Well, my last post reveals that it has actually been 2 months since I wrote a blog post. The reason for this long lapse is not that nothing interesting has happened recently (quite the opposite in fact), not that I haven't had time to write blog posts (I have), but that I've fallen out of the habit of doing so. So, one of my new years resolutions is to try to update this blog at least twice a week. Just about every day I think of something interesting, and often I think "gosh, this would be a great blog post" and then I get home and it's time for tennis and then I run to the gym and then to dinner and I get home and decide to turn on the movie channel and Jurassic Park is playing (like it does several times a week I'm sure, given how often I've seen it randomly flicking on the TV) and Dr. Malcolm is saying, "That's an impact tremor" and then a T-Rex bursts out of the foliage and of course I'm hooked and then I fall asleep after studying some chinese characters for a few minutes once the movie ends. Well, my plan is to add writing about my interesting 3:00 pm idea before studying the characters (or perhaps instead of watching Jurassic Park for the 20th time this year, but probably not, or maybe doing both at the same time!) and even if its just a couple sentences I think it'll help me reflect on my time here and hopefully entertain whoever bothers to read this blog.
New Years Eve/Day:
On new years eve I went out with a few chinese friends to eat roast rabbit and fish, both of which were delicious. Then, we went to the grocery store to search for a bottle of whiskey to drink for new years, and our disappointment at not finding one quickly changed to excitement at finding a bottle of brandy for 25 yuan (!!!) which we purchased and drank while singing KTV (Karaoke) with a group of other teachers. Matt and I went to the roof of our apartment building to watch some fireworks and I came home and left tipsy phone messages on my mom, dad, and sister's cell phones. I woke up this morning and embarked on a quest for a hamburger in Chengdu. Success ensued, and now I'm back home downloading the movie 2012 which I can finally watch without it spoiling the rest of the year for me. My other new years resolutions include:
dunk a basketball (before Willie does--I think we bet something on this but I forget what)
independently study chinese for at least 3 hours each week
lesson plan at least one day ahead, and have a quiz each week to make sure that students remember what they learned last week
Happy 2012 from China,
Luke
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