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Tears, Chicken Blood, and Pig Knuckles
... instruments, lyrics, solo, duet, etc. They were all doing really well with it. Then I had a girl come in at the very end of class I told her to join a group. I was walking around and talking to the groups before they gave their presentations. When I got to the group where the girl joined I was asking questions and she was like well I can't really sing...and I was like well it is pretend-not real. She was like well she is doing the work (pointing to ...
The British and their hunt for cheese -by Sukriti
... a row. Rusty on our first day, we were helping others by the third day! The students are so enthusiastic about taking us everywhere and making sure that we have a fantastic time with them, which we always do!
One of our students, Liyuan, was kind enough to invite us to his home in Meng Xi, about half an hour away from Lixian by bus. Liyuan picked us up at eight in the morning and took us for breakfast near ...
Niu Rou Mian Tiao -by Prabhjyot
... to guess famous western people and just generally encouraging their non-stop questioning. They all like to take pictures with us, ask for autographs...one student actually asked me to sign his coat sleeve I kid you not! Some students have even given us gifts, a rose for Sukriti and an egg for me(?). They want to hang out with us this weekend since they have big celebrations for May Day, we're looking forward to it.
We are getting used to our ...
Celebrities in Hunan -by Sukriti
... at leisure!
Sandy only gave us a few minutes to freshen up before we were taken to a dining room in the school's building to have lunch with the school's principal, vice prinicipal and other important figures. We definitely felt out of place there, even though the whole lunch was for us! It's still hard to believe that we will be part of the teachers gang! As part of tradition, the first toast of the meal is bottoms-up ...
Enjoying our short stay in lixian!
... and they are hilarious to talk to. They know so much about American culture and ask questions that completely shock me. Sometimes I feel like they know more about America then I do! On Sundays our students take us out to lunch at really nice restaurants then we either bike or drive to a mountain and hike to the top where the temples are located. Last week we got our fortunes read by one of ...
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