It's been awhile, but I'm back to blogging now. Spring Festival has come and gone, so I'm teaching again and on a "regular" schedule. I went home to America for Spring Festival and had a nice time visiting with friends and family. Any who, unto what's been happening since I've been back in China...
On March 8, we celebrated International Women's Day. It was a fun filled Friday where all the women teachers got together for a celebration and were treated to lunch. The best part of the day...my two classes were cancelled. Wahoo! Unfortunately for Lesley, she doesn't teach on Fridays so she had to come up to school just for the party.
Our school really likes to have big posters printed for any special occasion or announcement. It's basically the same as a bulletin board just fancier. For Women's Day, there were several posters lining the hallway in the library with pictures of all the women teachers. Les and I are both featured on one of the posters.
The top picture is Lesley with a spoon of peanut butter in her hand. Random! The bottom pic is of both of us from last year.
One of the best surprises was that we got 100RMB (about $20) just for showing up! Nice!!!!
Flashing my money with my boss, Diana!
All of the headmasters welcoming us!
The essentials for an awesome Chinese party include: Games (check), KTV (check), prizes (check), and free food (check).
GAMES: This was one of the games the teachers played. You had to get the ping pong ball from one end of the room to the other using newspaper, but you couldn't touch the ball. It was pretty entertaining to watch.
KTV: One of Chinese people's favorite past times...KTV(karoke). It's a must!
Our two best friends at our school are Diana (our boss) and Helen (an English teacher). The picture below is Helen giving a speech after winning one of the games. She thanked many people, including CCTV and MTV. haha She's so cute and funny!
Helen giving her speech and Shirley (two English teachers).
Outside after the party with Helen and Diana!
FREE FOOD: After the party, we headed over to the school cafeteria for our free lunch. One of the teacher's daughter was there. No one ever believes Les and I that Chinese children will literally go to the bathroom anywhere...please look below. We told you! Yep, that is a child going to the bathroom in the cafeteria of our school over a trash can. I think I lost my appetite. Oh China!
