Friday- I met up with my conversation partner but was 30 mins late because I got on the wrong bus and had to walk all the way back to the original stop I got on. I did all this only to figure out that it was a 25 min walk away.
Saturday- I met one of my teachers friends, Maisie. She is really nice. I really like her haircut, I am thinking of either copying her haircut or getting a perm. I might get the perm first, and let it grow out for a while and right before I go home get her haircut. Who knows though, that would be lots of money dedicated to my hair. And by perm I mean a body wave, not the super tight curls.
In the afternoon I took a walk around Xiamen downtown. I got sucked into the mob mentality and decided to check out the building everyone was coming out of. It turned out to be the grocery store, with 4 stories, the 1st being clothing. After I walked around the 1st floor I decided I didn't want to buy anything so I tried to turn back, but the lady started to yell at me. I searched for the exit for a while and finally decided to go through all 4 floors to leave. On my way I started seeing all these things that I "need", so I actually ended up spending 5o kuai ($5), what a scam (that works!).
Later that night, I was a judge for all the English teachers in the school. It was no Miss. America judging, but instead a copied sound bite on a thumb drive with 10 pairs of teachers competing for the title of the "Best English Speaker," I made up the title, but I think it is an accurate portrayal of what the competition encompassed. Sam and I decided to grade on Pronunciation, Intonation and Pacing, I turned out to be a much harsher grader. :/
Sunday- I have been meaning to go to Church for the last 4 years on a normal basis, since I have been in China I have gone every week! This week the message was very interesting, it was about God's wisdom. After lunch I met up with Allison, a local teacher at my school. We walked around ZhongShan Road and shopped around for a while. I tried on a lot of clothes but decided not to buy any. The style is so different I feel like once I buy a skirt I will need to buy a shirt, and if I have both of those I need shoes to match it. It is very reminiscent of "If you gave a mouse a cookie." I think I will buy some clothes though, I am getting tired of wearing the same 7 shirts. Back on track though, Allison took me to a really local/cheap restaurant. I really like the food but I don't think I could ever go there on my own because it assumes you can speak/understand Chinese and match what food goes to what price. I hope by the end of the year I am able to order.
All in all the weekend was pretty good, yet very unproductive.
But the real reason I wrote this blog is to share the fact that I brought candy for my students from USA. I haven't given the kids the candy yet because I don't have enough for everyone and I need to think of a fair way to distribute the candy. Tonight I was bad and had a chocolate candy. When I opened it I discovered that despite my best efforts to keep them cool, they simply melted and remolded into funny non-appetizing shapes. So it leaves me with the question, should I give the kids these deformed candy or should I save the children from the strange looking candy and eat it all myself? The last choice is really for the benefit of the children.
2 comments:
what kind of candy do you want for your kids? let me know and send me ur addy again, i sorta lost that email :(
btw, u gotta be harsh. in order to keep the standards high and keep crappy speakers from passing. it's better for them in the long run =)
definitely keep the candy for yourself. haha. :-)
and at the restaurant you can always try the "point and shoot"...i am too scared to do it, but other people have had luck with it (as long as you don't mind possibly getting snails or congealed pig blood). just remember...cheaper dishes are usually vegetables. :-)
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