The first few days

Sorry for being behind the blogs--been busy lately..Will get back on track in a week or two...I'll try to write every other night or so.

June 1st

Tuesday was children’s day… Yes, they do actually celebrate it here while we in the states have no clue. So apparently there’s a discount for people who are university students (score) so Nia and I hit up the Brazilian BBQ and got the student discount. After classes (boring because we were just observing) we went home, showered then hopped in a cab and arrived at the BBQ. Once there, a big party table was there but it was a nice place to eat.

I’ve only eaten at a Brazilian BBQ once before this time and it was in LA with Alex and her family. It was awesome! Unlimited salad bar and then all the meat you want---all so juicy and delicious! The food there was fresh and I had so much but it was so good! We also ordered some drinks to pass the time. There were children running around, but it was a good atmosphere.

After dinner we decided to walk off all the meat we’ve just consumed. We were close to Tian Yi Sq. (the main square in the city where all the name-brands are) and we decided to just walk around. It’s really pretty at night.

Coming back to the campus was interesting. We took a cab from Tian Yi and the driver was 2F2F(2 Fast 2 Furious) status. He was zooming left and right and I don’t even think he used the brake once unless it was for a traffic light (but it felt like we didn’t even stop for any lights! Traffic lights are truly a suggestion in China!) and then within about 10mins or less we’ve arrived at our school! Also during the ride he was like you girls scared? Don’t be, don’t worry you’re fine!

I think we’ve settled in okay but waiting for the actual time we get to teach. We’ve been approached by students asking many questions and many stares (but mostly for Nia…)

June 2nd:

Today we had to sit in our class that we’d be teaching and it was sooo BORING! The teacher was teaching US history from colonization to the Great Depression. We legit fell asleep in that class. So we decided to just come back to our apartment and slept until we had to go back to school that night.

At 6:30pm they had a concert celebrating May 4th and we were invited to attend. It was a great performance with dancing and singing and what-nots. It was a long day but at least we were well rested.