My first month living in Xi’an

It has now been a month. It seems much more than that. My apartment is very large. I think it’s really nice. The furniture is very old, but the apartment is huge! I thought I would get a small apartment.
I love my job. I’m working for Kid Castle at school “3″
I love my students are all so cute! In fact they are too cute and get away with it too much for it. I have not really been doing too much site seeing because I’m waiting for my friend to arrive.
I bought a dog, however. It is a chuhwahwa, his name is Wawa, which means “doll” in Chinese. The dog was very cheap and a strap was included!

She is a sweet dog. I hope to take her home to Canada when the time comes.
My school Christmas party was last Sunday was great! I was a guest and has to defend on stage and talk all night, even had to sing. The children were surprised to see me outside my work clothes and a fancy dress! It was fun.
One of the other foreign teachers I work with disguised as Santa Claus and children surprised everyone and surely be amazed! Because students are 3-10 years younger thought it was really Santa!
In addition to the celebration of teaching is going well. The lessons are so easy to prepare and students are happy to learn, so most of them. I’ll add some photos of the school and my students.
Xi’an was Christmas …. strange. Christmas here is a mix between Halloween and New Year. Everyone walks the streets with masks. There are fireworks and plenty of food. You can play “games on the street” and get three balls into the basket and win a stuffed animal. I did not stay too long there were so many people in the streets could not handle. I went home as soon as possible. On Christmas Eve I took my sweet neighbors to dinner at Pizza Hut, which is a fancy restaurant here. Everyone was dressed to go there. We all enjoy, especially children. Free refills thought Coca-Cola were amazing! And took advantage of it … three large glasses each!
It was interesting learning how to use a knife and fork. They did not want to eat pizza with your hands. They liked the garlic bread, I love it. After dessert, the kids are all GIANT ice cream! It was a great night.