Monday

So Monday finally came and thus the beginning of another week full of adventures. The day started off normal as I walked to school and got noddles on the way for breakfast. Work went well nothing out of the ordinary, of course I had around a million Chinese students running around me and taking our equipment here or there, like I said nothing out of the ordinary.

After work I was on my way to Hankou (another part of the city) for a "book" study. and of course in Chinese fashion I was given a specific bus stop in which I asked someone on the bus when arrived there if they would let me know. Well they told me "this is it" so I got off the bus. After an hour and half walk I realized I was at the wrong stop...Just great! My group is studying the book entitled the Five love languages. It is interesting to see the differences within our cultures and yet some of the similarities. Yesterday we read the part about how parents play such an important role in the way we shape our relationships. Many people in China when growing up live with their grandparents as their parents are working in a different city. Therefore, children often have little contact with their parents. The people in the study were saying how their grandparents have such an important rule in their lives, they were informing me of how they of course love their parents but it is true that they look up to their grandparents more. During this conversation I became more and more grateful for the wonderful parents that I have. And the way that modeled and continue to model a healthy relationship!

So the study was over and now is when the real fun begins. I went to get on the bus, which is always a treat in China. I got on my bus and sat there of course with many stares and whatnot, as the bus continued to go the overload of people came, haha. I really wanted to take a picture but my phone's flash was not good enough. Literally I thought there was no way to get one more person on the bus however there was a line of at least 15 people out the door. The bus driver stood up and begin to yell at everyone and told them to scoot back, amazingly we got all of those people in. Some people were standing behind the driver, some literally 3 inches from the font window, it was a great sight!

So as I am sitting on this packed bus I thought "This would be a great place to publicize the World of Music concert coming up at our school, featuring our school choir and Nathan & Ellen Miller (my brother and sister-n-law)"... So what do I do? You guessed it, I stood up and asked (in my soft miller voice) who likes music? and of course I got a lot of blank stares wondering why is this white person talking to us. I proceeded to ask again and then I conveniently pulled out the flyer's I had in Chinese and handed them out to everyone, people were pushing toward me to get a flyer. Hopefully some of these people will make it to the concert, haha!

And that was my Monday a normal day in China.