It is amazing but sometimes funny how quickly things change and time rushes by us. It has been a little while since my last post. The main reason for the gap was due to my inability to read Chinese. For real. Several web pages thought it was funny to load in Chinese and for a while, they were winning. But have no fear, I have been able to switch the characters to English which, big surprise, is much easier for me to read. After several failed attempts, it appears as if I have found a solution and hope it is here to stay.
So if you do not know, I made it to China on August 22 with no trouble. I have enjoying myself and just finished my first week of teaching. In the short time I have been here, I have been able to do so many awesome things, I am loving it. To give you a quick list, I have
-gone to the Olympics (women's handball)
-eaten more Chinese food than I ever had before
-survived and enjoyed my first week as a teacher
-many exciting trips on my bike
-buying food and things for my apartment
Let me explain. First, even though the only ticket I could get was to women’s handball, don’t be fooled. It was crazy and honestly, quite intense. I didn’t know anything about handball—I had never heard of it and didn’t have a clue but wanted to go the Olympics. The best way I can think of to describe handball is a combination of several sports. Take a few things from basketball, football, ultimate frisbee, and soccer and let that cook for 20 minutes at 350 and out comes handball. They dribble as you would in basketball, but only for 2 steps such as in ultimate frisbee, and the goals are similar to soccer but play as if you would in tackle football. I witnessed several take downs, we are talking take the lady to the ground. One takedown had particular style. I like to call it: the clothesline. If you ever have a change to witness handball, go. It is an amazing game and quite entertaining.
I have many other stories, which I could share but will close up shop for today. Thanks for checking my blog!
