Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Eve & Day... China Style :)

the past few days of the season have been quite the story... christmas eve did not feel remotely close to being a "normal" christmas eve, should have known that already because we are china and things are usually different and far from normal here. haha...

in a nutshell.. on christmas eve day the university wanted us, the foreign teachers, to perform a song that we wrote for the "workers union" (all the teachers and workers of the campus had a huge performance/entertainment show) this was a pretty big show with maybe close to 1,000 workers in the audience.. sorta intense. here's a picture from on of the cha-cha performances with super flashy and vibrant costumes... yea, our performance/attire didn't have quite the same touch unfortunately...














we ended the night by singing a few carols, playing boom shake-a-boom boom, making wishes on a flying light device, and playing with firecrackers with a few friends





























i don't think i've ever recieved so many presents for christmas before... i think that's what you get for being a teacher ;) my students have given me some awesome mitten, a chinese-fashionable scarf, a cactus, a painting, candy, an apple, cards, socks, and a million text messages wishing me the best wishes for christmas.. too sweet. here's a picture of me trying to incorporate as many gifts as i can in a picture. hehe.. and christmas breakfast with the team :)
















chilblains!..ya.. i didn't know what that was until i got it on my toes. :( i guess it's been too cold and the wool socks aren't warm enough. please think of my toes if you can- i also have an ingrown toenail.. sorry if it's too much information- just tryin to be real hehe (if you look closely the right foot/toes are red, swollen, and itchy)















of course you can't end a china christmas day without classic sticky pictures! :)
sheng dan kuai le! (merry christmas!!)

2 comments:

Laura said...

Jodi, oh my goodness. I was just looking at "chilblains" on the internet as I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my fingers. I was thinking, "Jodi must have this!" So crazy.

njc said...

Dang is it really that cold?? Holy cow!