Shell in China
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Pictures, finally!
This post is mostly going to be pictures to update you on stuff in China. I will write a real one later.
This is from last weekend when we went to Tianshui to meet Ben and Kristen. There were some damsels in distress (their badmitton birdie was stuck in a tree) and Ben decided to be their white knight and save them. Sir Ben threw his water bottle at the tree to knock the birdie down, which worked by the way, but when the bottle his the ground it shattered on the bottom and created a nice water-works display. I think the girls were more thrilled with his water mess than getting their game back on track!This is the school cafeteria (canteen as the kids say) that we eat in each day at lunch. It is chaos on a daily basis! You basically grab a tray, shove your way to the front and try to be the next one to pass your tray to the lunch server guy. Then, it is off to get chopsticks and find a seat. If there is not an open table, which is often, we sit with some Chinese students, who usually get really embarrassed and giggle a lot and then don't really talk to us!
Here I am with another cute puppy! These are a dime a dozen, but I never see them bigger...hmm....This little guy was licking my fingers because I had just finished some cotton candy and I guess they tasted good. The problem was, as a puppy, he did more chewing than licking! So cute!!Niffy and I at Pizza Mira. When we went to Lanzhou for our flu shots, Thomas and Kari helped me put together a little 30th birthday party for Thad. We were a few weeks early, but I knew it was the only chance to get together with all of them. We look like we are having a really important conversation about something, but the topic was more likely along the lines of "So, today I taught my students what it means to 'pinky swear,' what did you teach?"
Thad and Kari at his birthday party. The hat came free with the cake!
Hehe! These have to be the most frightening mannequins I have ever seen in my life! They were outside a store in Tianshui. Do these make you want to buy anything? NO!! They make you want to run the other way and gouge your eyes out with chopsticks!!
This is Angie's apartment from last time we went to Lanzhou. (That was the flu shot trip.) I'm just hanging out, killing time, waiting for everyone to show up so we can go to Thad's birthday party.
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- Name: Michelle Ross
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In America, I teach 8th grade English and reading and really enjoy spending time with middle school students. Some people think I am crazy for it, but Marsing has a great group of kids and I love being a part of their lives as they grow up! Right now I live in China and teach English and teaching methods to students who want to be teachers. I am here through Peace Corps, which I think is a fabulous experience and something that more people should look into doing! The application process can be a bit of a pain, but it is well worth the time and effort. Check out Peace Corps and give something back to the world that has given you so much!! Teaching runs in the family, as just about everyone is involved in education in one way or another. My dad is retired, but he was a teacher, counselor and principal for 30+ years, my mom is an elementary counselor, my sister and husband are both teachers and my brother will finish his teaching degree this next spring! "Those who can, do; those who can do magic, teach!"
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