Sunday Teaching & Activities
Got up this morning for Guzhen teaching. I taught two classes to little kids. It was fun. They actually pay attention and try. Amazing. I played around with some of them during the break. Picking them up and throwing them. They love it.
Got done about 1030am and then we hopped a cab and Toby and I headed to English Corner while Suzannah headed home. I chatted with a couple adults and children. One of the adults name was "Swallow"...as in the bird. She told me...and of course...I was thinking of something else.
I played some Sidewalk Ping Pong...ping pong without a table on the sidewalk...with this little kid. His English was pretty good. I was also doing some Shorinji Kempo Techniques with him. That drew a crowd. He asked if I liked Basketball, I said no...its stupid. I then asked him if he liked gung fu and he said yes. I asked, "Do you practice?" He said, "No". I proceeded to teach him a lesson on why he should practice. I whooped his ass. That's right. There is nothing that makes you feel better than beating up on little people.
From there, Sean and I headed to the Wooden Chair for lunch. Some nice eggs & tomato and rice. With some green Veggies. We were chatting. He mentioned that he went with Suzannah on Friday to a place to eat. In this area, they saw people doing Gung Fu and Lion Dancing. So, instinctively I got excited. Apparently this place is by Viasystems, the place where Moses and I interviewed and where Suzannah is teaching. WTF! Why didnt she tell me before. She knew I was looking for gung fu. I mean...I complain about it everyday. More to talk about this in a few moments. but read on for now.
Sean and I went to this trendy clothes shop after lunch. On the way there we were walking by another clothes store and we caught this 3-5 year boy looking under the skirt of a child mannequin. We laughed our asses off! "Good practice, boy! Good practice! That will come in handy! Thats the way to go!" Ha ha.
We got to the trendy shop. The shirts were highlarious. I wanted to buy them all. But tooo expensive. They had some bizarre things. I bought a green sweat shirt with a front zipper. It has the adidas stripes on the arms. But it has the Campbell Soup can on the left pocket area saying something about trying to search for food. Makes no sense. I needed it.
Then Sean headed home and I headed home. I had to relax a bit before going to my new 300PM Kindergarten class with that adorable 4 year old I met at English Corner last week. Her name is Daisy and she is a genious. So, i got to the school around 250PM. I stopped by the Xiaolan Office to say hi and get Lynn who was gonna help me. Tony was there harrassing Selena. I need to write a lone journal article on Tony. He totally deserves one of his own. He is messed up.
I started the class. Right off I was irritated because the kids in the class were from 4 years old - 7 years old. You have a girl that is just starting kindergarten, a kid who is in it, and a kid who is too old for it. First off, the games that work with the younger kids doesnt work with the older ones. Luckily though, there were only 3 kids. And the one that was 5 years old was being a spaz and his mom took him out to discipline him. So it was just me, Daisy, and Jay (the 7 year old). I expected Jay to know everything which he did, however, Daisy knew just about the same. I was totally impressed. I introduced new material to her and she learned it like that. And she did it with an adorable cuteness. I want to steal her and take her home with me.
After class ended I took Lynn to this little sports shop that I discovered two nights before on the way home from the Ritz Resturant. This place had the Lion Heads and equipment. So, I had Lynn ask about it. And the lady gave me the card of the teacher and they are the ones that Sean and Suzannah saw out by Viasystems. 150 Kwai/month. Damn! I am going to check it out Monday evening. I sure hope this is good. I really hope. I am excited. I may get to learn Lion Dancing. I have always loved it. Soooooo cool.
After that, Lynn and I met up with Selena because she needed an excuse to escape Tony's harrassment. They went shopping and I went to the Shengya DVD shop to look for the Monkey King DVDs. I asked in Putongwah, "Ma la wong dai Er" (Monkey King II). Unfortunately they didnt understand my Putongwah like the other store did (but didnt have it). Since I didnt know the Cantonese of the character, I had to perform the Monkey King Stance in the DVD shop. They laughed at me, but they knew what I was talking about. Thats all that counts right? So I picked up the DVDs and headed home.
I am now at home about to get ready to go out to dinner with my schoolteachers. One of them gave birth to a boy last week and we are going to celebrate. And coincidentally, Peter's Headmaster of his school, well, his wife gave birth to a boy last week as well. And we are all going to the same resturant for dinner. I wonder if its the same couple. ;-)
I need to hop in the shower real quickly. Add more later.
Well, I am back and getting ready for bed. I thought I may just finish this entry up. Coco came to pick me up on her scooter while I was rushing to get ready...i was ironing my shirt. I wore a nice shirt since this is a special occasion. We got there and the food...was just superb. So much stuff. It irks me to no end that the chinese constantly eat, constantly eat fatty and sugarry foods, waste so much, and are soooo damn skinny! Aiya. It makes you made. Well, in a couple of generations the asian fatless gene may lose potency and die out and they will turn into Americans! MWHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH A HA HA HAH AH AH HA HA!!!! 60% of your population will be obese!!!! JUST WAIT!!! AAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA HAH AH AH HA!!!!
The new parents were stopping by and toasting each at each table. The dad was drinking bei-ju (sake * 100) and the mom was drinking water. The dad's face was totally red and he was totally blitzed. The party ended when half of Xiaolan blacked-out. Yeah, Half the city lost power. I dont know how. I mean, jeez. You think it was an air-raid or something. It would be like in that movie, "1941" where there are Zoot Suit Riots outside the USO show and everyone has to aid in the taking out of lights in downtown L.A. because they have mistaken two US Warplanes as Japanese Zeros. That scene ruled. So Coco took me home.
I got back and Moses and Amy were watching "The Clearing". Talk about a crappy movie. The end sucked so badly. Thankfully I only watched 30 minnutes of it. I then popped in my Monkey King movies. Talk about totally awesome and totally messed up. Its to long to explain, but it involves Stephen Chow (star of Shaolin Soccer) as the Monkey King, he time travels, and lies to the women he loves. Very funny very bizarre.
I was watching it when Peter and some chinese people showed up. They were supposed to be here just for a few moments, but they got sucked into this chinese classic film and stayed the whole way thru. And now I am typing. I am chatting with Deor as well. Well, goodnite all.