At the heart of it

Wow, it has been almost two weeks since my last post. I keep forgetting that I have this blog...please forgive me!! Since I last posted I have been to the zoo. Yes, the school took us to the Shanghai Wild Animal Park and it was very nice. The weather was beautiful, there was a cool breeze and I got to see the pandas!!! It was much like a zoo in America, but the areas that housed the "ferocious animals" were areas that you could drive through and see the animals in their own enviroment. They had acres to run on, not just housed in small areas. I have posted pics at www.cholshouser2000.shutterfly.com . The funniest part of the day was seeing the dogs that were on display! Yes, dogs! They had Lassie, and a beagle, and a golden retriever; it was so odd to see them in areas like the other animals. One thing that they do here that we don't in the states is that you can buy chicks to feed to the alligators and chickens to feed to the bears. That really caught me off guard. The b...

Well, here we are in the middle of another week. This week has been different though, we have been on vacation. This weekend was a chinese holiday and they not only got the day off, but also the whole next week. Now that is my kind of a holiday. Maybe America can take some pointers???!!! Seriously, we have the week off and have had a great time going around town and spending time with friends. Alot of what we do, along with teaching, is to build relationships. This time has allowed for some of that. Last week went very well. The students were very receptive and seemed to understand most of what I discussed with them. I am learning how to say things many different ways. My vocabulary will either stretch or center around a few small ideas!!! This week I am trying to be diligent and get ahead, but so far I am not succeeding!! It is too easy to remind myself that I am on vacation! I will keep working at it. Monday we spent our day at the fabric market and I picked out some material to have...