Rooms on Sunday

(Michael)

Today, my bike and I lost a fight with a truck, I donned a hood reminiscent of Gitmo, got locked in a jail cell, was chained to a ceiling, almost escaped twice, and embarrassed America.

Thrown From the Sauna to the Icebox

(Brandon)

I awoke and stumbled to the bathroom to get ready for school. I emerged, now bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and sat down at the table. Mrs. Ye brings out breakfast. BOOM! It's a massive cheeseburger. Double everything. Lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and patties. Just to provide some backstory, a few nights ago Micky and I had fun cooking dinner together when Mr. And Mrs. Ye were out . Micky had never made a "proper" cheeseburger before, so I took this opportunity to show him. After we successfully engineered two delicious looking burgers, I took a picture of our masterpieces. I ended up showing Mrs. Ye, possibly inspiring her to give burger-making a shot. And man, did she nail it. The bike ride to school was rough but most-needed. 

Misadventures in Domo-Making

(Patty)

This weekend was a good one: Saturday spent exploring the beautiful Xixi wetlands, Sunday spent playing a human version of the game Escape, and so even though we wished our weekend could extend one more day, by Monday morning we were ready to be back in the swing of things. The Bears spent the first half of the day in one of our favorite classes: art. This day, our teacher showed us how to make Domos, famous characters in Japanese culture. Never one with a skill for art, my Do,o resembled, well--nothing. Lets call it abstract art. The rest of the group, however, had much more luck and emerged with finely-made final products.

“Bueller? …Bueller?”

(Veronica)

Today marked my return to the classroom. Yesterday, LV, the head of the English department and the exchange program, invited me to teach his class of sophomores. Given an abridged version of Calvin Worthington’s “My Father’s Hands”, I sat down and prepared for the next day’s lesson.

The Category for Today is “Chances”

(Deanna)

We headed to school at the normal time and I arrived in room 209 (designated room) at around 07:15 and decided to take a nap before having to meet up with everyone at 08:30. Patty came into the room and later Brandon came in. They headed off to go read outside and read before we all had to be outside of the gate at 08:30. I accompanied them after about a 30 minute nap and we all met up with Veronica, Michael and our guide Peter (from our last Hangzhou tour) and headed off to Xixi Wetlands.