Bowling with the Koreans...

This is a picture of the night we took the Koreans out for their Christmas present. We had heard there was a bowling alley in Yichang and decided bowling was the thing to do for our Korean friends. This night was pretty fantastic. First, we bowled. We bowled in China. Now, we have been roller skating and that was certainly a treat. Roller skating in China was like driving in China. No one follows the rules and everyone is more important than everyone else. People were going the wrong way. Some people were smoking. I was afraid for my shirt. There was a drunk guy out there with his spaghetti legs. That was hilarious. Our friends did karaoke in the corner. It was quite fun. Needless to say, we expected our bowling experience to be the same. It wasn't. First, it was pretty awesome because we had the whole bowling alley to ourselves. Sounds impressive right? Well, it is and it isn't. There were only 6 lanes. Our group of 12 was spread out over the lanes. The owner was a pretty shrewd business man. He required us to bowl 2 people per lane so that the games would go faster and we would bowl more. Well, we only played 2 games and found other ways to pass the time. The Koreans were a lot of fun. Now, if you haven't hung out with Koreans before then you are missing out. I don't know if all Koreans are like this, but I hope they are. These 4 (2 guys and 2 girls) were always hitting each other (in jest) and making fun of each other. They were like brothers and sisters. Too much fun. They don't speak English so we had 2 Chinese friends go with us to translate the Korean's Chinese. Despite the language barriers, we have really connected with them. Unfortunately, they will leave after this term. It will certainly be a said day when we say goodbye. We will, however, have great memories of them. I mean, who could forget 4 Korean students who were basically like locusts when it came to food. They devour everything when they come over. We are puzzled for a moment everytime this happens but then they smile and we remember that's why we like them so much. They are geniune and they are cool

Lucky Puppy...

Meet Who-Dey. This is a dog who finally had his day. He was destined to a life of eating until he was to be eaten. Then 8 days ago, Brad spotted him. Some lady was selling several little puppies down Snack Alley and this one with stripes was the most popular. Why were they selling puppies in snack alley? In a word - dinner. They were all probably going to be dinner. With Brad being an avid Bengals fan, there was no way this dog was going to suffer the same fate that many (I will say eleventy-billion) other dogs have suffered in the past and will continue to suffer in the future as long as Huo Guo exists. Huo Guo is Chinese pinyin for Hot Pot. Basically, Dog Hot Pot is a meaty soup with all sorts of wonderful ingredients that would be delicious were it not for the dog meat it contains. (Hot Pot is really good with dry chicken.) Anyway, this dog with beautiful tiger stripes was the right mix of chemicals and cross-breeding to attract the attention of the Yichang 4. We bought it. Now he lives the high life in mine and Brad's apartment pooping on our floor and squealing like a pig. He tries to bark but he just sounds like a pig. Hopefully it is because he is nearly 50 days old not because he is a hybrid off tiger, dog, AND pig. Who knows what these puppies are made of? Anyway, I just wanted to start posting again and to show my family the new dog. Out.