This is the gate to the courtyard where we live in the light coloured building. The building to the left is the reception area to our building. If we come in after 10:oo pm we have to wake up the night watchman in the reception area to let us in. The pink building is outside of our courtyard.
Yesterday we attended our BYU Sunday meetings. We meet in a hotel basement just outside the campus wall. There are only a couple of families that live here permanently. There are four couples on the BYU China Teachers program. There were about 70 people there. Many are students on the BYU student program and will be here for three months. Some are on a program from the US called the Flag Program. There was a group of girls who are teaching at an elementary school a couple of hours away and they were able to get here.Today was my second class of History and Culture of the British Isles. I managed to get to my classroom with no problem. One of the boys suggested that history is boring and we needed more culture such as football (soccer) and music. I guess I will learn something about soccer.
When I left my class and tried to get to the bus I got totally lost. I wandered around the building and couldn't find my way and finally I went outside and walked around the building. It was pretty stressful, but I finally found the bus just in time for it to leave.
Today it was 29 degrees celsius, but the humidity is very high and it seems like you are in a steam bath when you go out. By the time I got home I was feeling sick, tired and hot, so I went to bed and after a few hours I felt fine again.
I am now on vacation for two weeks. Next Monday is the Moon Celebration and classes are cancelled. I only have one class until the first years finish their military training and I won't know for a while which classes I will have when they get back to regular classes.
I don't know what the Moon Celebration is about although they are selling moon cakes in the stores now.
6 comments:
I think your students just want some pop culture. :) I think you should take in some British food for them to try. I am not sure what that would be. Maybe tea and crumpets? I am not sure how big your class is, but I am sure they would have fun with that. Or maybe assign them homework to make tea and crumpets. But those moon cakes sound good. I am sure they are nothing like the cakes here though, but maybe I would be surprised.
I was looking on the internet about crumpets, because I wasn't sure if it was a real food or not. But I found a really neat website that talks all about British culture. I am not sure if it would be any help to you, but I found it fascinating. http://projectbritain.com/
I'm sure Jeremy could show you his take on the "moon" celebration.
And Amber, you can buy crumpets at the grocery store in Canada.
Yes, Edward. Jeremy already told me what he was going for the Moon Festival.
granny one time I heard a story about moon cakes. Something about a war and they passed secret messages in the moon cakes and the Chinese one the war because of it. That might just be a story though.
Courtney
I'd like to post my moon cake on this site for Ed, but I can't post a picture.
JB
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