We were off of school last because of two holidays, Mid-Autumn Festival (the one with the moon cakes) and National Day. We weren't able to travel because all of the train tickets were sold out. Instead, Paul and Erin came to spend a few days with us in Huangshi. We also got to hang out with some of our Chinese friends during this time. It ended up being a lot of fun, even though we stayed in Huangshi!
We made yummy Fall treats with pumpkin! Pumpkin muffins that Dawn decorated!
Pumpkin Pancakes with homemade cinnamon syrup.
We had brownie party at our place with Wu Xia and her friends! Our friend Wu Xia loves sweets, especially chocolate. Her and her friends wanted to learn how to make an American dessert, so they came over and we made brownies together. So fun!
There was also some acupuncture involved. Our friend Dawn went to massage therapy school. She learned acupuncture there and decided that Paul needed to experience it. She came over to our apartment with all her equipment and set up shop.
Dawn trying it out on her self first to show us she knew what she was doing. haha
Paul getting ready!
It was only suppose to be Paul, but what do you know we all ended up trying it. It was like a version of Fear Factor and no one wanted to be the wimp! haha Lesley went next, then me, and lastly Erin.
My turn...got to love the look of apprehension on my face. Dawn tried to put the needle in the pressure point on my hand between my thumb and forefinger, as she was doing it she just kept laughing. I was so confused and thought my skin was too tough or something. It turns out I don't have enough muscle in my hand, so the needle wouldn't stand up straight. It was my left hand, just saying.
On to Plan B! Dawn decided my arm would work better, so she stuck the needle in the pressure point above my elbow. You can see it in the picture below. It is the little white line sticking up out of my arm.
It didn't hurt to put the needle in my arm at all. I am usually pretty good with needles and don't get freaked out. However, after Dawn put it in she twisted it around or as I say in the video "the twistee part". The video below shows my reaction!
Later that night we headed to KTV with Brad, Dana, the baby, Paul and Erin and some of our students. Chinese people just plain love KTV (karoke)!
(Brad and Dana are two of our new team members. They teach at No. 3 high school and have an adorable baby girl!)
Dawn and I
The group! Sandy, Hatty Lee, Dawn, Jolene, Erin, Paul, Lesley, and Brad
Dana and Liela, sporting a cute outfit for a night out on the town!
Hatty Lee (the girl on the right) was my student last year. She moved to san zhong (No. 3 high school) in the middle of the school year last year and became Erin's student. This year she is Brad's student. She has had so many foreign teachers! haha She came to KTV with us and brought her cousin Sandy with her.
We also got to climb a mountain and play badminton at the top of the mountain with an English teacher from our school. It was so fun! I didn't have time to upload the pictures. I will try to next week, but if you want to check it out you can look at Lesley's blog.
That's all for now. Headed on an spur of the moment trip to Guangzhou today to see our friends Crista and Dan from Louisiana!!!!! I can't wait! Be back on Wednesday.
