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Published: November 14th 2006
She told me her name
But, I'm lucky if I even recognize them as one of my students. I know she is one of my students in grade 7. (Because it was a grade 7 field trip...and she was there)Because I didn't know what dim sum was until I arrived in China, I will explain. It is basically like tapas, if anyone knows of that, where many small dishes are at the table and everything is passed around and shared. It is a traditionally Chinese meal, especially in the Cantonese areas of china. Cantonese is a dialect of the Chinese language, that is spoken in the South, especially in Hong Kong. Cantonese and Mandrian have the same Chinese Characters, but completely different ways of pronounciation. I proudly cannot speak either, but make a pittiful attempt at Mandrian every so often.
Enough background, now the dishes. Things have not but dull, but not "I crashed a motorbike exciting" so I thought I would throw together a little light meal of recent life activities in Shenzhen....enjoy!
Field Trip...now, you may remember, I missed out on the earlier field trip, because I didn't know anything about the field trip until I effectively showed up to an empty classroom....I was determined to not miss out another possible day of no classes....um..i mean field trips. It is hard tough, because I can never quite understand what exactly is going on....is the
My tour guides
because I couldn't understand the real tour guide for the day's field trip, I roped these girls into leading me around. field trip on thursday or friday? To the museum or an amusement park? With grade 8 or grade 7? So we leave at 7am or 8am? Can I go....or do I have to teach? The uncertainity would really drive an american crazy! End story.....I did get to go, we left at 8ish, with grade 7, on Friday (grade 8 went on Thursday) to both an musuem and the amusement park. The best part of the day was...when the temporary people in orange showed up. Yes, that is correct....in china, there are "field trip people" who spend the whole day watching your students, why you and the rest of fellow teachers sit down to a full course meal...... now that sounds delicious.
Speaking of delicious and meals and chinese people....Eli and Jamie were the host and hostess to a meeting of cultures. 4 americans, 4 chinese teachers, 1 highschool student, 1 daughter, a big bowl of spaghetti carbanara, and many bottles of drinks....sounds pretty average and not very exciting, but this, this night is exactly why I came to china.....the sights are amazing, traveling is exciting, the food is, well always and adventure, but I choose this place so
Class picture. Grade 7 class 1
there are 8 class. 45 students each...can we say, "that took a long time" far away from home, so far away from what is normal (peeing in a hole is NOT normal) because I wanted to be apart of a community not for a day, not for a week, not even for a month....I wanted to become apart of that community....to have friends, share stories, play basketball...all the normal things, but do them in a completely different setting. Traveling to bali, renting a motorbike, watching a lasershow in Hong Kong....that was not normal. Eating dinner, sharing stories, laughing... that is normal. As weird and simple as that seems, that is why I'm here.
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