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July 17, GXUN
Mmmmmm... Wednesday. Olympics in the morning. It was alright. Not great, not horrible, but just alright. We should have planned better, but it's still ok. I was able to hang out with some students and then the afternoon was mine. It was great. I took a very needed nap, and woke up and planned a little bit for the next day. Then night time activity. We were doing an American birthday party. First we made birthday cards, then went outside and played Red Rover. My teammate brought the kids inside and began to sing happy birthday while I got a cake we had bought earlier. I put candles in it on a table outside and he brought the kids out in the courtyard. It was his classroom and mine, so there were about 40 kids. Needless to say, the same time we were having cake time* all the the other classes were having cake time outside. After the event, we had a meeting with the American from the organization, and she bestowed gifts upon us. Mine was SALTED pumpkin seeds. Emphasis on salted, because I have searched high and low for salted pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds and have not found either. We came back and went to bed.

*China Fact 32: When the Chinese celebrate a birthday, it is customary to smear the cake on whoevers birthday it is. Now, since it was no ones birthday, and everyones at the same time, imagine a cake fight, in a totally open courtyard (a little bigger than 2 basketball courts), with 200 chinese students verse 9 American teachers. Yeah, it was like that. And I wouldn't have traded it for the world. First was a cake fight, and pouring drinks (pepsi and cold green tea) on us, then just straight up buckets of water. It was intense.

July 18, GXUN
Woke up, got ready, held class. Our Olympic country today is U.S.A. so we had fun with that. Also, tonight's culture night is a talent show. Me and another teacher are singing L.O.V.E. (L is for the way you look at me (This one goes out to Brookie)), and a bunch of students doing stuff and other teachers doing things. It's gonna be pretty awesome. I also took another long nap this afternoon, and it's really throwing me off. I'm not normally a nap person, but I'm needing it more and more just from being so active*. Also, the girls are going over to the American's flat for a girls night, so the 3 of us guy teachers and our leader are having a dudes night. It's gonna be pretty amazing. Also, for Dad, this weekend we are going to Beihai and next to Guilin. Check them out. That's right. I'll be there.

*China fact 02: Everyone takes a nap from 1-3ish. Everyone. They're litterally people just taking naps on park bunches, but here on campus all the kids just go to their room. Not only is it bloody hot, but everyone's already tired. So it's like a ghost town. Kinda wierd.