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July 23, GXUN

Yeah Monday. Everyone's favorite holiday. Class went alright, and lunch was good. Afternoon activities were pretty good. But, dinner, was exceptional. In addition to many other things, I had pigs stomach* and snails. The snails were good, except too much effort for very little payoff. The pig stomach tasted like normal pork. That night was free, and by free I mean I didn't have to do an event, but still, twas busy with a million other things. All in all, it was your average everyday teaching English in China.

*China fact 15: No food is considered gross. Nothing. The population also doesn't mind the gore that goes into butchering. Like walking through the markets and seeing people point at a chicken in a cage, the shop owner grabbing said chicken, butchering it right there, and that's it. No PETA rights, no vegetarians, no one worried about the chickens feelings. Just some good ol' stirfry.

July 24, GXUN

Yeah Tuesday. Normal day, except we have both a culture night and afternoon activity. The afternoon activity was just playing games with the students, but the culture night was magnificant: it was Fairy Tales. Me and a teammate did the 3 little pigs. I was the big bad wolf, audience participation for the little pigs, and my teammate narrorated. It was alot of fun, and the kids seemed to enjoy it. Washed* up and went to bed, still exhausted from the weekend.

*China fact 3: Bathing and washing are very special words. The average population showers about twice maybe thrice a week. Here at camp, when you do take a shower, it's more (and by more, I mean is) like filling a bucket, dumping it on you, lathering while bucket is refilling, and dumping again.

July 25, GXUN

Wednesday. It was Olympics day, so that was fun. We did soccer activities, and my class, again, did not do so well. It's a combination of them being younger and smaller and not understanding, so it's alright. This afternoon is completely free, so that's why I am able to just sit and right an e-mail. We are having a culture night tonight, and that culture night is a MOVIE NIGHT! We are trying to find Narnia, but if we can't we plan on just showing Aladdin, Little Mermaid, and Cool Runnings (since we have so many students, we must break them up into 3 groups). I'm am going to sleep now, and will hopefully wake up from a long nap fully* rested.

*China fact 14: There are many strange, unexplanable sounds. And they seem to come when you are trying to sleep. For instance, the water pipes litterally sound like a yetti. Think of a lound yetti sound, and that's what the water pipes sound like when someone is turning on the water. It's pretty intense. Also, with so much construction, there is always construction noise. It's crazy. Oh well, I gots an iPod to help zone out.