Fall

So fall has arrived and it feels great out. I have a few days off next week because its the mid autumn festival or moon festival..its been happening all month...lots of mooncake treats...a mooncake is a pastry...it can have .meat..sweets...nuts ...pastes...dried fruit...etc...the job gave us a coupon for haagen daaz moonxake box..it was rather delish.
Mooncakes are to be eaten and given to family and friends when celebrating mid autumn festival...google it ..its cool

Grocery shopping

First off let me just tell you i can only identify the frog, turtle, cat fish and prawns...the other sea creatures ..well i dont know..would you like to fish for your food with out having to go to a lake? Well you can...in Walmart and most grocery stores in china..you can also hand pick your pork beef chickeb and have it cut up whichever way you like...nevermind all the hands that have been touching the meat....dont cringe...its normal here...

Names

Now that I have started my new schedule...I have 9 classes..the children range between the ages of 2-10. My classes have between 3-15 children in them. 15 is the max!

I have many, many names to remember...now most of these names are English names which apparently sound like their Chinese names...or their parents just like the name...I actually like learning their chinese name..1. Because they will respond when I call their name 2. Its cool

ok bear with me as I go through the list:

Qiqi (chi chi)
Dou dou (doedoe)
Helen
Louie
Liang Chen or chen chen
Tiger (he was just visiting)
Yiyi (e e)
Xiao Wei (shou like in shower -way)
Joanna
Xixi(shi shi)
Max
Anna
Tina
Astro
Kitty
Candy x2
Linda
Mike
Eric
Anan (uh uh)
Yi chen
Sherlock
Alan
Thomas
Nan nan
Eason x2
Sissi
Le le (lulu like in lullaby)
Yuan yuan (ren ren sorta) it means circle
David
Dong dong
Shaina
Jerry
Barbie
Beverly
Beita (beta)
Vi vi
Apple


Ok my memory is fading... There are lots more!! I love it

Doctor, doctor!

I went to the doctor today...i entered what looked to be registration and admission and saw tons of people waiting. They must have been the ones who were running from up the street. I knewI was just supposed to go to the 8th floor...which when I got to the elevators...the attendant walked me to the correct set of elevators... Yes elevator attendant to control the crowds of people and one to push the elevator buttons inside...so i enter and the sign in is easy and quick...the nurse takes your vitals and afterwhile the doctor sees you...of course if you need xrays that is done but it takes a while to wait for results...the doctor then sends you on your way to the cashier and pharmacy..you get your meds right there and pay if you have to. There is this machine which slides your insurance card and tells you right away whats covered and whats not ...with your visit. Its a smooth process. The worse part is waiting for the elevators and doctors.


China always amazes me..their record keeping here is very old fashioned in some places. Most of it is on paper in notebooks and carbon paper is used a lot for their forms...especially in banks whereas we're used to the computers . The people here still use bank books..im sure some of our banks use that too, but we rely on online banking more..very interesting!!!

Bu yao!!

So the girls and I went to qipu lu literally sounds like cheapu...ive gone before and it was okay but this time... It was bananas!! A group of foreigners means non-stop following ... You always hear "lady ..do you want copy? Handbag? Watch? Copy clothes? We have polo ..we have louis ...we have big clothes ..."
The phrase that pays bu yao! No!!! Does it always work..?? No!! Some still follow and offer to take you around and some talk and want to know all about you!!! It's a pretty exhilarating experience....and its great when they leave you alone after saying bu yao!!

Crotchless

So earlier in my posts, I tried explaining the crotchless pants that babies wear. I was able to take a pic. There's one of the child using the bathroom. Here the grandmother is holding him. Other times in china you may see the child just squat. It really does make perfect sense and teaches potty training early.. Except it can be awkard for us to see a child using the bathroom...anywhere

I am used to seeing this now...my only question is how did she know the baby had to use the bathroom??

Random

No name lol