Monday, January 7, 2008

Right outside the window

Before winter came, students were always outside. Dorms are pretty boring for them here. No TV's, no computers, no video games, so they are always outside when the weather permits. Beside the apartment building is a gathering square where a lot of activities take place, from one-on-one badminton to giant association (club) fairs. A few months back, I was invited to sit with some of my students at the English Association's table. I was the funny-looking foreigner that would lure students into joining the association. I got to walk around the fair a little bit and witness pop bands playing for the pop music association, break dancers for the break dance association, students fighting robots for the robot-building association, amazing calligraphy made by the calligraphy association, and of course, stunt rollerblading by the rollerblading association, along with many, many, many more very specific student groups (numismatists, chess players, hair-stylers, martial arts, Beijing opera fans, etc.) .


Darbie took the opportunity to take some snapshots of the association fair. The pics also double as a fun game of "Where's Kendall?" Have fun!

Not a chance.

If you look really closely...

I can see me! Can you?

I'm the white guy in the center if you haven't found me yet.

I can only imagine the fun you had playing "Where's Kendall?" Thanks to the cold weather, and mostly the wind, the square is pretty lonely these days. Maybe in the spring we'll be able to bring you a follow-up of "Where's Darbie?" Though, if she's tan, it could be infinitely harder.

DB&KM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I found u in the last 3 but no way in the first. amazing the people watching. Margie