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Hola Amigo's and Happy Halloween!,
We have just held a party for Halloween at school and I was entrusted with aiding Balloon Tag for 50 young children, whilst the parents watched. All the children enjoyed the festivities, and the principal handed out sweets for them to have.. All was great, until my 5 year old Primary class arrived and I had to break up a fist fight between two boys as they were crying and screaming at each other for bursting each others balloons. For little kids, they could really punch!
SPA: We decided to not go out for a few weekends, to rest ourselves! Instead, we decided to go to a 24 hour sauna / spa which is the biggest in the world (says Guiness Book of Records). Our 20 pounds paid for us to have unlimited access to the many spa pools, as well as the grottos and indoor lagoons. We tried many of the thermal spas which were indoor and outdoor after having an all you can eat buffet.... pure luxury!!! This place was so extravagent.. you are given pyjamas to walk around in all day - when you are not wearing your swimming costume. In England this luxuriousness would have cost mega bucks, ....and they had every beauty product available for us to use!! As it was getting late, spa members are allowed to go and sleep upstairs in a communal room with large reclining armchairs which have private televisions attached. I slept soundly, although my friend Jin complained of snoring in the bed next to her! :( (this was not me, i hasten to add). hehe.
I keep treating myself, and just yesterday I had a hair cut (every hair cut in China comes with a head massage and shoulder massage). They worked on my hair for 2 hours, and I had a wash, blow dry etc... I thought "oooh, this is going to be expensive" .. it cost 3 pounds!!!
Also yesterday we all went to another all you can eat place.. called Golden Jaguar - which was also All you can drink!!! emense!! The food was the best food I have tasted in China, and the deserts were incredible... unlimited Haagen Daaz and there were cheese cakes, tiramisu, donughouts and a chocolate fountain!!! Aaaaw.. i was in heaven!!!
DANCE CLASS: I have recently joined the nearest gym with a couple of my friends.. we managed to get a group discount. Its a pretty good one, and has a pool along with many extra dance / yoga classes that you can join. So the first day of my new membership I decided to try out Belly Dance and Folk Dance. Both seemed to be advanced classes, and the other members had obviously been going for a while, as they all knew all the dances.. hehe. I enjoyed following at the back, trying to keep up! Folk Dance was also very interesting, as naiively I imagined English Folk Dance, with a maypole etc etc.. I had obviously forgotten that I now live in China, and it was of course - Chinese Folk Dance... which is very different!!! Most of the women came prepared with props - such as fans, handkercheifs and long flowing sleeves. I enjoyed following with this class as well, much to the amusement of my friend Jin who decided to just watch me! hahaha
BUSES: The bus to school every day is always an experience. There is clearly no suspension as the bus rocks up and down, knocking standing passengers into other passengers innocently sat down. This often happens to me, and I find it rather hilarious as it always seems to happen that I fall in the lap of someone who has been staring at me with contempt the entire journey! lol. Karma..
The bus drivers are also just as crazy as the taxi drivers.. they always seem to enjoy closing the doors as I am trying to get off.. and I often have to bang on the door to be let off. I don't bother shouting, they wouldn't understand me anyway!!! lol.
SUMMER PALACE: Today Me and Katie went to explore the famous Summer Palace, the emporer's summer holiday home.. when they decided that it was too hot to live in the Forbidden City! It is surrounded completely by a lake, and is soo gorgeous.. or piou liang (beautiful in Chinese). Speaking of Chinese, I managed to have 2 very long conversations all in Chinese today!! I was so proud of myself.. I got talking to a family of travellers from Xi'an and they asked me a few questions, which I understood and then answered! Hopefully will be fluent soon! lol... very unlikely.. but a girl's gotta believe she can do it! ha
Love to everyone,
Hope you are all well.. and can't wait to see you all in July!!
Mwah Mwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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