A Dried Grape = A Raisin

I had my first day of classes today. It went ok, the first class didn't go too well cause the kids didn't know how to be quiet and listen, and my boss was in there watching me and he wasn't too happy. The second class was the best one, and the other two (I had the same class twice) went pretty well. Hopefully it will get better.

I have this theory that when non-Chinese people walk into stores, some will start playing American music. Dan and I walked into a supermarket in Beijing and noticed pretty soon after we walked in that we heard the words "all I wanna do is find a way back into love" which is lyrics to a song in music and lyrics, so it was completely random, and the next song was Chinese. We also heard Love Story one time, but we were just walking down the street.

Another thing I wanted to say is that you would think, with all the people and stuff, China would make people want to have more children, but it just makes me want to get a puppy (which won't happen, not for at least a year or two) because they have dogs everywhere, and their dogs are soooooo much more behaved than dogs in America. Half of them walk around behind their owners without leashes, and I was going to say that the only time I have heard a dog bark was when they were in the pet store, but that changed today cause there was this dog the size of a kitten that was barking or yapping or something, but it was soooooo cute.

Dan also has a blog, just so you know. It's twolimbs.blogspot.com. It'll have similar things to mine, but he's a guy so it won't have as much detail, so some people might prefer that. Dan's birthday is tomorrow, we're going to Mcdonalds.

I am now doing two after school classes twice a week. I'm starting that tomorrow (and found out about it today) so it should be interesting. I think it pays pretty well, and Dan is teaching little kindergartners on Sundays, so we're staying pretty busy.