Shabu Shabu

I'm officially on break from teaching until 2008! I still have to go to the kindergarten Christmas show tomorrow night (I'm the father in Hansel and Gretel), but I don't even consider that work. It's going to be so freaking cute. I love any chance I can spend with my babies. I honestly just want to take them home with me and spend a day with them. Is that creepy? They crack me up.



After classes ended tonight, my director, Michelle took all the teachers out to eat shabu shabu. Mr. Lee made a brief appearance, shook all the Western teachers' hands and made a speech about how his goal next year is to increase our enrollment to 400 students. Then he did a runner. Michelle bought all the teachers really nice scarves, or as she calls them, "mufflers." It was really sweet because she put a lot of thought into what color to give each teacher, so that the scarves fit everyone perfectly. Mine's a bright blue green color. I already have plans to rock it with some of my favorite t-shirts.

I leave for Hong Kong on Sunday! I think I'm more excited about Beijing. I can't wait!


Half of the group, left to right: Emma, Sienna (with the big orb), Lauren, Michelle (my director), Amy, Christine, and mwah. Michelle was so happy that her head looked "so small" in all the group pictures. A small face is seen as beautiful. Hmmm, Tia where do our giant melon heads fit in?
This is a version of the Japanese food, shabu shabu. We were each given a platter of raw meat that we boiled in a pot of water and then ate in lettuce wraps with rice, crab meat, and amazing sauce.
Once we finished our meat platters, we then added noodles and vegetables to the boiling water. Delicious!