Hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. We had the same and are enjoying a healthy balance of excitement and relaxation. We have been watching a lot of movies as a way to unwind each day and tonight, we even bought 14 pirated movies for a total of US $1!!!
As part of our effort to develop more relationships here in China we decided that, in addition to Thursdays (English Corner) we would go to the college one night a week and just 'hang out' with students. Tonight was the night and it worked out great, as two of Kealy's students invited her and I to come watch one of their intramural basketball games and one of my students invited us to dinner. So I met Kealy at the college after her classes and we watched her two guy students play basketball. They were really happy that we came and we had a great time talking and laughing with the girls that came to watch the boys play. The level of basketball was pretty good as well, about the same as college intramurals in the states. They ref their own games and everyone was pretty fair and they keep score but righting on the concrete with chalk! They came over a half time and they were losing to the freshmen and, after the guys asked us for tips, I asked them if they were worried that they were losing to the freshmen? He replied, "all in good time, Mr. Ryan!" and they came back and won! We also had a good time with Kobe at dinner. He shared with us a poem he had written and his English is very good, so we had a really nice conversation. He told us after dinner that he was 'proud to have eaten with us'!
Here are some fun pics from tonight.
Kealy with the girls at the basketball game.
some of Kealy's students in her classroom
Ryan with the victorious basketball team!
Also, on Sunday, we ordered KFC in Chinese for the first time, before we just pointed and hand motioned like silly foreigners, so it felt good to be able to order 'the real way'. Have a great day and we'll talk to you soon.
Sincerely,
Ryan and Kealy Thorson
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