So were doing an English Corner at the end of the month and the theme is Halloween. English Corner's are a just a social gathering with us and students where we hang out and they can practice their English. Our Resource Guide is a drama and theater enthusiast so he came up with the idea for all of the foreign teachers to do Mike Jackson's famous Thriller dance. We've been learning all the choreographed steps and are going to dress up like zombies. Were also gonna have a few guys play For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica, a guy sing the Ghost Buster song, do pumpkin carving with them, and introduce them to Halloween.
Yesterday a student invited me to play basketball, and I thought we were just going to be playing a simple pick-up game. Turns out, we played a full fledged game vs some guys with uniforms, subs, a ref, and 4 10-minute quarters. We are team louw-wy, or the foreigners. We got off to a rough start going down 8-nothing, but made a shot to stop the bleeding and were okay from there. We ended up winning 68 to 52 with only one sub. It was fun to compete against the Chinese.
Today we hiked up to the Pagoda again, and rode the Tabaggan this time. Yes, a tabaggan in the middle of China on top of a mountain. Once again, another thing I didn't expect Xiangfan to offer. Somehow the plans to build a metal tabaggan on the hillside passed through somebody, and a long metal track twists and bends throughout the countryside. You sit on a sled-looking thing with wheels on the bottom and a lever to control your speed and go whisking down the mountain. It was cool. Also, I discovered many old buildings that were amazing, like for real, it felt like a miniature Machu-Pichu type place with flower gardens, lakes, temples, shrines, old art and architecture, museums, training temples and academies, etc....I got some great pictures.
There is six Norway girls here doing a two month social service project as part of their major back home in Oslo. Shout out to Kim Norhoeway....We went out with them last night to a Western restaurant and a few of the foreign bars here. They were already missing the indulgences of European culture after a 10 days or so, and it was sure nice to hang out with some white girls who spoke english for a change.
Class is going well. I've taught my class still-life drawings, portraiture, collages, 1 and 2 point perspective, and architectural drawing so far. This week I'm gonna do some lessons on Surrealism, Abstract art, and logo design.
Very good.
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