China Has Everything? Part II

We went to the Shekou Walmart yesterday. I bet you won't see this weird fruit in the produce section of your local Walmart.

China Has Everything!

Slurpees at 7/11- what more do you need?

Wanda's Kindergarten Class

Here is a photo of Wanda and her class.

School Days

This is post for all my former students at BCS. Here at QSI Shekou, the senior high school students go to school from 8:30am to 4pm. Each student has eight subjects but they only go to half of them on most days. That's four classes Monday and the other four on Tuesday and then the same routine Wednesday and Thursday. The kicker is that each class period is ninety minutes long. That is a long time to be in one class! Friday is the only day they go to all eight classes for 45 minutes each.

Apartment Video

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First Day of School

Here is a picture of a class from my (Roy) first day of school. Actually, it's technically the second day, because all the students did on the first day was get their schedules, books, lockers, etc.

Strange Food

Had a first today- ate camel meat. We went to a Brazilian barbecue restaurant and they brought different roasted meats to our table. Most of it was beef, pork, and chicken, but camel was the unique one. The food was great, but the camel was a bit gamey tasting. Sorry no picture since I forgot my camera.

Reunion

Our friend Maureen just got into town last night, so today we took her out to see Shekou. Maureen worked with us in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia but we haven't seen her in three years, so it's been great catching up.

Maureen is the one waving and saying nee how (hello) to everybody.

Hot Pot

We tried some more Chinese cuisine tonight -this one is called "hot pot". Basically, it's a steaming bowl of broth (one side spicy and one mild) that you dump meat and vegetables into to cook in front of you. When it is finished you pick it out with a spoon or your chopsticks. The restaurant is called the Little Sheep, so of course the meat you see about to cook is lamb. It was very delicious.

We'll Leave the Light On- Oops, wrong chain!

This post is for Wanda's dad since the Super 8 is his favorite hotel chain. This hotel is actually attached to the back of our apartment building. So Dad, come and visit and if you don't like our spare bedroom, you know where to go.

Little Fisheys

We went to lunch with my sister Patti and her daughter DeeDee, and I tried a new dish. This is some kind of small fish (maybe anchovies) deep fried but served as a cold dish. They were slightly spicy and tasty but none of the ladies wanted to eat much after they tried it. Oh well, more for me!

Culture Shock?

So far, what we've seen of Shekou has been positive. There are a lot of foreigners in this city so the locals are used to us and don't stare. Also with Starbucks, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Papa Johns just blocks away, it's hard to feel culture shock. Wanda even went to Ikea yesterday to buy sheets and towels.

The only thing slowing me down is the humidity, but I can't complain to much because our apartment is air conditioned. Still the walk from home to the QSI school leaves me drenched in sweat.

Real Chinese Food

The school administrators took the new staff out for authentic Chinese food Friday night. It was very good but not as different from some "American" Chinese food we've had. The real laugh was that the place was out of rice when we were there-how weird is that? The picture is of Wanda trying out her chopsticks on a pork dish.

In China

We made it into China with no hassles. This is the view of Hong Kong Bay from our bedroom window.

Good Morning Hong Kong

Our flight went well and we arrived early so we have a three hour wait for the ferry to Shekou. Here is a picture of Wanda at the Hong Kong airport.