Hello Family and Friends,
Maria phoned last night and wondered if everything was OK since I had not posted anything all week.
It was a surprise that the week had sped by so quickly. It was a great week. Don and I discovered that we will
enjoy our teaching experience and the company of our students. Each class has been taught once now and now we
can finally feel the routine of our life here. It is already feeling like our home away from home. I even told someone the
other day where the post office was. Annie would be impressed how I can hook up my computer, bring down the projector
and even use the clicker. Wow!
Students are all serious and eager with many of the happy, exuberant qualities that most young adults have. The boys come to school
very casually dressed, probably because it is still hot, but not as hot as last week. They wear shorts and flip flops. The girls can often be seen walking with umbrellas to stay in the shade. They are used like parasols. The fashion for them includes the most feminine, fluffy chiffon dresses. Also, I think large eye glasses must be coming back into style.
There is an unbelievable rush of bikes at 8 AM and the evenings are calm and quiet like a perfect summer's night at home. Many people have an evening walk and it is fun to see a group of women having an outside folk dance class. Whenever you walk past one of the teaching buildings, which are very open to the breeze, you see students sitting and reading in the empty rooms. This is because the dorms usually do not have desks for them and they do their work in the classrooms, after hours.
We have ventured out with the 2 other BYU China Teaching couples. Ann and Paul Brooks have made sure that we are learning to use the buses and the Metro.
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