Changsha
Went to a teaching conference in Changsha over the weekend. Changsha is in Hunan Province, and is where Mao Zedong grew up. It was cold there. Now I have a cold.
Notes:
-Hard-sleeper overnight train Shenzhen-Changsha. Not as bad as expected. It was like a very public sleepover.
-Genuine sleepover at the ELI house in Yali Middle School. Super-fun sitting in on classes. Some English names of Yali students include:
Yuki Juice
Rubbin
Tasty
Allen Iverson (there are two of these)
Killer
Killik
Smiler (pronounced "Smeeler")
Winkids (pronounced "Win-kids")
Fashion Words
Snakie (alternately pronunced "Snackie" or "Snakey")
Coker
Genius Jeffson
Jackrary (combination of January and February)
Angel King
Pepsi
Unicorn (a husky 13-year old boy)
Small Bat
No Foot Bird
- In true Hunan cuisine, there are usually more chili peppers than actual food.
- Intense badminton in a gym in the middle of what appeared to be a construction site.
- Sudden fireworks going off as we walked down the street (my Los Angelan instincts making me duck for a drive-by)
- Saw a cooked dog at a roadside snack stall which looked surprisingly like a giant, skinned rat.
- Poshest KTV (karaoke bar) I've yet been to. My set list included "Sweet Child of Mine," "Heart of Glass," "I Just Called to Say I Love You."
- Please Tight The Safebelt. Back to HK. The last few weeks of term await.
2 Comments:
Whoa, Genius Jeffson and Fashion Word are awesome names. Wonder if my future wife will let me name my kids that.
bill
No waaaay! Sam Culp moved to China...and Justin Klein moved to JAPAN!! How the heck have you been?? I haven't heard from you in probably....10 years. Jon GM just contacted me on Facebook and told me you were over there so I googled u up. Check me out at http://www.justin-klein.com (aren't we cool with our custom URL's, haha)
J~
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