Now me, Hanako, and Madelyn are waiting to go down to
breakfast. There is still about half an hour left.
~
Right now we are on the train. After breakfast, we all went
to a park to make dragon lanterns. But when we got there, it turned out to be
just dragon zucchini puppet things. Me and McKaela made one together. It was
supposed to take two hours, but we only actually took about one. It looked
really cool, but we didn’t want to bring it back home with us cause we were
scared that it would break.
After that we went to a restraint to eat. Then we had quite
a while until we had to get to the train station, so we went to a park again,
but different one.
We had about an hour there, so me, Anna, ad Yuxuan bought
some bubbles to play with. Then everyone else started to buy bubbles too. It
was a lot of fun, but we had to leave too son. The bubbles weren’t finished
yet, so I gave the rest to a little girl.
Finally we got to the train station, and everyone went to
buy KFC. I had to order for three other people because they couldn’t read the menu.
Then we waited in the waiting area, but the train was delayed. So then we got
on the train when it got there.
The sad thing is that this trip is almost over, which is a
sad thing. I learned a lot on this trip, about LuoYang, and also about my
classmates. For instance, I didn’t know how much they lived in a little foreign
bubble. Every time some Chinese person spits on the ground, or if a baby pees
on the floor, or if some guy rolls up his shirt half way up cause it is too
hot, they completely freak out. These things are everyday events in China, and
for them not to realize that even after they had been here for a while, then
they are definitely living in a bubble. A quote from Terry Pratchett would be, “After
a long period of time, the unusual become the norm.” I know everyone comes from
different countries and they all have different customs, but if they move
around the world they way as well get used to the customs here.
~
I am lying on my bunk on the top listening to music, plus
writing this. Right now I am listening to the “Other” section of songs, but
later I am going to listen to Phantom of the Opera.
My fellow bunk mates include McKaela (middle), Hanako
(middle), Madelyn (bottom), random Chinese lady (bottom), and McKaela’s mom
(also top). In this whole car there are only 11 people from QSI, but in car 16,
it is almost all QSI students and teachers. We went over there for a bit a
while ago, but it was hot (the air conditioner was broken) and loud, so we left
after about 5 minutes.
I had a supper of KFC Mexican Wrap and fries. The fries were
cold, but the wrap was still a little warm-ish. So far the trip has been fun,
and I am saving my book for tomorrow.
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