Happy National Day!!
Our first day of school was canceled! We had a tsunami day! Though, the tsunami didn't hit Shanghai until dinner time. The water was up to my knees in the street. Gross! But, I'm back at KeJi! I'm so happy to be back to my old schedule. The kids are mostly great (even my beginner classes!) To celebrate being finished at my horrible summer school, here's some pictures of the UK pavilion from the Expo.
Our first day of school was canceled! We had a tsunami day! Though, the tsunami didn't hit Shanghai until dinner time. The water was up to my knees in the street. Gross! But, I'm back at KeJi! I'm so happy to be back to my old schedule. The kids are mostly great (even my beginner classes!) To celebrate being finished at my horrible summer school, here's some pictures of the UK pavilion from the Expo.
UK pavilion seen from the Holland Pavilion
One of my favorite pavilions.
September 10th was not only my birthday but Teacher's Day as well! Several students gave me cards and flowers. One student gave me a huge bouquet. They were super cute. =) NB also gave us expo tickets (because we need more?) for Teacher's day. Jacqui brought me a Tiramisu ice cream cake, which we ate during our meeting. Delicious!
A couple weeks ago, China celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. We had a three day midweek holiday (which means we all had to work during the weekend.) My holiday wasn't anything exciting. I helped some new teachers explore and caught up on sleep (finally!). Some of the teachers from Jiaxing also visited Shanghai. The Mid-Autumn festival date celebrates the full moon around the autumn equinox. Chinese generally spend the holiday with their family (think Christmas, sorta). Moon cakes are made or exchanged. Moon cakes are filled with anything from nuts, red bean, and lotus seed paste to eggs and meat. I have more than twenty moon cakes sitting in my apartment at the moment.
Mooncakes from work and friends.
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