Today I had my first Chinese lesson with Emily. She is a fantastic teacher. For a few hours we sat together in the kitchen making various noises that are apparently words. I enjoy learning though. For the Chinese new year there is a greeting that everyone says that congratulates the person you are talking to for not being eaten by the devils. After this I decided I needed a nap and fell asleep for the next 6 hours.
Everything is so different here in every way. At my home in Michigan the lights are out and everyone is in bed by 10pm. Today we decided to head out to the night market for dinner and it was already 9 at night. The night market is super fun. Lots to look at and people are everywhere. We ate at a pasta shop and then I got a bubble tea. A bubble tea is black tea with milk and these tapioca balls in it. You can have it cold or warm. It tastes sweet and you drink it with a thick straw so you can drink up the tapioca balls, which are kinda chewy-ish and look like fish eggs or something :) I very much enjoyed this drink. After walking around we headed back to the apartment and Michael, Emily and I started a scrabble game during which I learned that snafu means a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation. Now it is 2 in the morning and I think I should go to bed. My clock is all off. Goodnight!
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that's pretty cool. I thought Spanish was hard. I will be praying for you. Miss you a lot! When do you get back?
ReplyDelete"making various noises that are apparently words." Nice sentence...funny, informative, and entertaining all at the same time! I remember feeling like that when I first arrived in Romania.
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