Afternoon Delight...

Ha! So this is my first official Chinese Blog, well, i guess it's my first official blog in general. if there's one thing you need to know about me, its that i hate blogging, but maybe ill learn to love it after my year here in China. Oh, and if you're wondering about the title, i just found out that i got the afternoon off from teaching, so don't be thinking anything else. Dirty, dirty people.

Anyway, some of you have already heard a little bit about what i am doing here. I'm teaching English at a Chinese middle school...among other things :) i have an average of 60 students per class, so its a bit overwhelming at times, but i think I'm learning to like it. China has been wonderful so far! You're probably already fed up with my lack of good descriptive words, but mind you, its hard to communicate with anyone here with words that are longer than 2 syllables...so spare me! But this is life for me, at least for the next ten months. i love the town that i am in, and the teachers are my school have been so welcoming and friendly. My roommate is very cool and we get along and live together well. Her name is Abby. She sorta reminds me of my freshman year roommate from APU, but in a hippy sort of way. Similar personalities, but MUCH different interests. Though both great people. There is also a married couple that live in our town and came with our group, but they're from Michigan. Kelly and Gavin McGraw! This is their second year in Hangshi, and they loved it enough to return, so i am hopeful.

This town is relatively close to a few other APU alumni that are also teaching. They live and teach in Wuhan at a high school. Their names are Cory, Ernesto, Jessie, Stasi, and Taylor. (If i give you names now, it will make it easier later :) A wonderful group, though i am sad to say that i will only see them about once a month. Huangshi, where i live, is a much smaller town, and only has about 2.5 million people. still, regardless of where i go, someone knows me as the foreign teacher from school #8. Haha! its weird, I'm telling you! And you thought i was popular before! Wuhan has about 9.5 million, so it's just a bit bigger...but they have WAY more imported food, so its a good place to shop. But honestly, i think Huangshi is a better fit for me...even if i can't get peanut butter here. Which btw, I'm addicted to now!! Ill explain later!

Ok, so i think that's good for my first entry. Maybe in the future i won't direct it to a crowd (especially since less than a crowd will be reading this), but keep in mind i rerely have any idea what i'm doing. Alright, bye for now!

Also...last thing, real quick...i am 15 hours ahead of you west coast folk, so when i get my computer remember that so we can skype. my skype name is becca.pilgrim. i know, real creative, but at least its easy.