Day 5 ~ 7/7

Today was really cool. I talked to the kids about life in America. I miraculously remembered our NHS lipdub video they made at the end of last year to welcome the freshmen. So I downloaded it the night before and showed them to my classes. They flipped out when they saw our pool. They loved it! And it's such a good video to show what school is all about in the US - at least in California!!

The best was that our program director wanted to come by to observe and the kids were so into the video and asking questions about it. And this is a big part of what we're supposed to be doing here - so I was very lucky to have Sally randomly pick THAT MOMENT to stop by!

One kid asked if we had wifi at school and when I said yes, the whole class erupted with freaking out, so cute! They're big gamers! 

I asked them to point out what's similar and what's different from school in China: they said similar: the students are humans. They sit in a chair. They have a desk. There is a teacher in the room. Hahaha. That was it! Basically nothing is similar!!!

 

Another awesome thing is that they cancelled the first period cause they were taking class pictures ... So I got one hour extra prep time which made me super happy!!!!  Very good day!!

Repeat: Mung bean ice cream

For dinner, I went out with Shana, Jennifer, Paula, Todd & Debbie. We went to the hot pot restaurant. Basically it's like fondue but very cheap!  You pick your broth and your raw food and they bring it and set the pot on a range in the middle of your table and you throw the food in, and scoop it out when it's cooked! You can order sauces to dip the food into also. It was delicious!!  The menu selection included some "interesting" options! We had beef and a collection if veggies. 

Todd ordered some Granade looking drink. It was an event in itself. It came in a sealed can and we had like 5 servers opening it for us! They said it tasted like cow-pies. But whatever to get a buzz. They were telling me the alcohol here doesn't get you drunk easily. Very entertaining!!

Todd and Paula with the Granade

Hot pot!

It was pouring rain so I just headed back home. Melissa went out to get her iPhone jail broken and put a working SIM card in for using it in china. When we're done teachin, she's going hiking by herself at a place called yellow mountain - so she wants to have service while being alone. 

Sleeping with the windows open and the rain was heavenly. We are so rain deprived in California!!