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Dreams
Since I came here I had a few dreams and 2 people had dreams about me. In September I dreamed that I was in the airport (my favorite place to be) and I went into what I thought was an empty taxi but when I got in the backseat I realized that there was a man already in there. The taxi driver asked me where I was going and the man (who by the way was very handsome) answered and told him my address. I didn't respond to him but when I got to my house, he took out my keys out of his jacket and opened the door for me and allowed me to go in. I don't remember talking to him for a long time but I do recall that he was super intelligent.
A few weeks later in October, Jennifer dreamed that I was engaged and I had a huge rock on my finger; but my engagement ring was fake!
In November, my supervisor dreamed that she saw Jinjing and I at a tourist attraction and she could not recognize me because I was much more beautiful; and I went to her and said "is that you?" and she responded "of course, its me"
Two days ago, Jennifer dreamed that I was missing; not like I was kidnapped or anything but I went away and did not tell them where I was; so Mary searched all of China and could not find me so she went to Russia! She couldn't find me but later I called and said that I was in Algeria!!!
No clue!
A few weeks later in October, Jennifer dreamed that I was engaged and I had a huge rock on my finger; but my engagement ring was fake!
In November, my supervisor dreamed that she saw Jinjing and I at a tourist attraction and she could not recognize me because I was much more beautiful; and I went to her and said "is that you?" and she responded "of course, its me"
Two days ago, Jennifer dreamed that I was missing; not like I was kidnapped or anything but I went away and did not tell them where I was; so Mary searched all of China and could not find me so she went to Russia! She couldn't find me but later I called and said that I was in Algeria!!!
No clue!
I have a cold!
I caught a cold and every time someone catches a cold, the chinese thing to say is 1. drink hot water 2. wear more clothes 3. go to the doctor and get an injection. Anyways, it lasted less than a week but when I got home one day, I saw this on my door:
It was from my friend Mary and it says: "Get Well Soon" I think that was super sweet and very blog worthy!
It was from my friend Mary and it says: "Get Well Soon" I think that was super sweet and very blog worthy!
Thanksgiving Part 2- My students
I celebrated Thanksgiving Day with all of my students to give them a bit of American culture and it was a good plug to introduce them to the One we give thanks to. I had them draw a turkey if they could, and if they couldn't draw an outline of their hand (which loves nothing like a real turkey but it would suffice); then they had to think of 5 things they wanted to give thanks for. All the students were coming to me saying " I want to give thanks for you, Rose!" sniff sniff tissue!
M grade 7 wild ones with their yellow turkeys
The blue papers in their hands are the turkeys that they drew with the things or people they were thankful for. These are grade 9 students
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M grade 7 wild ones with their yellow turkeys
The blue papers in their hands are the turkeys that they drew with the things or people they were thankful for. These are grade 9 students
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The Pencil Test!
So there are a few people around me that are pregnant and we started a discussion about the pencil test. Apparently, a pencil can tell the sex of the baby you are going to have and you dont actually have to be pregnant at the time of taking this test. He is not a believer in the pencil test, he was like "lemme try that for myself, yall are moving it"
Here's what you need:
1 - Sharpened Pencil w/unused eraser
1 - Needle threaded with about 3 inches of thread (any color, lmao
)Here's what you do:
Okay.. first you stick the needle into the center of the eraser (poking straight out from the top).
Next hold it by the end of the thread, about 1-2 inches over the inside of your wrist (palm up fashion.. either one) and the pencil will start spinning in a circular motion over it.
Just let it spin until it changes direction and starts to sway. It will either sway up & down with the length of your arm, or side to side like a watch band would go.
Let it continue swaying until it comes to a stop. If it starts spinning in a circular motion again, just let it go.. then sway.. then go.. then sway.. and so on until it comes to a complete stop.
The results:
If it sways up & down with the length of your arm, your baby is a boy.
If it sways side to side (watch band direction) your baby is a girl.
Each series of circular/swaying motions represents a different child, it's gender and the order they will be born.
Interesting Extras:
Supposedly, you do not have to be pregnant when the pencil test is done. You can be a grandmother, a not yet pregnant woman, or........
a man.
For a man, it is not supposed to move in any direction
I was signed up for a competition amongst the teachers- that's just the way things work around here, I guess. The teachers were competing in basketball and jumprope. I decided that I wanted to do basketball because I was not in a jumping mood, I came 2nd in the competition for shooting hoops!Difference in opinion
I was walking with my chinese friend one day and a student say us and said to me "hey" and nodded her head at my chinese friend in a bow like gesture. I said to my chinese friend, "what's that, she must think I'm her schoolmate talking bout hey- I want a bow!"; my friend replied, "I want a hey because I am not old for her to be bowing to me- thats for the older teachers"
The Week of Superlatives
While my dad came to visit me, we had a week of superlatives (I think that's what its called)- we went to the Yangtze River Park (one of the longest rivers in the world- third I think); we saw the Three Gorges Dam- the largest hydroelectric power station in the world; we saw the most beautiful manmade scenery I have ever seen. An Emperor built a house for his mother called the Summer Palace. Everything is manmade; on the tour we were like "wow look at those mountains" and our tour guide responded "if you push it, it will fall down" and then we went to Beijing to see the Great Wall which required the longest train ride my dad and I had ever taken- to get there.
OK so I had tons of pics from Beijing and the Great Wall and all that BUT there is a virus on my flash drive so I will try to redeem them argghhh
Anyways, while in Beijing I went to the Pearl Market and one bad rumor led to upheaval. One sales lady told another that I was Jennifer Hudson; so she had people crowding around me, I'm like c'mon people apart from the fact that we are both black, do I really look like Jennifer Hudson? My students claim that I look like Raven Simone and Beyonce so...who knows- I disagree
OK so I had tons of pics from Beijing and the Great Wall and all that BUT there is a virus on my flash drive so I will try to redeem them argghhh
Anyways, while in Beijing I went to the Pearl Market and one bad rumor led to upheaval. One sales lady told another that I was Jennifer Hudson; so she had people crowding around me, I'm like c'mon people apart from the fact that we are both black, do I really look like Jennifer Hudson? My students claim that I look like Raven Simone and Beyonce so...who knows- I disagree
Trains and Subways
Its never too early to take pictures. The train ride was 19 hours- at this time we just woke up and still have 5 hours to go
These ladies were in the cabins with Mary and Jennifer. I took this picture 4 times and the old lady was like, "you need to take it again my hair doesn't look right!"
One of my new favorite card games is translated to "Beat the Landlord"- we played Landlord with this guy
I was about to go back to my cabin and after being forced by the older lady to eat pumpkin seeds; she said you cant leave; I will get the magician to come. So this guy started doing some really cool tricks. He did some card games that were just mind provoking
Then he did a trick with a piece of string and he told me to cut the string so I cut it in half; he rolled it up, put it in his hand and made it come back to one piece. I don't believe in magic but that thing was cool!
I think he is the husband of the older lady- another random person
After we finally finished our long journey, we took a taxi to the hotel, checked in, drop off our bags, showered and hit the streets again.
My dad and I in the subway
Mary, Jennifer and I in the subway
These two men were in my cabin on the train and I had a pretty good plan. Don't speak any Chinese and no one will talk to you. He asked me if I spoke chinese and I told him no- how are you going to ask me in chinese if I speak chinese! My dad lay on his bed and they started taking pictures of him like we wouldn't notice. So then he tried to take a picture of me but since my bed was higher it would be more obvious, so he asked me. I told him that he could take a picture of me if he paid 150. He laughed and said no, he will just take the picture and I said, no I don't want to, to which he responds "its OK, I will take the picture"- How is it OK if I am telling you I don't want to. So anyways, he took about 3 pictures and asked me my name. So I told him my chinese name and then he asked me to write it. I said "no, you write it".
These ladies were in the cabins with Mary and Jennifer. I took this picture 4 times and the old lady was like, "you need to take it again my hair doesn't look right!"
One of my new favorite card games is translated to "Beat the Landlord"- we played Landlord with this guy
I was about to go back to my cabin and after being forced by the older lady to eat pumpkin seeds; she said you cant leave; I will get the magician to come. So this guy started doing some really cool tricks. He did some card games that were just mind provoking
Then he did a trick with a piece of string and he told me to cut the string so I cut it in half; he rolled it up, put it in his hand and made it come back to one piece. I don't believe in magic but that thing was cool!
I think he is the husband of the older lady- another random person
After we finally finished our long journey, we took a taxi to the hotel, checked in, drop off our bags, showered and hit the streets again.
This is the Pearl Market where you can buy..pearls obviously but a number of other items
My dad and I in the subway
Mary, Jennifer and I in the subway
These two men were in my cabin on the train and I had a pretty good plan. Don't speak any Chinese and no one will talk to you. He asked me if I spoke chinese and I told him no- how are you going to ask me in chinese if I speak chinese! My dad lay on his bed and they started taking pictures of him like we wouldn't notice. So then he tried to take a picture of me but since my bed was higher it would be more obvious, so he asked me. I told him that he could take a picture of me if he paid 150. He laughed and said no, he will just take the picture and I said, no I don't want to, to which he responds "its OK, I will take the picture"- How is it OK if I am telling you I don't want to. So anyways, he took about 3 pictures and asked me my name. So I told him my chinese name and then he asked me to write it. I said "no, you write it".I wanted to go to sleep which was why I didn't initiate any conversations, even when my eyes were closed they still spoke to me, even when I told them I didn't speak enough chinese, they still pursued a conversation. So since I couldn't sleep, I started talking to them.
They also had friends in other cabins so the friends would come over and just push my dad's feet out of the way and sit on his bed so that they could face each other! I don't know if they don't say excuse because they think he won't understand or because they just don't care. They would just move his foot and sit down. I thought it was quite hilarious.
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