Last night the foreign teachers were invited to a banquet by the Chongqing Department of Foreign Affairs. Turns out dinner was buffet style, and it was like going to the Mandarin but not having any tables to sit at. It was the most non-Chinese people I’d seen in Chongqing. At one point a trade commissioner from the Canadian consulate introduced himself, and in typically Canadian fashion was telling me and Jesse that there is an ice rink on the 6th floor of some building downtown where we can rent skates and hockey sticks. He said he was from Saskatchewan and looked to be about 6’5”, and also considering I don’t play hockey, so I’m not sure if I’ll be going to this ice rink anytime soon.
On a different note, the ladies who come to clean my room always seem to get a good laugh at my expense. Foreigners are still are a great source of amusement for people in this area of China. I am very good at hearing when someone is asking me if I understood （ε¬ζδΊε）, unfortunately at this point I don’t actually understand much more than that. I did understand that the cleaning ladies wanted me to open the windows of my room, which I’m not a huge fan of doing since there are no screens on windows anywhere… I’ve been told that mosquitoes survive year long here.
2 comments:
Hi David,
Maybe you can practice Circle Walking on the the ice. That would get some attention!!
Hope you are making friends there and enjoying the real cultural learning to which you are subject.
Eric
Walking around in circles gets enough attention no matter where I practice. I can't imagine what a nut they'd think I am if I start doing it on ice.
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