Our Chinese Fashion Show

So all of you who were not already aware, Keegan, Raychel, and I were in an Asian Fashion show tonight. Every year all the schools from the Xiaolan area get together and have a Fashion Show that everyone comes to see. Random I know. This year our school asked the three of us to be in it with them. They took us to go find Chinese dresses and then we've had practices on how to walk/dance all week. The Chinese put us to shame on the runway. They are just naturally beautiful and graceful, they hardly even needed practice. All of the school had to perform numbers that had the same three themes: Work, play, and elegance. We got to be in the elegance part of it which was so fun. So this evening we did our makeup then some Chinese lady did my hair. The greatest part about it was the chopsticks holding the bun up :) We were one of the first schools to perform which was good because the show ended up being hours long. The three of us were soooo nervous before we got on stage but right when we walked on everyone went nuts!! There was tons of whistling and cheering (probably from our other four girls in the audience but we like to pretend it was everyone). It was hard not to laugh on stage at the craziness of me modeling a dress in China. What are the odds...It was a great night. It was such a neat experience that I am so glad I got to have.

Little Lucas

So I have to tell you the story that happened today in class. The kids have been really good this week mostly because we started a "Three strikes and you go to the Chinese teacher" rule. The Chinese teachers are pretty brutal so all of the kids try to avoid that as much as possible. Anyway, today in one of classes there is this little boy named Lucas. He is adoreable. He has glasses and knows almost perfect English. You forget you're teaching a six year old how to speak. Today he walked in and said "Teacher Mandy sick". I've been sick for the last couple days but I haven't ever said anything so I'm not sure how he knew that. He probably saw me coughing, he's a very smart kid. Anyway when I replied that I was sick he came over and sat his chair next to mine and said "I will take care of you". He perceded to hold my hand and warm it up with his own hand. The whole time just mumbling "You are so cold I will warm you". When he was done warming up my hand, and I had to get up to teach the rest of my lesson, he put his arms around me, said "I love you", and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Way to become the teacher's pet! Pretty much made me never want to yell at him again... he knows how to work the system :)