It’s the third day of our six day work week, almost halfway done. The school feels that when we are about to go on holidays we need to work an extra day to make up for it. It makes no sense to me at all. Anyways, so in China we did not have a long weekend for easter like the rest of you back home. On Friday we did try to have an Egg Hunt with the kids outside. Obviously they were just candies and not eggs. It was slightly successful. Some of my students were really into it, but others just went back into the school when the hunt started.
I started the weekend off with a great hockey game ( no not the Canucks :S ). Every Friday afterschool we play street hockey at school. It’s the same group of people every time and it’s just a good way to unwind from the week. I had an excellent showing though, unassisted goal and a stellar assist. The girls don’t tend to score much, so apparently I’m doing pretty well for such a late start in the year. After that we had some beers at Jeep Bar. The principal and his wife from the Dalian campus were in town so everyone was out. After that headed out to Vox for some dancing and street food, and then it was time for bed. It was a fairly early night for me, which was good. I spent Saturday being extremely lazy though.
Sunday I went on a long run and then ventured to Tailor Street with Robyn, Laura and Tara. It was a very funny trip with a lot of communication problems. I got another blazer made, giving them the one that they had made for me before as a prototype. When I picked up my new blazer and asked for my old one back she had this funny look on her face. She slowly pulled it out of the bag and showed me a slice in the sleeve and then points at her 3yr old son. It was pretty funny. After much guessing she offered to make me something for no charge. After Tailor Street I had invited the girls over to our place for dinner. I made them Mom’s famous sweet and sour, stir-fry and eggs with chives. Mom – they said it was the best they have ever tasted J. It’s so much harder trying to cook big meals like that with only two elements and no rice cooker.
This week has gotten really hot here, mid thirties every day and that humid feeling is coming back. Teaching two PE blocks back to back is quite exhausting. Right now I’m doing a basketball unit in the gym, which is higher than the 5th floor of the building, so it’s extremely stuffy up there. I’ve really had to take into consideration the heat when I’m teaching, as the students are just dripping sweat. So the last few days I’ve been spending the last chunk of class playing a full court game with the, but taking shifts so that they’re able to get some breaks.
I can’t believe we are already approaching the May break. I can’t believe that I will see my parents in Beijing on Saturday. It is going to be such a crazy experience for all of us. It’s good that they are starting in bigger cities like Beijing and Shanghai so that the culture shock of Wuhan won’t be as great when they get here. It’ll be nice to show them what I do here and what I call normal now may not be so normal to an outsider.
In other cannot believe moments I cannot believe that I could be an Auntie at any given day now. I got sent pictures of the baby room which was nice. They used my little beanie babies to make a mobile which turned out great and I’m so excited for my brother right now. I’ve been on my toes the last few days waiting to hear of something happening at home.
Anyways, that is all for now J
-Taryn
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