Wednesdays

I just got back from school today. I forgot to post yesterday, but I think I'm still okay because of the time difference. I like Wed. because I have cooking class and guitar club. In cooking today, we made dumplings. They were really good, and they made a perfect lunch. Guitar club was good. We have a new teacher, and he is very good. One of the girls from another class I'm i n joined guitar club, so now I know another person in the club. Nothing very exciting has come up recently, so this post is very short. Thanks for all of your support and love!

Zai Jian!

School

I had my second day back at school today. It was fun. It is great to see my friends again. I like my classes, and working in the kindergarten is a blast. Today I battled 6 kindergarteners is an epic war. I ended up dying a few times, and of course the kids won. It was fun, and it helped the rowdy kids release a lot of energy. I also had sewing class today. We are making miniaures of a dress design, and then we will sew them full size. It should be fun. My final, non self-study, class was P.E. We played badmiton today. My P.E. class is with the English majors, so I get asked lots of questions. Today one of the girls asked if the the high school in the movie Mean Girls was how all American high schools are. I said no, and I was wondering if anyone knew any movies that were acurate. Thanks for all of your love and support!

Zai Jian!

Pictures!

These are most of the pictures I took so far. My host family went to Taidong. It is on the other side of the island, so the car ride around the lower tip was quite long. It is weird to think of this place as an island. It was the first time I saw the ocean since my plane landed, I wish I could have stayed longer. The other pictures are from a dinner with my host dad's family (The trip to Taidong was my host mom's family). The Jeeps are included because we rode around the sand dunes in them. We had a profesional driver, and it felt a lot like what I imagine those poor people in Josh's racing games must feel like. It was fun, wild, and exciting, and I would definitley do it again. Love you! Thanks for everything!

Zai Jian!

Rabbit Rabbit (everywhere)

It is the day before Chinese New Year. Tomorow will be the first day in the Year of the rabbit. This means that for the past month rabbits have been popping up everywhere. They are in decorations, on T.V., on clothing, and probably a few plates. It is impossible to go outside without seeing some version of a rabbit somewhere. Today I got to see a rabbit made out of flowers in front of the local train station. I have yet to see a live rabbit, but I haven't seen any being eaten either. I changed host families and I am now back with my first family for a month. Everything is going well. Thank you for all of your love and support! Love you!

Zai Jian!