Spas, Dancing, Hiking and More Teaching

Me with one of my students, Billy! 

Hey everyone, sorry the post is a little late, things have been fun and crazy over here! Teaching is actually going a lot better for me. This week, I'm doing arts and crafts for the kids, which has been so much; we've done paper dinosaurs, pom-pom mice, and paper jack-o-lanterns. I like being with the kids and they're so fun when they're actually paying attention.

We went to a spa where I got this awesome massage. It felt good, and at the same time it was kind of painful. It felt good because massages always feel good, but getting the knots and tense muscles worked out was painful. Overall, though it was a nice experience. I'll have to go to spas more often when I get back to the U.S. It's a little hard to do it here since I can't really communicate with the attendants.

I discovered the coolest thing last week. So every night, a large group of people gather in this park area and basically do Zumba. The music is more Chinese and Indian, as are the dances, so the dances are way fun and remind me of Bollywood. It's so cool and there are all types of people there: men and women, older and younger.  I plan on going there often.

Big Pagoda! 

So today all the teachers went hiking around these mountains by Zhongshan. We did it to celebrate the holiday Women's Day. So the teachers, including us foreign teachers, got to go hiking then out to eat at a restaurant. I got some gorgeous pictures of the mountains and of this really cool pagoda that's at the top. It was a great day filled with beautiful scenery, fun people, and good food. It's moments like these that make me really happy I came to China.

Anyway, tomorrow the ILP teachers in Zhongshan are gathering together for lunch and we're performing for each other. My group is singing and dancing to a mash-up of songs, which should be fun. Then we're leaving for our first vacation!! We're going to Zhangjiajie, the mountains that were used in the movie Avatar. I'm super excited, even though we're taking a fifteen-hour bus ride. Well, that's all I've got. Until later!