qingzuo
This was really a lot of fun. I walked by this stall and stopped to check out the tea they were selling and they stopped me and asked me to sit down. They didn't speak any English so I had to improvise a small conversation about tea while I sat there and had about 12 tiny cups of the stuff.
He told me he knew a guy who was an American who spoke Chinese really well... I took that as a good thing... I figure he thought that all the Chinese speaking, caucasian Americans get together once a year and share a conference room at the local Holiday Inn.
It really was a lot if fun to sit there with them, though it is quite possible that I overstayed my welcome. I suppose I could have bought some tea, but I couldn't figure out what to buy. I think I'll go back there and get a nice little teapot. He had a pretty good assortment.
My Chinese is improving, but I can't honestly say that my vocabulary is getting a lot bigger. I am a bit more fluent though and I am having an easier time understanding what is said.
English teaching is also going pretty well. I am doing one-on-one classes this week and next week I go to a small classroom setting. I am going to have to create or buy some visual aids that are colorful, visible and effective. I am expecting to be at a middle school next week.
Other plans are going to Guilin this weekend. I'm getting a little nervous about the trip since I couldn't get Tim, my roommate to come along with me. He said he wanted to go, but still hasn't confirmed and he should have purchased his ticket already if he was going. My plan is to fly to Guilin, find a place to crash and take a boat down the li river to Yangshuo. From there, I might like to climb Yueliang Shan, but lonely planet didn't make it sound too easy to get there (suggested a bicycle, which sounds a little complicated with deposits and such the like... not to mention the heat around here)
I should spend the night in Yangshuo and head back up the river the next morning by bus, perhaps stopping at one more place along the way. I'll need to be at the airport by about 7:00 PM, so I can't waste a lot of time Sunday.
I'll try to make another report before I leave, but if you don't hear from me, wish me luck. "yun chi hao."
He told me he knew a guy who was an American who spoke Chinese really well... I took that as a good thing... I figure he thought that all the Chinese speaking, caucasian Americans get together once a year and share a conference room at the local Holiday Inn.
It really was a lot if fun to sit there with them, though it is quite possible that I overstayed my welcome. I suppose I could have bought some tea, but I couldn't figure out what to buy. I think I'll go back there and get a nice little teapot. He had a pretty good assortment.
My Chinese is improving, but I can't honestly say that my vocabulary is getting a lot bigger. I am a bit more fluent though and I am having an easier time understanding what is said.
English teaching is also going pretty well. I am doing one-on-one classes this week and next week I go to a small classroom setting. I am going to have to create or buy some visual aids that are colorful, visible and effective. I am expecting to be at a middle school next week.
Other plans are going to Guilin this weekend. I'm getting a little nervous about the trip since I couldn't get Tim, my roommate to come along with me. He said he wanted to go, but still hasn't confirmed and he should have purchased his ticket already if he was going. My plan is to fly to Guilin, find a place to crash and take a boat down the li river to Yangshuo. From there, I might like to climb Yueliang Shan, but lonely planet didn't make it sound too easy to get there (suggested a bicycle, which sounds a little complicated with deposits and such the like... not to mention the heat around here)
I should spend the night in Yangshuo and head back up the river the next morning by bus, perhaps stopping at one more place along the way. I'll need to be at the airport by about 7:00 PM, so I can't waste a lot of time Sunday.
I'll try to make another report before I leave, but if you don't hear from me, wish me luck. "yun chi hao."
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