Ni hoa (hello)
I am so sorry to everyone following that I have not updated recently. This website is blocked over here and it took me a while to find a proxy that would work! But a las...."it works!"
The first day we got here (july 8th) it felt like forever! The plane ride was 15 hours long and trust me...it felt like 15 hours! Our legs started cramping and we were so tired! The plane ride food was NOT good. They served us 3 meals and Kelsey and I tried the first two, wanted to gag, so we hid the third meal in the middle of our seats. EVERYONE was watching us because we werent eating it, and all of the asians were scarfing down the food. When we arrived at the airport we got all our luggage together and took this bus to the hotel. We had so much luggage with us that the bus had to start piling the luggage on the seats inside (but hey were girls). Nigha (camp/school owner) gave us all gift bags full of stuff for our trip. We pulled up to the hotel, and I was soooo happy to see how nice it was. Checking in took a while...but it was all worth it. Then we put our luggage in the room and all meet down in the lobby to eat at Papa Johns. Its crazy because the papa johns here is like a really nice restaurant. Not at all like home. Then we got back to the hotel and Kelsey and I unpacked out luggage and went to sleep.
The next morning we meet down in the lobby (july 9th) and explored Shanghai ALL day! By the end of the day i thought that my legs were going to fall off. If Americans walked as much as the Asians do over here...we would all be a size 0. Its insane. We had breakfast at the hotel (really good) and then went to orientation at our school. Its really nice and has westernized toilets and ac...which is luxury over here. Then we went down to "peoples square" and got teaching supplies and went to this (listen up ladies) 8 story mall! It was insane. Not only was it 8 storys but it was really wide as well. I couldnt even finish the mall in one day. It was amazing. I bought this really cool watch at one of the stands and kelsey was trying on wigs....it was hilarious. I have videos and pictures of all of our journeys, but the proxy wont allow me to upload any...so when i get home i promise to post them so you can all see them. Later on at the mall we went and had AMAZING chinese food! Its all served family style and it was sooo good! Much better than our chinese food at home. Then we went to this market to get food for the hotel, and let me tell you...what an experience! First of all the market is HUGE and they sell stuff like live turtle and snake. There alive in this huge tank, and people just come by and pick one out to eat and kill. really gross. (again..i have video of this) lol. After that we went to this boardwalk in Shanghai next to The Bund and it was sooo crowded. People literally run you over with their cars if your in the way, and your being pulled threw a crowd by everyone. **imagine the most crowded night club you have ever been to, and trying to stay with 22 people while being pushed and pulled.** lol. Everyone here is really, really nice though! Everyone wants to help. Then we went to this italian resturant and had "green" garlic bread that tasted like jolly ranchers, and "chicken balls" that didnt quite convince us that it was chicken. Later on we went to The Bund and took pictures...its sooo pretty. I have not seein anything like it before. I feel like a celebrity here...when we take pictures with our group, all of the locals stop and start taking pictures of us too. Finally we got back to the hotel and passed out from our supper long day!
Today was our first day of teaching (july 10th) it was so much fun but its really exhausting. THe kids have so much energy and sometimes its frusterating with the language barrier. All in all its really fun and im having a great time! After class we went to hooters and had beer (let me tell you...chinese beer is a whole lot stronger than any other beer i have had). The hooters girls sang and danced...pretty funny stuff. after we all left and went and got massages. it was 70 yuen....which is only 10 dollars american money. It was the most awesome message and it was for an hour! Money here goes a long way! I have been here already for 3 days and I still havent used a 100 dollars. Its amazing. we just got back and i realized that this proxy works!
Dont worry i promise my future blogs WILL be better than this one. Im just soo tired and its time to go to bed! I have tons of spelling errors and things proabbly dont make since...but i wanted everyone to get the jest of the trip so far!
I will start blogging for everyone daily! Miss everyone and cant wait to visit when i get back.
p.s. i LOVE china. its amazing here and its totally NOT what i thought it was. i understand sooo much more about their culture...and the number one lesson i have learned here so far is....dont judge someone or something before you know all the facts of why people are the way they are...
Sha Sha (thanks)
Kayla Ornelas
p.s.s. im learning lots of CHinese! its super fun!
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