Blogs from Dalian, Dongbei, China, Asia - page 15

Yesterday I had a really great day. I just woke up and got ready for my afternoon tutoring. Sally was a little energy-consuming and Joe was great as usual. Then I went over to HaoSha and worked out a little bit. Even though I couldn't work out too much I was able to do a little bit and take a shower afterwards. I walked out of HaoSha feeling like I was on top of the world. It was such a great feeling. I knew that I had got some stress out of my body even though I hadn't felt that much before I went to the gym. Anyways, I went over to L Salon as has become my usual but they had the doors closed. I walked up anyways and everyone was sitting in a corner ... read more

I believe yesterday (November 1st) was All Saint's Day but don't quote me. I had a really kick ass day. In the morning I woke up to take a bus over to Victory Square. After a little while Julia, Shina, Russell, Cat and Nancy all met me there and we went down underground. Victory Square is a huge underground shopping mall. There's a bowling alley down there so we got to play two games for a total price of 12 kuai per person ($1.50). It was a pretty normal bowling alley. At first our two teams were playing against each other (Julia, Cat and I versus Russell, Nancy and Shina). Our team lost by 5 points total. Then Nancy had to leave to meet some of her friends and we each played individually against each other. ... read more

So things have changed a bit around here. I'm not sure if I wrote this or not but our old principal has retired due to personal reasons (and basically working herself way too hard). We have a new foreign teacher who, surprisingly enough, is from Cleveland. This is strange because not only is he from Cleveland but he went to OSU (main campus in Columbus) which is 40 minutes from my school. Also he dated the daughter of a woman who works at Denison's library (where I worked). I don't know this particular woman very well but it's still a very small world. He's only 4 years older than I am so I may have even seen him at some point during my freshman year. He's been in Dalian for a year now and so knows ... read more

So apparently everything is going pretty keen with my health. I have to continue taking the stomach medicine until it's done even though my stomach seems to be pretty fine. My ear problem turned into a sticky issue. Apparently I have so much ear wax that I can't hear. I went to the hospital again today and they had me buy some water type stuff. Then they put a thin metal straw on the bottle so they could dump it deep into my ear. It immediately came out into a small basin they had next to my head. It felt fine for a little while and was working but then I felt like I was about to pass out and was so dizzy I couldn't open my eyes. That made me extremely weak all over and ... read more

Yesterday Cat and I met for lunch at Sandy and Sunny's place. We had some peanuts and grapes for a snack while Sunny cooked us some food - including some great clams. Then we walked to Zhongshan Square and then met Russell in Xinghai Park. We were going to take a hike but just ended up taking a walk behind the Dalian Seashell Museum. We then went to meet Wayne and yet another of his girls at a fancy jaod-zi place. It looked like the inside of a temple and had a lot of Russians (generally meaning it's expensive). Later we got to go to Morgan's again. I then went home and packed. Unfortunately, my alarm didn't go off again and I woke up at 8amto throw my stuff together and run to meet Cat and ... read more