Thursday it rained all day, but there was no pathetic fallacy.
Got to work late because the weather slowed traffic, but it slowed Simon and A Guang's traffic too, so I was still the first one there. (I don't have a key, but eating my convenience store breakfast can be easily eaten in the hallway.) There's a woman named Rose, who is the first person I contacted from the organization when I wanted to know about internships, and who works in the Beijing office. She's done the camps before and will be coming down for ours. Anyway, she called today to discuss what events from last year's camps we are keeping, and Simon put her on speaker. And I understood enough to know the gist of almost everything that was discussed. I was so proud. I also spoke to her for a bit myself - almost every single one of my conversations here switches languages at least once.
Anyway, Simon and I then had a good discussion of what needed to happen in the planning of the camps and some new ideas I have for activities. I'm now on a very determined search for cheap single-use cameras that can either be purchased in Shanghai or sent here...I want to give the kiddos cameras and develop their pictures on the last day, but have no idea if that is a realistic idea here. Also trying to see how Memory Books could fit in. Also trying to find an activity to balance our all the drawing and painting that is planned...I'm sympathetic to people who don't want to draw and paint. Anyway, on a role now.
Caught an earlier bus home than usual, and it was half-empty! Since getting home, I've been working on recovering my music, which was lost thanks to a feud between myself and iTunes. Luckily, I just did this a month ago, and I can do it while loading and watching Youtube video clips of the Tony's. (The first 45 seconds of the opening performance by the cast of the revival of A Chorus Line were enough to put me on a musical-theater high.) Also doing a lot of web and book research on places to go and things to see in preparation for the weekend.
Oh! Almost forgot! Had duck organ soup for lunch. No idea which organs. It was really quite good.
(Also, now receiving email notification of your comments, in case you were curious. Figuring out how to switch my language from Chinese to English has opened up my eyes to all sorts of new possibilities.)
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5 comments:
Interesting...when a glass is half empty, you're a pessimist; when a bus is half empty, you're an optimist.
I love your entry titles; I'm sure Raffi would be proud.
It's great that your language skills are serving you well, and getting better each day. We'll be looking forward to hearing about your weekend plans.
Duck organs...hmmmm. Not so sure about that. Anyhow, please do not EVER blog about having c-a-t for lunch!
I think the camera idea is great - and would be a big hit with the campers!
Love your title. So will you be learning to make duck organ soup for when you come home?
You should be proud to be understanding and speaking so much.
Cameras are a great idea, and no doubt a welcome change for non-drawers like us.
Felt almost like the old days at the New Breath benefit--many new faces & voices, but a number of the same old gang and some of the same old songs. "I'd rather have a a yacht."
You must have seen JASON in the Chorus Line number! Remember when I made us wait in the freezing weather for him and then sounded like a total idiot when we talked to him? Awesome.
what a great title... poor shirley temple.
TONYS!!!!!! (so late on this i know but still <3)
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