Mid-Autumn Festival

Time for another September update J

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After a great deal of flight searching many of us decided (on account of prices) that staying in Shenzhen for the long week-end was the wisest decision and man am I glad that I did. This past weekend was eventful yet uneventful, a lovely balance if I do say so myself! I have little problem admitting to you that I have not been as lazy as I was this past weekend in a very long time – apparently my mind and body needed the rest. Kathryn, Jennie and I spent hours upon hours each day lounging on my bed against mountains of pillows and blankets with our laptops. We finished the last season of How I Met Your Mother and then started the last season of Modern Family (with some movies thrown in to change things up). Of course with all of this rest through the days we found the energy to gather and socialize in the evenings, can’t be full-time hermits.

Patricia had some of the ladies over to her flat for wine, aps and a movie (He’s just not that Into You…fitting for a girls night haha) to kick-off the long weekend and it was delightful. We polished off a few bottles of wine, had some yummy treats, laughed a lot and had some entertaining conversations about the movie and life in general…oh, and of course we enjoyed some great tunes when the movie was finished. When it came that time to say good night Jordan and I decided that dancing the night away was probably the best decision, so we did. The two of us headed to Shekou, ended up meeting the boys at Viva and it was there that we created a dance floor and sang at the top of our lungs into the wee hours of the morning; a Great way to say goodbye to the short week and hello to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On Friday morning I was woken up around 8am by the musical sound of a jackhammer jumping around above my house. At the time the only vision that I had in my mind was The Grinch…but instead of drowning out the noise of Christmas joy it was drowning out the quiet of a Thursday morning off. Not ok. Of course the noise was not only heard by me but also by everyone else on campus and therefore we all got an early start to our first day off. It only seemed fitting to gather in Jennie’s room for some food and then shift over to my bed to watch tv shows, all day, and go through pinterest with fine-toothed combs. We enjoyed being such lazi individuals that we did it until it was time to get ready for Ladies Night in Shekou (Every Thursday night is Ladies Night at Viva and drinks are Free, all night). 

A group of us went to eat at Mexican first (which is always delicious), had a meal and a drink in a bowl before heading to Viva. Due to the amount of sugary drinks that were consumed and the general tiredness of everyone no one lasted very late; Kathryn, Patricia and I were at the rear of the going home bus … dancing of course.

Saturday was spent on my bed lounging, again. Kathryn and I spent hours upon hours planning our Christmas adventure with Mom while watching How I Met Your Mother. The day of laziness had us up and raring to go for Tapinyaki, which was a total success. We filled a room upstairs and our personal chef cooked us delicious food (in front of us) while being served countless bottles of wine (all for 180rmb). After we couldn’t ‘all you can eat or drink’ anymore we shuffled over to the Terrace where we danced the night away for the phenomenal Pilipino Band that we have come to know and love.

Sunday turned into quite a day when we found out that Typhoon Usagi was in fact coming straight for us and school on Monday would be cancelled. Of course with this news in mind Jennie, Kathryn and I had to brave the increasing winds and spurts of rain to get a delicious breaky at the boathouse before grabbing food, water and wine and heading home to hunker down (priorities). The rest fo the day was spent relaxing, trip researching, struggling with the internet and preparing for an afternoon of Typhoon madness. Leave it to Patrick to come up with the brilliant idea of making a delicious bucket of Sangria and having everyone over for some games – we piled into his place, had appetizers, drinks and played catch phrase until our stomachs hurt form laughing so hard. 

At one point in the evening I was even able to get through on Skype and had a great chat with my family – what a treat!!

Having a Monday off was a blessing and I finally was able to get myself into my classroom for a few hours of productivity before going to the gym and then resuming my position on my bed with the girls to relax and later cook a delicious meal.

What a wonderfully relaxing, eventful and thirst quenching weekend!