National Day, another meal with restaurant boss lady, the biggest photoshoot yet and late night shuffledance attempts.


So it was National Day.  Nothing much planned.  I knew that if I went to the park I would see something, but chose rather to lie in bed until 7a.m.  Late by chinese standards, but they do all tend to go to bed here by 10.m.
Then suddenly I got a text from Sherrie.  Ever the patriot, like most Chinese people, she was up early and in the park.  Some people had to go to their place of work to parade before the flag.  She did not, but did go to the park.

we had a brief exchenge of text, and agred to meet later.  She said she would also help me retreive my missing parcels!
  After a few hours at home, I decided to go out to play in the park.  It was pretty empty, everyone I suppose  was with family and freinds.  I played a while and had some food and was expecting to return home and sulk.  No such luck.  Restaurant bodss lady invited me to her 'shop' for dinner.  I told her I had eaten, but she told me to come and just not eat.  It was not right that I was alone on National Day.   On the way I heard a shout.  "Mike!" it was Andy.  A great guy who had been so freindly and keen when I arrived in Jiangkou.   I took the opportunity for a selfie.

me and Andy!  On the way to the restaurant I met Andy.  Andy is a keen English learner and offered much help when I first arrived.  He was going to play basketball.
I soon arrived at the restaurant.  Food was lovley as usual and I even manged a bit of conversation in a mixture of Chinese, local dialect, chinglish and wronglish.  After the meal finsished it was photo time.  Results below:
opposite me at the table
Me and a year one student and her mum.
me and an unknown guy
Me and lots of people
Me and a year one student, her mum, a man and restaurant boss lady
Me and a year one pupil's dad
me and a year one pupil and her dad
me and someone and restaurant boss lady.
me and someone's child and restaurant boss lady's sister
me and someone's child
Me and restaurant boss lady's (perhaps) older sister.  Older sister and younger sister can also be terms of older and younger female freinds. 
selfie time: me and restrautant boss lady (left) and her younger sister. (Pretty sure about this!)
as above, but no selfie in progress, me and restrautant boss lady (left) and her younger sister. (Pretty sure about this!)
Me and lost of people

Me and , well lots of people.
Me and restaurant boss lady's (perhaps) older sister.  Older sister and younger sister can also be terms of older and younger female freinds.  Apologies that the  pose looks slightly like a mariage photo! but her hand looked out of place hanging over the chair so I took hold of it!


Me at the restaurant with a year one student and her mother
Well, as if that wasn't all enough, I later met with Sherrie sna her husband Star.  Their task to retrieve my packages.  They wer stars (pardon the pun).  One of th epaskages was on the far side of town.  Sherrie dispatched her husband on his bike to go and collect it!  She then discovered that I had not yet eaten and took me to a restaurant and then to a freind's house to see their newborn baby!
left to rightthe new mum, her freind, Sherie, the husband and Star, Sherries husband.

Star taking photos before driving off ho his scooter with Sherrie.
I walked off home, expecting a quiet walk, but soon my hairdresser had spoitted me!  I think he had a hd a littel to drink, but we managed a decent chat on teh way home.  The a few of my students joined us and we stopped for a photoshoot and a chat.
Me and my hairdresser...I think that may be he had been 'celebrating a little too much
Mea nd one of my year three students

me and another of my year three students... or at least I think she was!
me and three year three students
me and some year three students posing near my home.
Finally I got home.  Tired after an exhausting day.  I'm still unsure if everything I have written about happened on this day.  It could be a mixture of days as things are getting blurry!




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