Celebrities
July 8, 2015
By Taylor
Last night (Tuesday night) we went to People’s Square with
one of dad’s co-workers (Ning) and his family. I was excited because Ning has a
twelve-year-old son whose English name is Teddy. At People’s Square, there were
tons of people dancing. It was strange because they weren’t shy and they
weren’t young and they were all doing the exact same dance moves and they all
seemed to know what they were doing even though it wasn’t a performance or
anything. There was about 70% women dancing – and when I say tons I mean more
than a hundred. We watched a fascinating fountain light show and played with
some glow-in-the-dark toys Teddy’s family brought that were really fun.
People dancing at People’s Square
Today (Wednesday), Teddy’s mom, Dan, picked us up at about 1
p.m. and drove us along the Binhae Road which is right by the ocean. She had to
borrow a car from her work to do it. All of Teddy’s family has been extremely
nice to us this whole trip. The views on Binhae Road were amazing.
One of the viewpoints along Binhae road. It looked better
when we were there.
The picture is hazy because there is so much air pollution.
When we got out to take pictures of the view though, lots of
people wanted to take pictures of us. One stop was a neat park with lots of
displays about Confucius teachings. There, lots of people wanted to take
Christian’s picture but he was in a bad mood. They tried grabbing him out of my
mom’s arms but Christian cried and cried. So instead, they took pictures with
Sarah Ann, Rachel, and me.
Us with a bunch of people we’d never met before who wanted
to be in a picture
with us. My mom took a picture too because she thought it
was funny.
After our drive, we went to the beach. We were all really
excited because we wanted to swim. When we got there, I discovered that beach
wasn’t what I expected. It was rocks instead of sand and there were lots of
cigarette butts and bottle caps floating around in the water. I thought the
water was cold but Christian loved the beach anyway. More people took our
picture there.
Swimming at the beach
That night, we went to dinner with Teddy’s family. At the
restaurant, there were fish in tanks and you could choose what fish you wanted
and they would cook it for you. We didn’t eat any fish though. At dinner, there
was a spinny thing in the middle of the table. They put tons of dishes in the
center and then as it spun around you could stick your chopsticks (which had
been in your mouth) into the dish and put what you wanted on your own little
place. There was lots of different food but it was all scrumptious. The waiter
also had his picture taken with us.
Here we are eating dinner with Teddy’s family
After dinner, I taught Teddy how to play Skip-bo and he
taught us how to play a Chinese card game. Meanwhile, Christian was feeding the
big goldfish that were swimming in a little lake in the middle of the
restaurant. They gave him a glove for his hand so he could try to catch the
fish. We were all amused but we were happy he didn’t catch a fish because we
weren’t sure what he was supposed to do with one if he caught it.
Sarah Ann loves having her picture taken all the time.
Christian hates it. I find it kind of strange to have random strangers always wanting
to take their picture with me. We’re just regular kids – but here people act
like we’re celebrities.
Another great post. Some of the things you describe remind me of our trip to China. We went to a restaurant where they had a big round , sectioned plate in the middle. We would each turn it to the food we wanted and then put some food on our own plate. BUT I think some of us used forks rather than chopsticks. I would starve to death if I had to depend on my chopstick skills to get food!
ReplyDeleteIt is so cool that you found another kid your age to hang out with. Does he speak any English? Do they learn it in school? I was talking with a young woman from Vietnam and she told me that they start learning to speak and read English when they are in the primary grades.
ReplyDeleteYou're not supposed to actually put your chopsticks into your mouth. They're meant to bring the food to your mouth. Otherwise, it would be gross ;) Aunt Cassy
ReplyDeletewhat motivates them to dance like that?
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