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Published: September 9th 2007
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Today, I went to a Birthday party for one of my classes. I guess I should start from the beginning:
On Friday, I was playing a getting to know you game with my class where I was letting them ask me any question that they wanted. This allowed me to a) hear them speak and get an idea of how proficient they are and b) get a lot of their curiosities out of the way. One of them asked me if I like parties, so I said yes. They then invited me to their class party on Sunday at 7pm, in their classroom. Rock on! After class, 2 students came up and asked if I wanted to go shopping with them in my free time. Since I am anxious to get to know some of my students (and get to know Wuhan a little better) this was perfect. We agreed to meet on Sunday morning at 9am.
Naturally, since I made plans for Sunday I got a really bad cold on Saturday. Nothing out of the ordinary-cough, congestion, sinus headache, sore throat. I took some Nyquil on Saturday night and set my alarm. I woke up feeling like crapola
My Shopping Buddies
Sarah and Phoebe were nice enough to take me shopping :) and sound like GOB. I didn’t have Sarah or Phoebe’s phone number, so I couldn’t call to cancel. I put on some real clothes and walked to meet them at the English building. I had planned on telling them that I felt like garbage, but when I saw how excited they were I couldn’t turn them down. I explained that I was not feeling well, though the voice/lack-thereof and the hacking did most of the explaining for me. They told me that they wanted to go to the super-market to get some treats for the party. We cruised up and down the rows and rows of candies and treats. There were moon cakes and a TON of jelly candies. Like the jelly goo kind of stuff that J loves. They even let me try a corn jelly. Yup, it is exactly what it sounds like- a jelly ear of corn. I was tempted to pull a “Big” and pretend to eat off the little kernels of corn, but I think the reference would have been lost on them. It wasn’t bad. Odd, but not bad. I have had other “candy” that was far worse. By this time, I must have
Just for you, Little Sister
JELLY CORN!!! You will go CRAZY when you come visit. They have gummy/jelly/gooey everything. looked about as I felt, because they asked if I was tired and said that we could go home. We even took the “school bus”, a little campus tram, from the North Gate to my apartment.
I spent my afternoon curled up in bed with a cup of tea and the first season of LOST for company. Nick and explored the little world outside the South Gate for dinner (more on that successful journey later), and I got ready for the party.
When I showed up, they explained to me that it was the class’s birthday. At CCNU, all of the students have all of the classes in their major with the same classmates for all 4 years. Class 9 was celebrating their First Anniversary of being a class together on 9-9. They had decorated the classroom with pink and white balloons and there was a giant cake in the center. Activities for the evening included singing, eating fruit and candy, reading poems, games, tongue twisters, celebrations of the class, and more. Apparently, tomorrow is Teacher Day, so I even got a present! The class got me a tea set with “Snoopy and Frend”.
It was honestly
Class 9 (plus me)
I am the white girl squatting in front so I don't block anyone else. like going to a birthday party in junior high. The students act more like seventh graders than sophomores. Everything is innocent and very, very giggly. The “class monitor” acted as the emcee to introduce one blushing, giggling girl after another to come up to sing or lead a game. We played the game where you tie a balloon to your foot and you try to step on someone else’s balloon while protecting your own. While we did this, they played “Beat It” in the background. Then, they did some Chinese tongue twisters and I introduced them to the NBC announcer’s test. I decided to go warp speed the last time through. And they think I am talking fast in class. When it came time to cut the cake, the old monitor (a boy) and the new monitor (a girl) got to cut the cake together TOUCHING HANDS! By the reaction of every girl in the room, you would have thought they were going to start making out and rolling on the floor. They were a blushing, giggly mess. They also played a “Guess the Number” game where the person to actually guess the number was “punished” by having to eat
My First Teacher Present!
I got a Snoopy tea set! How cool! They didn't even know that I like Snoopy and tea. They win. a very spicy spread on some bread.
Before the night was over, they asked me to sing a song for them. My mind totally blanked on any song that I actually know, so I went with the first thing that came to mind. Beyond the Sea was in an episode of LOST, so I sang a verse or two (with a cold) with butchered lyrics before sheepishly returning to my seat. Apparently this happens often, so I need to have a few tricks up my sleeve for gatherings.
After almost 3 hours of partying, I walked home with Michelle. She sat with me the entire night to help translate what was going on. She wants to get together to talk about and watch movies. Heck yeah! That is right up my alley! Tonight, she asked me about a moment in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She wondered what flower grew over Harry and Cho when they kissed. When I explained what mistletoe was and what it meant, she said that she had been very confused as to why they had just started kissing so randomly. It’s good to know that my Potter knowledge is already
coming in handy.
Michelle told me that this class likes to have lots of parties and that I am invited to all of them if I want, so hopefully I will have more stories about Class 9.
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Eddie Izzard Rules
"Cake or death." "I'll have the cake." "Too bad we're all out. We only had three peices, we didn't think there would be such a rush." "So my choices are OR DEATH?" "Yes." "Alright then I'll have the chicken." "Ah very good sir."