Uneventful day...

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd make a post to say hi. Nothing too eventful here...pretty boring Monday.

I woke up and Skyped with the family...always nice to talk with them! Then, went to the grocery store and got some stuff to have around the apartment for lunches, etc. I got some things that look like ramen in a cup. It is all in Chinese, so I am going to have my students transalte the packaging for me and give me instructions on how to make it. Maybe this way I can learn some of the Chinese characters, too.

Went out to dinner with Meghan, Megan and Travis. Chris wasn't feeling well, so he stayed behind. We went to a restaurant we had been to before, that had a picture menu. We ordered some lo mein, then a pita bread type of a thing, a spicey chicken dish and a dish that we think was lamb. It was all really good. Minus the lo mein, these were dishes we had never had before. I'd totally get them again. We then went back to Meghan's and watched the movie, "Saved". I knew that bringing a travel CD booklet of DVDs would come in handy.

Tomorrow I teach one class from 1010-1150. Before class, however, I am going to get to the library and work on creating some teaching materials from the English copy of the Chinese newspaper. Also, I am going to speak to Maggie, one of our waibans, about movie viewings. Many of my students wanted to watch movies, but also many said that they wanted to spend class time working on their English and not watching movies. I completely understand both. So, I am going to see if it's possible to reserve one of the large lecture halls one evening a week and show movies in there. This way, everyone is pleased. I don't have to use class time to show movies, but can still offer it to my students. Another nice thing is that I won't have to watch the same movie seven times! Hopefully we are able to do this. Keep your fingers crossed that this works out for me!

That's about it. We are trying to finalize plans for our travel during holiday from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, but don't have anything finalized yet. We've bounced around ideas, as I have previously mentioned, but haven't yet confirmed anything. We discussed at dinner tonight getting everything planned by the end of the week. We worry if we wait too much longer we might not get train tickets and hotel rooms due to it being a holiday.

Hope all is well...