My Birthday and the last few days

This week has just flown by.  I cannot believe it’s already the end of my birthday, in China.  We are celebrating the Canadian part of my birthday when we go on our little trip tomorrow to Ghuangzhou.  I got to talk to quite a few people from home today, so it made me pretty happy.  I do admit I was a little sad last night thinking of my birthday and not being at home with my close family and friends.  I may have had a moment of homesick then and again while my mom sang happy birthday to me over skype with a cake and candle.  It was too cute.  My students also sang me happy birthday today in the class and they were all so friendly today.  It was a good day.  We went out to a restaurant which was quite far away, about 40min or so.  It was called Aloha Diner.  They had American food, owned by Americans, so it was just the right taste of home that I needed.  I had been craving Mexican food and cheesecake, and I got just that.  It was amazing.  We were all quite satisfied when we left the restaurant.  Tomorrow is going to be the real fun part.  I cannot wait!

The last few days at school have been pretty funny.  These kids are really starting to grow on me.  They are coming out of their shells and using their English more.  I am also starting to catch on to more Chinese things, so it’s pretty funny.  Their English is still really weak, but some of the things that come out of their mouth is just too funny not to laugh at.  I feel bad laughing at them, but I just have to sometimes.  The other day I didn’t straighten my hair because I was too lazy, so I just left it curly.  I had not worn my hair to school like this yet, and all of my students were shocked that my hair was like that.  You should have seen and heard their reactions when I came into the classroom.  One of the students yelled, “Whoa!  You now become beautiful!”  My favourite though, which still cracks me up:  “Ms.Coupland, your hair is sex.”  I say, “Pardon me?”  He repeats, “your hair, it is sex” then another student pipes, in, “Sexy, it’s Sexy”  Either way they were both inappropriate things today, but I couldn’t help but laugh. 

It’s still freakin’ hot over here.  I run at 5am in a tank top and shorts and I’m already hot before I even start.  It looks like I’ve showered by the time I’m done.  This morning while we were walking across the courtyard to the school you could barely breathe it’s that kind of humid.  You forget it every once in awhile because you’re always in an airconditioned building. 

Anyways that is all for now.  I’m sure I will have more after this weekend and travelling around another area in China and taking a Bullet Train! 

-Taryn