This was yet another great Wuhan weekend. Friday came very quickly again and we had a fancy event to attend, hehe. The wine tasting was awesome. Mitch is so great about putting on events like this. He reminds me of Brad and the Silly Hat Party’s. He takes it all very seriously and makes sure that everyone is having a good time. He was very organized with worksheets for us beginners who didn’t really know what was going on. He had a very descriptive list of the wines and then you had to guess which was which and then rate them from your least to most favourite. There was even a good spread of cheese and chocolate as well. Good times. After that we went to Claires for a bit, and then everyone wanted to go out, but a few of us tried to sneak out just to hang out…well when we got there Laura discovered that she left her purse at Claire’s with her keys in them…haha, yes, so we had to go meet up with everyone so that laura could get into her house at the end of the night.
The next day was a very busy day on the bus. Instead of making our two usual stops we took three stops: Computer city, Tailor Street and Metro. I got a new mouse at computer street…a cute pink one J and then the mall by there has the only grainy bread that I’ve found in china that doesn’t have a sweet taste, so I stocked up on that as well. After that we went to Tailor Street. The girls we’re going to Hong Kong with needed dresses for new years, so they got those all measured and ready to go. I’m getting my Aritzia blazer copied in a light grey colour with a super cool striped lining, so I’m pretty pumped about that. After that it was off to Metro to do a quick grocery shop.
Later that night we met up with Laura and Tara in Vanke. Ann and Matt were having a housewarming, since they just moved into Vanke and had a pizza making event to celebrate their new oven as well. I was extremely jealous! I want to bake so bad right now! It’s killing me! But it was fun, I got to make my own pizza. After that we went to Tara’s to prep for next weekend. We made up some home made Baileys for an Ugly Christmas Party they are hosting. Once I saw how she made it…and we only had one blender…and a huge mess was being made, I took over. Haha, as per usual when it comes to anything with cooking involved. They didn’t seem to mind, as there was only one blender. It was a fun night. At one point Laura just looked at my face while I was putting one of the batches together and goes, “you really love this, don’t you?” and I simply replied, “yes, just ask Robyn.” Haha, but really, it was a lot of fun for me, and the others enjoyed being the testers of each batch that I made up. Good Girls night.
Sunday was a really lazy day. I actually slept in. I went to go on my run but it was pouring rain out, so I kept putting it off. Eventually I went out around 4:30, by the time I came in just after 5:30 it was dark out. It was really rainy too. I think that’s the first rain we’ve had in at least 3 weeks or so. Apparently the weather is supposed to drastically change this week. Last week it was up to 18, next week it’s supposed to get down to -5, BRRR!!! That is going to make for some unpleasant runs in the morning, I’ll tell ya.
So, this is a two day blog since I could not post my one from yesterday due to lack of internet connection. So today I wake up for school when my alarm goes off, I go to turn on my nightlight…doesn’t work, try again, still doesn’t work. Oh fun, the power is out! Thank goodness I bought a flashlight the other day and remembered where I put it (that’s the key) and checked it out. I look across at the school and all of the power is out at the school and the cafeteria as well. So, we call the principal and he says he’ll be down in a bit. Well everything looks like normal except for the fact that there are no lights on. The funnier thing was the cafeteria. They needed to cook breakfast for the students so from our apartment you could see the candle light flickering and the flashlights.
We walk up to the school, greeted by Darrell, we chat for a bit, and then I ask him what’s up, and he simply replies, “Welcome to China” with a big smile on his face. Haha, so the headmaster didn’t cancel school and we are to spend the day teaching in the dark with no heat. Oh what fun it is to work in the dark. By the end of the day my students were so sleepy…so was I, so I couldn’t blame them. Luckily we had the day planned out and everything photocopied so it didn’t really ruin the teaching day, besides the fact that the students couldn’t see.
All of the people living in Vanke had power so they offered hot showers to us, so we took them up on their offer. So Robyn and I took a lil’ walk over there….since we didn’t really have anything to do at home other than sit in the dark :S. Laura and Emily we great hosts and let us get all clean. The funny thing though is once we were all showered Emily gets a text from someone on campus saying the power was back on….always happens that way. Oh well, we had a good little night and got off campus. Anyways just another days to remind myself that I am not in Canada anymore!
Later for now J
-Taryn
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