Nightmare

Thursday and Friday we had a field trip. It was almost fun, but mostly terrible. We had a 4 hour train ride, 3 hours in an aquarium, way too long in a hotel, 3 hours in a zoo, and a 4 hour train ride. My kiddos are at that akward age where they want the freedom the older kids have but they're still not quite responsible enough for that, so we have a lot of arguments.

Here are some quotes that I like.

 "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy."
"I'm going to live forever, or die trying."
"If they're shooting at you, they're shooting through me."
"It's faster if you run."

Batman Panda!

Class picture at the Aquarium.

Dinner time.

Boys and some jellyfish.

Myself and Anna, my assistant at the seal show.

English Primary 5&6-my kiddos.

A mermaid and my girls.

Ironman Panda!

My Japanese girl and some giraffes.

BEIJING-CHECK

Went to Beijing this week. I went with the three English lads I work with. We had fun. I was less than sober the morning we went, so when I packed myself, I took 3 shirts, 17 pairs of underwear, a frisbee, and a vest. I forgot tennis shoes, my toiletries, and the cash I had ready to go. If you read a guide book, it will tell you the four main attractions of Beijing are: The Great Wall, The Summer Palace, The Forbidden City, Tianenmen Square. We did them all, plus some.  These pictures are what we did for five days in the capital city of China.

Being lazy and taking the lift up to the Wall.

Chris, Me, Brendan, and Dave. On the Wall.

Me. My water. A lollipop. The Great Wall of China.

Our first night in Beijing. We accidentally all matched.

Dancing with BossmanDave.

At the Summer Palace.

Dave, Chris, Brendon, Me.

The Great Wall-CHECK

There it is again!

The best part? The 10 minute slide down the mountain that the Wall is on top of.

Going down the mountain.
(Mom, I say that like the guy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid does.)

The Forbidden City. Not Forbidden. Not a City.

Brendon, Me, Chris, Dave. The Forbidden City.

The boys and the Bird's Nest.

Me and the Bird's Nest.

Swimming past the Water Cube.

The last afternoon, the boys got massages. I went to the Lama Temple.

My House

Looking in from the hall way

Bathroom. Yes two shower heads. Kicker? Rarely hot water.

Two beds-hotel style. I sleep on the one with the nest.

Our display board. I had nothing to do with it. All the kiddos. The girls did the giraffe side. The boys did the Avengers side.

Came home yesteday to this giant flat screen T.V. Complete with 3-D glasses.

Sitting at my desk, looking into the hallway.

The rule tree I made. In the class, not my house.

The International Section of my school.

It's faster if you run

Hey. Yo. What up dog?! Things are good. Here is my mailing address. I've heard it's better if you use the Chinese one, but maybe they're both a good idea? I don't know. Assuming of course that you want to send mail. I'm not in need of anything at the moment, but you know. Should you choose to accept this challenge:

中国辽宁省沈阳市浑南新区世纪路41号东北育才学校国际部
Katie Dale 收
post code :110179

Katie Dale
International Section Northeast Yucai School
No.41 Shiji Road Hunnan Strict
Shenyang, China
Postcode：110179

So there's that. I think work is going well. I am really enjoying it and I belive that people in charge are happy with the way I'm doing my thing. The Japan-China stuff is a little intense. I haven't seen any thing really, but I've heard that stuff is happening. A lot of our Japanses students have left. We have the first week of October off for National Day. I think we're going to Beijing, but perusual, I have done no planning, so I can't say anything for sure. I really enjoy my coworkers and I think we make a great team. We're still trying to naviagate life here; looking for hobbies and bars and things. We play a lot of "sport" outside. I hang out with all these English dudes and they say weird things like sport and maths. But I like them.

Any questions? Concerns? Comments? Things I should know? Kisses!

Weekend number 2: CHECK

Beling Park on a Saturday.

Beling Park.



Trying to make the most of the weather.

Chris leveled up.

We paid to get in the park to see the tombs. We paid to rent this surrey. We ended up TOTALLY LOST in the woods for 3 hours. We did not get to see any tombs. This was a regrettable decision that was hilarious for about 20 minutes and terrible for the remainder of the trip. Chris, Katie, Ann, Dave.

Dragon got Dave.

Dragons.

Playing outside.

This is the beginning, when it was still fun.

That's me. I kept forgetting that I had the bow on my head.

Playing tourist for the day.

It's faster if you run.

Beling Park.

Chris and Dave doing the tourist thing.

Hanging out with the gatekeeper.

This was at the end when it was not so fun. Also a little stuck.

This little dude made me giggle.