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| They set some sort of fireworks off at the calligraphy show |
Friday afternoon I hung out with Sunny (Ian’s wife from
Suzhou) in her apartment. She talked in Chinese for an hour and I just sat
there and listened. I was shocked I actually understood most of it.
Geri (Geraldina, Italian girl who is studying at HS here)
came over around 3:30 and we just hung out and painted our nails haha. It’s
nice to finally have a good girlfriend to hang out with, even if she is only
17.
Sunny bought ingredients to make dumplings so we had a
dumpling party in my apartment Friday night. It was me, Geri, Henry, Sunny,
Ian, Alicia and Renata. And Renata brought her cute little dog.
The dumplings were great and we also had prawns! Sunny is an
awesome cook. I am trying to learn from her but I don’t think I will ever be as
good as she is.
I watched Paranormal Activity Friday night after dinner… I
can honestly say I don’t think I have ever been so scared before.
Saturday I woke up late and Henry and I went to Auchan with
Sunny. It was the longest funniest trip to the grocery store ever. Sunny has
turned into our Chinese mother. I love her, she’s great.
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| Amazing |
We were going to make spring rolls but couldn’t find all the
ingredients we needed. So instead of making spring rolls when we got back I
read on my couch for hours. Then I somehow got talked into watching Paranormal
Activity 2. Thank goodness I was babysitting Renata’s dog so he made me feel
safer.
Sunday morning I had to wake up early to go to a Calligraphy
show. Our painting teacher, Zhou Laoshi was being honored. There were a certain
number of painters invited to this show and he invited us, which was a huge
honor. We met his wife, daughter, daughters husband and their child. They kept
trying to make the poor girl speak English. I felt so bad for her. I know
exactly how it feels….
After the show Zhou laoshi helped me buy brushes. He got an
awesome discount for me. It was supposed to be over 400 RMB and it ended up
only being 200 RMB!
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| Lunch after the calligraphy show |
Zhou laoshi was supposed to have lunch with all the other
painters being honored and the governor of Ma’anshan but he got out of it so he
could take us to lunch with his family. I couldn’t believe it. Lunch was
amazing…. My mouth is watering just thinking about it again. I won’t even try
to explain the dishes we had. If you want to find out you can come visit me!
Lunch will be on me J.
I learned that you end the meal with a noodle dish to say,
“let’s keep in touch and stay connected.” Pretty cool.
After lunch Geri came over to help me make meatballs. Sunday
night I went to Alicia’s for dinner with Henry and two Chinese students. The
meatballs tasted… well… very Chinese.
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| I love my new friends, Fran (from Tennessee) and Geri (from Italy) |
For dessert we made sweet potato pie… oh my gosh. It tasted
almost identical to pumpkin pie. I was in heaven.
We played banana grams. I’ve never played before but I loved
it. It is sort of like scrabble, but you make your own individual scrabble
board. I think I am going to play the game with my classes. It’s a good way for
them to practice their English and their spelling. I could also use some help
with my spelling… ha ha
The weekends always go by so quickly but I can definitely
say I appreciate my weekends more now than I ever have. Work is so tiring!
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