Games People Play

I had a pretty good day today; not as productive as usual, but good nonetheless.  I went to school with every intention to plan lessons.  Instead, we (Amy, Eva, and I) played Jenga and held an impromptu meeting.   I suppose it was productive in the sense that there's no longer a need for meeting on Friday, but I didn't get much else done.  We had bought Jenga for school, and spent some time talking about how we could incorporate it into the English lessons for the older groups.  We also discussed how we would deal with a  particular problem student (a 10 year old of course; the toddlers are actually a breeze to handle).

I got a letter in the mail today from Mom and Dad.  They sent it mainly to see how long it would take to arrive, if it arrived at all.  Of course, Mom decided to throw in a few Tetley tea bags, one of which I will be savoring later tonight, and a few pairs of foam earplugs so I can try and get a little sleep with all the noise here.  Funny thing:  The mailman said they had trouble reading the address as it was written in English (of course!).  Eva told them that we had to do this, since the Canadian postal service would likely be unable to read the Chinese address.  We all agreed that next time, we'd put both.  Being the only anglophone in the area, something tells me from here on in, I probably won't have much trouble anyway now that they know where I am.

I decided to take my TA, Eva, for noodles this evening.  A new restaurant just opened here, downstairs from the school.  The noodles are hand cut, delicious, and cheap.  I had a HUGE beer (600ml) along with noodles with tomato and egg.  Eva had beef noodles.  The bill? 21RMB; exactly $3.43CAD.  At that price, why cook at home??  I think that restaurant will see much more of me.  They have rice dishes on the menu too.  I can't wait to go back again.

Speaking of food, I am almost a pro when it comes to eating with chopsticks.  In fact, I ate my noodles with them today.  I did ask for a spoon, but I didn't use it until the end, when I wanted to fish out the last remaining yummy noodles.  I was finished my meal before Eva, and she's Chinese!

The knee feels great today.  In fact, many times I forgot it had even hurt at all.  I may even go to the gym tomorrow.  Treadmill only though.  I'm not gonna push my luck with squats, lunges, burpees, or anything with too much bending.  I'll give it another week, just to be safe.  

Nothing else to report today.
Until next time, Zaijian! XO