The first adventure of the weekend was bowling in Bao'An. We almost got trapped in an elevator on the way there. The alley is on the 6th floor and there is an elevator that just goes from the 1st floor up to the 6th. Well it didn't want to work for us and therefore shut us in until Andrew pried open the doors. We decided not to get back in it and went and found stairs through the worker's entrance instead.
Thursday I met up with Jenni, Gen, and Dominique (Gen's sister who was visiting) for dinner. Jenni and I were doing our best to think of something fun to do for the weekend so we decided to stop by Walmart after dinner for inspiration/shopping needs. We ended up spending about an hour in there playing with anything/everything we could find. It was great! Plus we found a frisbee and water balloons for our weekend adventures.
After Chinese class we all were meeting up at Windows for dinner. Andrew, Stella and I were early so I sat and tried my best to get a picture of split pants. Worrying about the fact I might be seen as a creeper or child porn creator I stopped after this picture hoping it captures the greatness/ridiculousness of split pants. And if you're wondering, yes, it is completely acceptable for children to go to the bathroom right on the street.
When someone gets married it is customary to give your coworkers and friends little packets of candy. These were two that I got from a guy who sits across from me.
Turner, the head teacher, has been offering me Chinese medicine lately. This particular batch is to help the complexion. You put some in tea and then just drink the tea. It's actually pretty good. There is another type he uses which is a packet of what looks like bbq sauce...I haven't gotten up the courage to try that yet.
Seven (a newer teacher and friend at my school) invited me to play tennis for the afternoon at our school's court. Goodness I suck at tennis. Luckily I only lost two balls over the fence into the garden (we found both later). My hand was sore for a number of days after that from gripping the racket. So sad.
The scavenger hunt actually happened!!! Proof that if you set your mind to it you can accomplish anything. Jess and I spent the early afternoon stopping at different metro stations and hiding lists. Then we met our three signed up teams in Dongmen. This was team Tiger Blood. The first mission of the group was to find/take pictures of 9 of 10 items are the area. Once finished they came back to us and got a clue for a metro stop to go find the hidden list. They were given two hours to find as many of the items as possible and then had to meet us at Windows of the World. There Jess and I sat and calculated the scores while everyone had dinner. Tiger Blood won!!
Some fun things the groups had to do:
Get a video of a group member dancing on the metro
Get a phone number from a new Chinese friend
Take a picture of split pants
Take a video of the group playing tag in a populous area
Friday we all went out for pizza and Greg ran into problems. He lost a contact in the back of his eye. Others in our group are a bit squeamish about eyes so I volunteered to go on a search for the lost item. Sadly I couldn't find it. It wasn't until like an hour later that the contact popped back up and Greg was able to get it out. The idea that you can actually lose something in your eye just scares me and creeps me out. After dinner we went to the Ke Xue Beer Gardens and Jenni and I tried our best to play some games. A bunch of drama happened that night, including a group of people leaving without paying their bill. Luckily looking back on it now, it all seems silly.
Somehow my middle toes have gotten all out of whack. This one lost it's toenail and the other one got an infection. Well the toenail actually finally fell off so it hopefully will be in recovery from now on.
Jenni, Leah, Andrew and I headed to the Windows street food area for a nice Wednesday dinner. Jenni and I have been hanging out a lot more lately, and it's been great! She's a bunch of fun and hopefully we'll be able to keep up our friendship after China.
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