Teacher's Day

We celebrated teacher's day last week and we were serenaded by the whole student body in the school's rotunda. The girls sang a heart-rending rendition of "We Think of You" and showered their teachers with notes, cards, and flowers. Even though the new girl's campus still has some technical difficulties, I have to say that it is a beautiful building. And our offices our completely decked out with cupboards, drawers, and really comfy chairs.

This weekend the weather was gorgeous. After worship practice, Anita, Sophia, and I went to watch the sunset in Labour Park. We took the gondola up to the top and absorbed the beautiful views of the city. Afterwards we had dinner at a Korean restaurant and I took off to complete my survey. I'm getting paid by a Swiss company to research the costs of tons of items in Dalian so that they can provide information about the cost of living in various cities around the world. It's interesting for me to find the prices of everything, but it's a lot more work than I was expecting. And some things like dishwasher soap and breaded fish sticks are just impossible to find. It's due today, so I'm just going to send in as much as I've finished and hopefully they won't ask me to keep working on it. I was lucky this time because the survey led me to the Shangri-La hotel. I felt odd just wandering in and writing down prices, so I sat in the cafe and ordered a delicious cheesecake for dessert while I perused the menu and surreptitiously recorded the cost of food, drink, fitness club membership, tennis courts, and hotel rooms. While I worked, I enjoyed a live piano/flute/cello trio playing the classics. It was just like home :)