Walmart in China! Well, sort of.

Today was amazing for the simple fact that I didn't have to teach ELE. It was wonderful to sleep in and not have to teach until 2. In class, we made butterflies out of tissue paper and pipecleaners. The kids loved it! They were so well-behaved and cooperative and I really felt like they were enjoying the activity.

From left to right: Candy, Henry, Frank, Miya (pronounced Mia), Josh, Emily, and Colin.

These are my first graders. Left to right: Tina, Tyler, Remy, Julie, Michael, Anna (you can't see her), Emily, Alex, and Katie.

Starting with Jackson's arm on the left, Lily, Nick, Selena, Bob, Mike, Julius (the white sleeve is her),  Robbie, Brayden's arm, and Andy's head.

My homeroom! Audrey, Aaron, Angela, Krew, Apple (pouting because she was being a little butthead today), Ronnie, Jake, Jason, and Ricky. 

After teaching a few of us decided to go downtown to Walmart. One of the busses that we were on broke down. It never fails to be interesting in some way. Chinese people are infatuated with us on the busses. They talk about us and point to our features. Megan thought this one group of boys was laughing at us for having big noses. I wasn't in a very good mood and I thought to myself, "Oh, so just because ours don't blend in with the rest of our face, that's something to laugh about???" This was on the way home, though, and I wasn't feeling well. I tend to be a grump when I don't feel good.

We passed a McDonald's on the way, and being the fat Americans we are, we had to go in. I am fully and completely regretting that decision as we speak. Anyways, Walmart was weird. I did not feel like I was in Walmart at all. There was nothing in there similar to what's in a Walmart in the U.S. I didn't buy much, just some Gatorade and a neck pillow. We also went to DVD store where I bought the all the seasons of Big Bang Theory, The Little Mermaid II, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Dark Knight Rises all for 90 kuai. So $15 dollars. If anyone wants a particular movie or series of a show for dirt cheap, let me know! I'll be taking requests :)

Downtown Changzhou.

 We received some disappointing news when we got back to the school. We were unable to get train tickets to Guilin. With our hostels already being booked and everything, we're all frustrated. The only thing we can do is try to get a train to a city near Guilin, and then take a bus or something. We only have 10 days until we leave so I hope everything works out.