Quick trip to Da Chong

I am the head teacher over 3 girls here in Nanlang, but I am also a co head teacher over 3 girls in a city called Da Chong! I was finally able to travel to their school over there. It was a long trek, but i was happy to make it. I got on the number 12 bus from here in Nanlang over to Shiqi, (where I bought our bus tickets to yangshuo this weekend!! aaah! only one more day til vacation) then i took number 10 bus from Shiqi to Da Chong. My total traveling time was 3 hours... buhh. that was tedious.

Da Chong is a little ghetto town. i LOVED it. it totally felt like real china. it smelled horrrid, there were ducks being chopped up everywhere, motorcycles almost hitting me at every turn, and of course, the constant staring/pointing at me. so i might feel like a celebrity here... sue me?!?!?

i got there, talked with the girls for a little bit then headed over to their kindergarten for dinner. It was....aiiiight. not the best? but i will always try new things!

we went to the night market afterwards and checked out all of the fun chinese clothes. i made some friends at one of the shoe stores. they were the cuuuutest people ever. i get SO frustrated that i don't know chinese. i just want to talk to them so bad and be their best friends!!!!!! someday. i am learning more day by day. buuuut it is such a freakin hard language...bah.

i got a great nights sleep! great meaning waking up to people yelling, motorcycles honking, loud chinese music, and the great smell from outside... haha. they really live in the heart of the city. it is really legit, i love it.

i went and watched the girls teach and helped them out with some problems they are facing. they have naughty children! but we found some solutions to make teaching go much better.

my trip home... wasn't as smooth. Reinee(their chinese coordinator) didn't really know anything about when the bus comes because she is new to the town. i ended up waiting around an hour for a bus because we were at the wrong stop the whole time. frustrating! so i get on the bus and she says just get off at the stop where you got on! "okay, i can do that!" i thought... we get to a stop and a chinese lady is ushering me off the bus. i was soo confused!!! so i got off.. nice. i was so lost. i called freda and she sorta helped me find my way but not really.. i walked for about 15 mintues until i finally found the bus station!!! such a relief.

or so i thought...

i had to get on the number 12 bus.. and it went by THREE times without stopping!! i tried to wave it down each time! but nope, he drove right on by. i was so sad/confused/frustrated... so i call freda. she has me give the phone to some random motorcyclist.. okay, whatever. i went with it. so this random guy ends up taking me to the bus station i was supposed to be at! i never would have found it without him and Freda helping me. i must have looked SO helpless!

the ride home was peaceful and left me with much time to ponder my life. i have found that the bus is actually a great place for spiritual meditation. maybe it is just me :)

i got home and the girls and i made french toast for dinner!!! it was soooo nomnomnomnommy! just what we needed... :) a little taste of america for us.

we leave for vacation tomorrow! expect fun/great/awesome/interesting pictures next week!

p.s. it frustrates me greatly that there are songs i can't listen to now because of the memories i have connected to them. dah! i just want to listen to these songs in peace, with a clear mind. it's too hard.

is it just me? can't be...someone back me up on this.