it is 9:44 p.m. and i am POOPED. we had a fun and long day today! the weekends are always fun because we get to take a break from teaching and do whatever our little hearts desire :) there is another ILP group teaching at a school about 40 min away by bus.
{me and freda! my chinese coordinator}
Bri, one of the girls in the group, had a birthday today! We celebrated by going to KTV(chinese karaoke.) before we got to the KTV we went and got mcdonalds!!! it is JUST like america.. we were a little giddy to be there. i know it's only been a week, but we did miss our french fries and hamburgers!!! we were kinda in heaven sadly... but it is what it is. and we were more than satisfied.
{mcdonalds round 1}
after lunch we headed to get our singing on at the KTV!
Let me tell you, i LOVE me some good karaoke and dancing. In china every group gets their own VIP sweet and you just karaoke with the group you came with! It is super fun... more like a dance club/karaoke place. i loveee dancing so i was happy that i was able to shake my booty at bit. i tried my best to rap flo-rida's "low" but he talks so fast... i didn't do so well. haha.
{all of us at the KTV!}
the karaoke place was in the heart of this downtown part of Shiqi so we decided to do a little shopping! There is a street called "walking street" and it is where a ton of cheap shopping is. we might have spent a little more than we should... but we had SO much fun. we got some super cute stuff :) the chinese have the most interesting style.. and they will put the weirdest sayings on the shirts!! there was a dress that said "kate moss" a shirt that said "i like you. do you agree?" and tons of shirts with weird celebrities like lindsay lohan and hilary duff. gotta love it! we went to a dvd store and got a whole bunch of movies and tv series... i got season 1&2 of modern family for 50 yuan.. which is about 7 dollars. yep.. be jealous! i also got 4 really cute shirts that i am excited to wear!!!! can't have enough clothes right?
i am almost ashamed to admit it.... but we had mcdonalds for dinner as well...don't judge!!! it was convenient and honestly the smell just brought us in. we made a vow to not get mcdonalds for at LEAST a month. i can't believe twice in one day.... sickening.... hahahah.
{mcdonalds round 2... oh man.}
we missed the last bus that headed to our town, so we took a taxi home. it was 80 yuan! which is about 12 dollars... split between four girls, so 3$ each. um you would NEVER find that in america. it was a 25 minute taxi ride!!! i couldn't believe it.. what a steal.
now we are in our apartment settling down from our days activities. we are planning our first vacation to yangshuo in 2 weeks! i cannot wait.. i went there last fall and it is absolutely breathtaking.
{picture from last year when i took a bamboo raft down the river}
welp, until next time!
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