This past week has been pretty busy since I had been gone from Shanghai and school work for an entire 10 days, but it was still great! On Wednesday, I helped teach English at a migrant school in Shanghai. I had 1st graders so they were absolutely the most adorable things I have ever seen before in my life. They don't really speak much English so we taught them the alphabet and how to say things like "I like bananas". Actually I didn't really do much teaching because my partner is practically fluent in Chinese. So I let him be Pat Sajack and I am Vanna White, aka I smile and point a lot. Some are concerned that if I speak English to them no other English speakers will be able to understand them because of my more southern pronunciations of words. I just think that everyone would think they were cooler.
When Thursday finally rolled around, I was super excited to go out. We had a nice turn table (aka Lazy Susan) dinner and then went to G+, yet again, for the 5 drinks for 50RMB deal. It was pretty fun, but I think we are not going to go back again for awhile.
Friday we went shopping. It was pretty successful for me. I got a new skirt (hot pink!), 2 dresses, and a belt. I also found a really great dress for my Halloween costume (a sexy clown), but it was 300RMB so I didn't end up getting it. I was super bummed because you don't find obnoxiously bright hot pink and yellow dresses everyday, but I guess it's just on to Plan B (which is a surprise) now. Friday night was all you can eat and drink sushi for 160RMB. We went with a group of 19 people, so it was pretty wild. I tried Saki for the first time!! As well as doing several Saki Bombs, which were my favorite because you put the shot of Saki on chop sticks on top of your glass of beer and then bang on the table until it drops into the beer. It was a little messy, but that always makes things more interesting. Unfortunately, the large amounts of sushi and beer were not so good for me, so I didn't stay out long before heading back home.
Saturday night was more chill. I went with Laura, Mike, and Lucy to get American food. I ate a chili cheese dog, which I pretty much never even eat in the US, but it was really great at the time. We got done eating really early so we went to a nearby bar, Windows Too, that we know has super cheap drinks and hung out. A random Canadian man ended up buying us a round of B52s that were pretty delicious. That night was also the kick off night of Pride Week in Shanghai and so we went to the kick off party at Lounge 18. It was really crowded and expensive, we paid 234RMB for 4 tequila shots, so we didn't stay for long. Just long enough to hear a drag queen sing "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera, which we obviously sang along with. After leaving there, we met up with a few more CIEE kids at Windows Scoreboard. It was pretty chill we just played some beer pong and flip cup while singing along to the 90s music they were playing.
I was pretty exhausted Sunday and mostly just did homework and caught up on TV shows. Today I was still craving some American food, so we once again had Meiguo Mondays at Malones where I had a delicious Hamburger with potato wedges. I think tonight we are going out to hear live jazz music. I am pretty excited because I have never really been to any jazz places before. This one should be a good time!
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