Update

July 30, GXUN, Downtown Nanning

Woke up, taught class, nothing eventful. Anyway, that afternoon we went to this big market and shopped alot. It was a good time. I bought many treasures and had a really great time. Then there was the KFC incident. I'm far to tired* to type the full story, so I guess you will have to ask me one day. Sorry this is not as fun as an update has the potential to be. I'm spread far to thin and just absolutely exhausted.

*China fact 141: China will make you tired. When you are moving, nonstop, from 6:30am-11:30pm with hot weather, high humidity, and rice, you get wiped out quick. I'm drinking about a gallon of water a day and probably peeing only when I wake up, and before I go to bed. Just figured I would share.

July 31, GXUN
Yay Tuesday. Normal day. Culture night: NBA. That's right, we had a professional NBA game here. It was the Mavericks (Teachers) vs. the Lakers (Students). It went pretty well. After that, we had our team meeting, then me and the other guy teachers (minus one) went to the amazing barbeque. I've honestly never had tofu or corn that comes remotely close to this delicious. We also had some beef and vegetables (which were just as amazing, but not the best I've ever had), and then polished it all down with a pepsi*. We came back late, went to bed, ready for the next day.

*China fact 40: Soda in Asia has no refined sugar in it. That's right, it's pure, unadulterated goodness. I still don't drink it (aside from when at the barbeque) cause I'd rather have a iced tea (mmmmm, I miss my mom's ice tea). Anyway, another tid bit: the Chinese word for pepsi sounds just like Pep Si, but translates to 100 something. That's right, 100 something (I'm not forgetting the word, it's litterally "something"). I just thought that was funny.

August 1, GXUN, Downtown Nanning
Wednesday. The last Olympic games. Italy did ok, we placed 3rd in a couple events, but not enough to warrant enough points to win for all of camp. After Olympics, another teacher wanted to go downtown for more shopping, and seeing as I'm a pro now, I went with her, along with 3 students. We had alot of fun, bought alot of cool stuff, bartered* with many peoples, and saw crazyness. Culture night tonight was Christmas, which was cool. I was incharge of making cards with the students. After a team meeting, I came to the computer to type this, and will shortly go to bed. Oh yeah, I had pigs feet for lunch.

*China fact 29: Price is always negotiable. Bartering here is crazy. Imagine any bartering you've done in Mexico, but 100 times more intense. It's amazing. And since many people don't speak English, it almost always boils down to the seller pulling out a cell phone, inputting a price he wants, showing you, you taking the cell phone, grunting, and putting a new price. This continues with many more passing of the phone and many more grunts, until you are happy enough to buy. That's how we roll ( this was one of my vocab sentances for my students (they wanted to learn slang)).