China...day 3

Today was a lot of fun! We woke up this morning and went to breakfast as a group at the hotel. All of the breakfast here is free, so we don't have to pay and surprisingly its really good food. They have fruit, french toast, french fries (criss cut fries) which they call "potato nets" ...hilarious!

After breakfast we went to the school and did our lessons for the day. Today my partner and I taught the kids about Mardi Gras and the reason its celebrated in New Orleans. Most of the kids have never been out of China, and the ones that have traveled outside of China have only traveled within Asia...to places like Japan, Taiwan, etc. We made Mardi Gras masks with the kids followed by a parade to the song "celebrate." Tomorrow should be an interesting day considering the materials we need for the lesson plan are non-existent at this point. Its really hard to find materials over here that we use in the U.S. everything is really basic. Like the glue is not strong at all. Its called "water glue" and it drips everywhere! The first couple classes are always my favorite cause the kids are alert and excited, but as the day goes on they get more and more tired and its harder to keep them interested in lesson plans. There is one little boy named Rex a.k.a. T-rex (yes he named himself...as many of the asians do), and he is a handful! All of us talk about him in the teachers lounge to try and figure out a solution for him. Some have him run around the class and its pretty funny. The personal relationships that teachers have with students here is amazing. At home everyone is worried about being sued for touching a child or having them on your lap, and in CHina everyone is really hands on and personal with each other. All of the kids are REALLY independent. The 4-5 year olds can do a lot more here than they can at home and are more willing to try things on their own without help.

p.s. a child was so upset today that his mom left that he threw-up on my show. long story short...not a pretty picture!

After school we went to this really cool restaurant called "dollar store" and it reminded my a lot of the melting pot except everyone got their own cooking oil. It was really, really good food! I tried bamboo and some super weird noodles. Its fun trying new food over here. At the table they brought live shrimp and we were suppose to drop them in the boiling hot water, but that was a little much for me! I felt bad. Some of the people tried it but i felt sad for them, especially the one that was pregnant! Yes, i had feelings for the shrimp!!!! haha All around dinner was a BLAST and i had so much fun! We were laughing soooo hard the whole time that everyone was crying at the table for like an hour.

p.s. i ate it today walking to the restaurant because all of the ground is marble and my shoes are really slippery. It was raining for the first time today...i hated it lol.

We just got back to the hotel right now...and im going to try and send some videos and pictures to mine and kelseys family. Good night everyone! See ya tomorrow!

p.s. we were pushed in the rush of ppl in the subway system...one of the girls had armpit hair...and a man had big balls of extra skin next to his ear. Interesting things you see here! <------When you have been here for a while you start cutting words out of your sentences! Its easier. For example: "By waterfall" translates to "lets take the picture by the waterfall" hahaha.

(Wa ye bein singtoa...I want a big beer! )
(Puche dow-I dont know)
(Boo yee- I dont want)

Kayla Ornelas