Today was a very eventful day. We had a great day of school, followed by ping
pong and intensive Chinese. Ping pong is becoming one of our favorite
activities, and we are learning many Mandarin phrases. Then, we went to a
shopping center. Most of the items were clothing, and we decided not to buy
anything, but we had the chance to explore a different area of Jiangyin. There
were many electronics stores on the way back and we saw lots of computers
running Windows XP in the "Apple" store. After that, we had a very pleasant
surprise. One of the English teachers at the school decided to take us out to
dinner. The food was delicious. The store manager visited with us a bit and
cooked a delicious beef dish in front of us. He was very friendly and spoke both
Mandarin and Cantonese. Among the other dishes there was beef jelly, fish balls
and liver soup, and, of course, watermelon. It is hard to believe the trip is
over half finished. Next week are performances and we expect they will be great.
Mark and Ned
No comments:
Post a Comment