by mosquitoes(oh wait, that was just me..), having hopes of working out and never actually working out, feeling like movie stars everywhere we go, motor taxi rides, fancy dinners with nasty food, surviving the winter with no heater, and the heat with no AC, planning our futures, playing our ukuleles together, killing cockroaches, getting crafty, never looking good.
Needless to say, we have made a lot of memories here in China and I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are going to be sad when it's over. Love those girls.
The hardest people to leave are obviously going to be my kids. I don't even want to think about it. It makes me cry...I have so much love for all of them. All 43 of them.
Which makes me think of one quick story and then I'm done.
The other day, it was Megan's 21st birthday. So to surprise her we decorated the classroom and when she walked in all the kids were standing there to scream happy birthday and run and give her a big hug! I was on camera duty and I was taking pictures. She walked in the room and all of the kids yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEACHER MEGAN!" and then proceeded to run and give her a giant group hug. However, as I was taking pictures I noticed someone holding on to me saying, "Teacha Hangry!" I looked down, and my precious little Vivian had her arms wrapped around me tight, flashing me her scrunchy little smile, and staring at me with her big, light brown eyes! Why she ran to me instead of the birthday girl, I do not know. But I felt so loved. I love that little girl so much.
I love all of them!
Anyway. I think I will get back to my Le Mis obsession. While sitting in my cold, dark room. We don't have a heater so its always freezing. And to top it off I have to put a fan on in order to dry my clothing. SO COLD. And, my light broke yesterday so my room turns pitch black at about 6 P.M. It's the best.
Good news is that Bond bought us new comforters. So now instead of sleeping on a cold, hard bed...I get to sleep on a slightly less cold, slightly less hard bed. It's really is a blessing!
I love my life. Love this awesome adventure that Heavenly Father has allowed me to experience. And I love the lessons I've learned, and the person that I am becoming. I have a long way to go, but I am slowly getting there.
Love you all, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
-Kambrie
17 DAYS.
WHAT?
I really can't believe it...
My day has consisted of 5 things:
My bed.
Potatoes.
Mormon Messages.
Les Mis.
My own thoughts.
I know. My life is awesome. I find days in China often turn out to be like this. Sometimes (actually most times) I absolutely hate it. I am in CHINA! I need to be out exploring every second I can, right?
Well then I get to thinking, as I often do, and in exactly 18 days I will not have the luxury of thinking to myself, while watching Les Mis, while eating potatoes, while sitting on my bed. I won't have the time to just relax and think and ponder things to this extent. So you can bet you're bottom dollar that I am going to enjoy it while I have it.
Sidenote: I am BEYOND excited to see the new Le Mis movie. Yes I did use all caps and bold. That's how serious I am.
Anyway. My time here in China is quickly coming to an end. It's a weird feeling. I now have a small idea of how strange and hard it is for missionaries to go home. Having to face the world again, and leaving behind a world that you have grown to love so much. There are some people who I will miss dearly. Like Kelly.
I don't know if I've told you about Kelly much, but let me tell you now. Kelly has made my experience in China better than I could have ever hoped for. Kelly is our Chinese coordinator. Aka: Our translator, our little chinese helper, our Taobao order'er, our train ticket buyer, our travel guide, and so much more. But out of all of these things, the best part about her is the way she just befriended us and makes us feel welcome! She always knows how to make us laugh, to keep our spirits up when we get down, and she is always there for us! I seriously owe so much to her. She is so great.
I am going to miss all of the cute adorable Chinese teachers at Ming De. They have been so kind to us. Whether it's inviting us over to their house for the weekend, or making us lunch when we can't face the fish again. They are so great! Katie, Lulu, Judy, Milly, and Q-Bi. I love all of them!
I am going to miss the beautiful girls I have been so blessed to share this experience with. Maddie, Andrea, Megan, Rachel, Makenna, and Dani. These girls have been so great. We have grown so much over these last 4 months and we have gone through so much together! Teaching our precious little children, traveling all over China, trying to navigate our ways around with the handful of Chinese words we sort of know, making trips to Da Fu Yen...everyday, having deep conversations on bus rides, facing the school lunches together, riding on buses packed fuller than I ever though possible, being separated on those buses and yelling to each other across the bus to figure out if we are at the right stop, making faces on our chins, preparing impromptu performances for the Mayor..., missing American men, scrunching around a little computer screen to try and watch movies, ordering way too much off taobao, going through food phases(rice cookies, A-OK smoothies, peanut butter dumplings, moon cakes, peanut butter on EVERYTHING, Oolang oreo smoothies, bran muffins, madeli), seaweed face masks, climbing stairs, and more stairs, and more stairs, living in our struggling apartment, getting eaten by mosquitoes(oh wait, that was just me..), having hopes of working out and never actually working out, feeling like movie stars everywhere we go, motor taxi rides, fancy dinners with nasty food, surviving the winter with no heater, and the heat with no AC, planning our futures, playing our ukuleles together, killing cockroaches, getting crafty, never looking good.
Needless to say, we have made a lot of memories here in China and I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are going to be sad when it's over. Love those girls.
The hardest people to leave are obviously going to be my kids. I don't even want to think about it. It makes me cry...I have so much love for all of them. All 43 of them.
Which makes me think of one quick story and then I'm done.
The other day, it was Megan's 21st birthday. So to surprise her we decorated the classroom and when she walked in all the kids were standing there to scream happy birthday and run and give her a big hug! I was on camera duty and I was taking pictures. She walked in the room and all of the kids yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEACHER MEGAN!" and then proceeded to run and give her a giant group hug. However, as I was taking pictures I noticed someone holding on to me saying, "Teacha Hangry!" I looked down, and my precious little Vivian had her arms wrapped around me tight, flashing me her scrunchy little smile, and staring at me with her big, light brown eyes! Why she ran to me instead of the birthday girl, I do not know. But I felt so loved. I love that little girl so much.
I love all of them!
Anyway. I think I will get back to my Le Mis obsession. While sitting in my cold, dark room. We don't have a heater so its always freezing. And to top it off I have to put a fan on in order to dry my clothing. SO COLD. And, my light broke yesterday so my room turns pitch black at about 6 P.M. It's the best.
Good news is that Bond bought us new comforters. So now instead of sleeping on a cold, hard bed...I get to sleep on a slightly less cold, slightly less hard bed. It's really is a blessing!
I love my life. Love this awesome adventure that Heavenly Father has allowed me to experience. And I love the lessons I've learned, and the person that I am becoming. I have a long way to go, but I am slowly getting there.
Love you all, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
-Kambrie
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Feel the Love.
If there is one thing I have learned from the precious little children that I teach, it would be this.
You don't know how to love until you have felt the love of a child.
I obviously don't have my own children, but being with these children every day has given me the opportunity to give and receive SO MUCH LOVE. It reminds me of the love that I feel for my cute little niece and my nephews. A love that I'm sure could only be outdone by your own children. There is just something about being loved by a child that is so special. It's given me just a tiny glimpse at what it might be like for Heavenly Father to love all of us.
Today for arts and crafts, I helped the kids learn how to write their names in English letters. After they wrote them, I got glue and traced over their names with it and then let them choose glitter to shake over it. As I helped each individual child, I just felt so much joy. I wanted to help them make their names as perfect as possible. I wanted them all to know how cool they are. I wanted to give all of them the individual love they deserve. Even though they were running around, smearing each others names, complaining about it, getting glitter EVERYWHERE, and talking 5 cm's away from my face, I just felt nothing but love.
Vivian, my favorite child(I give up on the no favorites rule), stood behind me during store today and just put her head on my shoulder and hugged me. Occasionally she would just tenderly pat my shoulder. "Teacha Kangaly..."(I give up on trying to teach them how to say Kambrie too.) It was seriously just the best. She shows me the kind of love that is just so pure and innocent.
Yesterday while teaching, Norah ran up to me and put her mouth to my ear to "tell me a secret".
"14 tokens!", she said with a huge smile on her face. I started laughing so hard while she just skipped back to her chair as if she just told me her biggest secret in the world.
Oscar noticed that I thought it was funny, so he ran up and whispered, "1,2,3,4," and then ran back to his seat laughing his head off, which ultimately made me laugh my head off! Then Jessica caught on and ran up and whispered, "Rule #7 tokens in your token bag,", followed by kaycee, and aubrie, and eric, and vivian, who all just thought of the first english words they could think of and whispered them into my ears. They were laughing so hard!! Then, John runs up and instead of speaking any english he just said something along the lines of, "balgahblefara,". That one took it over the top for me and I started laughing so hard that tears were coming out of my eyes. My laugh got really high and squeaky and the kids just looked at me with the most concerned faces. I'm sure they were wondering why Teacher Kangary was sad, and why her face turned so red. hahahaha. But once they realized I was laughing, they all burst out into the biggest bunch of goofballs and started laughing with me. Overall it was just a big laugh fest. The best laugh fest I've ever been a part of.
If any of you reading this are wondering if you should volunteer for ILP or not, I would encourage you to give in. Just give in and come. You will not regret it. I just wish I could make you understand that.
To learn about it, visit the ILP website by clicking her here. Do it, do it, do it. Give in to my peer pressure.
Anyway, have a happy day, or night, or morning, or whatever it is in your part of the world.
-Kambrie
I'm still so annoyed that I can't post pictures on here. If you want to see pictures, you can try to find me on facebook and look at some maybe! Good luck!
You don't know how to love until you have felt the love of a child.
I obviously don't have my own children, but being with these children every day has given me the opportunity to give and receive SO MUCH LOVE. It reminds me of the love that I feel for my cute little niece and my nephews. A love that I'm sure could only be outdone by your own children. There is just something about being loved by a child that is so special. It's given me just a tiny glimpse at what it might be like for Heavenly Father to love all of us.
Today for arts and crafts, I helped the kids learn how to write their names in English letters. After they wrote them, I got glue and traced over their names with it and then let them choose glitter to shake over it. As I helped each individual child, I just felt so much joy. I wanted to help them make their names as perfect as possible. I wanted them all to know how cool they are. I wanted to give all of them the individual love they deserve. Even though they were running around, smearing each others names, complaining about it, getting glitter EVERYWHERE, and talking 5 cm's away from my face, I just felt nothing but love.
Vivian, my favorite child(I give up on the no favorites rule), stood behind me during store today and just put her head on my shoulder and hugged me. Occasionally she would just tenderly pat my shoulder. "Teacha Kangaly..."(I give up on trying to teach them how to say Kambrie too.) It was seriously just the best. She shows me the kind of love that is just so pure and innocent.
Yesterday while teaching, Norah ran up to me and put her mouth to my ear to "tell me a secret".
"14 tokens!", she said with a huge smile on her face. I started laughing so hard while she just skipped back to her chair as if she just told me her biggest secret in the world.
Oscar noticed that I thought it was funny, so he ran up and whispered, "1,2,3,4," and then ran back to his seat laughing his head off, which ultimately made me laugh my head off! Then Jessica caught on and ran up and whispered, "Rule #7 tokens in your token bag,", followed by kaycee, and aubrie, and eric, and vivian, who all just thought of the first english words they could think of and whispered them into my ears. They were laughing so hard!! Then, John runs up and instead of speaking any english he just said something along the lines of, "balgahblefara,". That one took it over the top for me and I started laughing so hard that tears were coming out of my eyes. My laugh got really high and squeaky and the kids just looked at me with the most concerned faces. I'm sure they were wondering why Teacher Kangary was sad, and why her face turned so red. hahahaha. But once they realized I was laughing, they all burst out into the biggest bunch of goofballs and started laughing with me. Overall it was just a big laugh fest. The best laugh fest I've ever been a part of.
If any of you reading this are wondering if you should volunteer for ILP or not, I would encourage you to give in. Just give in and come. You will not regret it. I just wish I could make you understand that.
To learn about it, visit the ILP website by clicking her here. Do it, do it, do it. Give in to my peer pressure.
Anyway, have a happy day, or night, or morning, or whatever it is in your part of the world.
-Kambrie
I'm still so annoyed that I can't post pictures on here. If you want to see pictures, you can try to find me on facebook and look at some maybe! Good luck!
Friday, November 2, 2012
There's so much to be thankful for.
As we all know, it is now November and November means Thanksgiving.
Being here in china has sort of given me a new perspective on life. There are little things that I have, or don't have here, that have made me realize how blessed I am. So, because it is always good to put a voice to gratitude, I'm joining the crowd and I will post one new thing I am grateful for, everyday until Thanksgiving! Here we go!
Nov 1st: Today I am grateful for my parents. For their never ending goodness and their constant outpouring of love and support! Even when I'm so far away from home, I can still feel their love! I love them more than words can express!
Nov 2nd: I am grateful for the fact that food is so cheap in China. Bought a whole grocery list of food for only 8 American dollars...BOO YA!
NOW EVERYONE PRETEND TO BE SUPER INSPIRED BY ME AND GO OUT AND BE GRATEFUL! YAY!
(maybe the all caps was a bit much...)
-kambrie
Being here in china has sort of given me a new perspective on life. There are little things that I have, or don't have here, that have made me realize how blessed I am. So, because it is always good to put a voice to gratitude, I'm joining the crowd and I will post one new thing I am grateful for, everyday until Thanksgiving! Here we go!
Nov 1st: Today I am grateful for my parents. For their never ending goodness and their constant outpouring of love and support! Even when I'm so far away from home, I can still feel their love! I love them more than words can express!
Nov 2nd: I am grateful for the fact that food is so cheap in China. Bought a whole grocery list of food for only 8 American dollars...BOO YA!
NOW EVERYONE PRETEND TO BE SUPER INSPIRED BY ME AND GO OUT AND BE GRATEFUL! YAY!
(maybe the all caps was a bit much...)
-kambrie
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Chinese Peruvians?
Heavenly Father does answer prayers. How do I know this? Let me explain.
I absolutely love China, don't get me wrong. But I really can't handle the whole "let's eat rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!" concept. In fact I hate it. I used to love rice and now I gag at the thought of it. Unfortunately that is kind of my only option to eat here at our school. Rice, weird veggies, and cold nasty meat that should be illegal. I always get food to show respect to the chef, but I always end up throwing most of it away. It's either throw it away, or eat it and accidentally throw it up...
Needless to say, I have been pretty hungry lately. And this is where the answering prayers parts come in.
One day Andrea, Maddie, and I were walking around Da Fu Yen (the big shopping center here) and we saw some people that weren't Asian. Any time you see other foreigners it's just super exciting. The girl in the group saw us too and came over to talk to us. She told us she was from Peru and then introduced us to her other family memebers. Her older brother, Daniel, is quite the character. His sense of humor is very similar to my uncles sense of humor so it was kind of refreshing to joke around with him! Anyway they ended up inviting us over for dinner so that we could celebrate Halloween! But it wasn't just any dinner.
We got to their apartment and it smelled amazing! He had two marinated chickens roasting in a roaster! They made potatoes, and the most incredible sauce to put on them. We asked him what was in the sauce and it's some sort of cream, cilantro, crackers, and some other stuff. It was DIVINE! Then he made a salad. And I don't know if you know how exciting that was. We haven't had fresh lettuce since we left the U.S. The Chinese people always steam it. So we were so excited! It had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and avocados with this yummy lime mixture that he spread all over it. It's not dressing, just lime juice or something. It was SO good. The mother made some fresh papaya juice, which was also amazing. And then to top it off the sister (Mayo is her name), made dessert called Delica de Lemon. At least i think that's what it was called. It was heaven.
We stayed there for a long time and just talked to them. I think I might know more Spanish by the time I come home than I do Chinese.. haha! But I left feeling so happy, grateful, and full! Bless their Peruvian hearts!
-Kambrie
I absolutely love China, don't get me wrong. But I really can't handle the whole "let's eat rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!" concept. In fact I hate it. I used to love rice and now I gag at the thought of it. Unfortunately that is kind of my only option to eat here at our school. Rice, weird veggies, and cold nasty meat that should be illegal. I always get food to show respect to the chef, but I always end up throwing most of it away. It's either throw it away, or eat it and accidentally throw it up...
Needless to say, I have been pretty hungry lately. And this is where the answering prayers parts come in.
One day Andrea, Maddie, and I were walking around Da Fu Yen (the big shopping center here) and we saw some people that weren't Asian. Any time you see other foreigners it's just super exciting. The girl in the group saw us too and came over to talk to us. She told us she was from Peru and then introduced us to her other family memebers. Her older brother, Daniel, is quite the character. His sense of humor is very similar to my uncles sense of humor so it was kind of refreshing to joke around with him! Anyway they ended up inviting us over for dinner so that we could celebrate Halloween! But it wasn't just any dinner.
We got to their apartment and it smelled amazing! He had two marinated chickens roasting in a roaster! They made potatoes, and the most incredible sauce to put on them. We asked him what was in the sauce and it's some sort of cream, cilantro, crackers, and some other stuff. It was DIVINE! Then he made a salad. And I don't know if you know how exciting that was. We haven't had fresh lettuce since we left the U.S. The Chinese people always steam it. So we were so excited! It had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and avocados with this yummy lime mixture that he spread all over it. It's not dressing, just lime juice or something. It was SO good. The mother made some fresh papaya juice, which was also amazing. And then to top it off the sister (Mayo is her name), made dessert called Delica de Lemon. At least i think that's what it was called. It was heaven.
We stayed there for a long time and just talked to them. I think I might know more Spanish by the time I come home than I do Chinese.. haha! But I left feeling so happy, grateful, and full! Bless their Peruvian hearts!
-Kambrie
Monday, October 29, 2012
9 Weeks Down, 7 More to Go!
I know I still have 7 weeks left in China, but these are the things that I am really looking forward to doing when I get home. Like...
-Eating a homemade meal. I don't even care what it is, I just can't wait to eat it!
-Riding home in the car with my family, listening to Christmas music, and telling them ALL about how much I love China.
-Laying on some carpet. I haven't seen carpet since I left the U.S.
-Devouring my mom's sugar cookies.
-Playing my piano and the guitar.
-Watching as many Christmas movies as I possibly can fit in before Christmas.
-Watching as many Christmas movies as I possibly can fit in before Christmas.
-Taking a shower in a real shower. And then taking a bath.
-Actually getting ready. We never look cute in China...haha
-Making Christmas treat with my mom.
-Sleeping in my bed. With sheets that smell clean, and are clean.
-Washing all my clothes in a washer, and drying them in a dryer (as much as I love hang drying..)
-Playing with my niece and nephews. I miss those little buggers so much!
-Drinking a big class of milk.
-Going Christmas caroling.
-Spending as much time as I possibly can with my family before I go back to school.
-Girls night with my besties (aka Jessica, Kaycee, and Kelli).
-Eating cereal for breakfast!
Yes. Yes those are the things that I can't wait to do.
-Kambrie
-Actually getting ready. We never look cute in China...haha
-Making Christmas treat with my mom.
-Sleeping in my bed. With sheets that smell clean, and are clean.
-Washing all my clothes in a washer, and drying them in a dryer (as much as I love hang drying..)
-Playing with my niece and nephews. I miss those little buggers so much!
-Drinking a big class of milk.
-Going Christmas caroling.
-Spending as much time as I possibly can with my family before I go back to school.
-Girls night with my besties (aka Jessica, Kaycee, and Kelli).
-Eating cereal for breakfast!
Yes. Yes those are the things that I can't wait to do.
-Kambrie
Friday, October 26, 2012
Creeper on Halloween
I am so pleased with today. Halloween (in China at least).
Even though I have been running on next to no sleep, I had the best time. Today we were able to have a Halloween party with our kids! Obviously Halloween isn't as big in China as it is in the U.S., but the kids still got all dressed up, along with all of us teachers, and we had so much fun. No tokens. No BMC's. No rules. No lines. Just fun!
We took tons of pictures, painted faces, played mummy games, at candy, and just had the best time ever!
I was a witch. Classic. Vivian was Snow White. She's my favorite child. Love her.
Tonight we had a giant Halloween party with all of the families who have children in the Bond Program. There was about 400 people probably. Us teachers had to prepare a dance to perform for the entire group! So we put our clever little brains to work...and copied the dance from Just Dance to the song "This is Halloween" from Nightmare Before Christmas. We painted our faces like zombies and dressed up all scary. Typical, I know. But hey, at least we didn't do thriller..
Not only did we have to perform, but our cute little kids had to as well! As much as I'd love to say it was an enormous success...it was actually kind of a huge flop. But we will pretend it went just as we planned it!
And last but not least, we were in charge of the Haunted House! It was a pretty legit haunted house if you ask me...at least for children. But let's just say, what we think is just a little scary in the U.S. is actually terrifying to the Chinese people. There were quite a few tears shed...but not because of me. Let's be honest, I'm awful at being scary.
Although I am totally missing Halloween in the U.S., I had such a good time today! Now I am ready to wipe this atrocious makeup off of my face and go to sleep...for a very long long time.
Goodnight.
-Kambrie
P.S. To explain the title: Tonight I had to lie to a drunk Asian, who claimed he was in love with me, and tell him that I was married. Every other girl here get's the cute Asian's to obsess over them(and yes, there are some cute Chinese guys)...me? I get crusty drunk men. My future looks depressing.
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