We have been to the tailor's shop and Bob had a suit made. I had a couple of pair of pants and a shirt made. Great to have clothes that fit.
Last week when the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, came out Bob went out and found a DVD of it. Supposedly it was both in English and Chinese. Well it turned out it was in Chinese with English subtitles. The subtitles contained English words, but they made no sense at all. I gave up watching after ten minutes, but Bob continued to watch the whole movie. At least he can say he watched it and heard it. I guess you don't have to understand the words in a Bond movie.
We went out to eat three times this week. The co-0rdinators of the China Teacher program from the Kennedy center at BYU came to visit. They took us out tonight, the wieban (head of the foreign teachers at Nanjing U.) took us out Wednesday. We went out with our neighbours Monday.
They have been turning the heat on at night in our apartment building. It has been quite cool here. They don't heat the classrooms so the students and teachers all wear coats during the classes. A boy in my class on Thursday was wearing a big wide headband and a scarf around his neck and chin and I told him I couldn't even see who he was and he replied that he had a cold. Actually there seemed to be a few students coughing and sniffing during the classes.
Just a note on why I knew about Nickelback. The group was formed in Hanna, Alberta and my brother lives in Hanna. The house where two of the members were raised is one of the must see sights on a tour of Hanna.
Next Thursday we are off to Beijing for the week-end, so this may be our last post for a while.
4 comments:
Bob suit looks very nice. Are the clothing prices much different than around here/Canada? Is the fabric there any better than around here/Canada? And I think I would complain if my classroom was so cold I had to wear a coat. But then I would rather it be a little colder than hotter. You can always add clothing, but you can only take off so much. :)
How come the year is only 1008É
-Courtney
Good eye, Courtney. It is my computer's fault. Just like your E with the diacritical mark.
at least you were able to fix the 1.
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