On day 10 we took a 3 hour bus ride to a town that made many of the silk kites flown all over. They let us explore the back rooms to see how they were all made and see all the different designs. Dada, you would have love it! they had kites in all different sizes including enormous ones that they flew in kite competitions. We then went to a print making shop and saw how they did the wood block prints and then they gave us each a chance to try it ourselves. I also at some point during the print making demonstration felt so sick. My heart started beating fast in a weird way and then i felt like i really had to throw up in a really terrible way. I didnt end up throwing up but didnt feel great for the whole ride back.
On day 11 we went to the new campus to work on our projects for a whole day. Seeing as Jang and I had our project planned out we got right to work in cutting out the eyes and drawing the map. It was a long day but we got a bunch done. I opted to take the staff bus bus back to the old campus to our dorms at 5 with a few people instead of taking leaving at 7:30 when we would have normally left.
Day 12 was anther whole day a the new campus to work on our projects. Jang I and spent all day cutting out the eye pictures to fit the continents. At some point we were so exhausted we just couldn't look at the eyes any longer. At that point we decided the finish it up the next time we met. We actually got a surprising amount done, the majority of the work was done by the end of the day.
Day 13 was another outing day. We went to the first spring under heaven and explored the very large grounds on our own. several Chines people asked to take pictures with us which is always kinda funny and awkward. They get kinda excited when they see Americans and point and talk to their friends about us. We then met all our Chinese partners at Thousand Buddha Mountain. Since it was Mid Autumn Moon Festival many parents had posted personal add banners in the park for their children, and hope to find a love match for them. The adds had no photos so all judgement was based off the peoples information. Parents walked around and read all the adds and left notes with phone numbers on the banners they liked for their kids. A few of us climbed the mountain and found a ginormouse gold buddha. It was amazing, definitely the largest buddha iv ever seen. We then all went to a KTV place, which is Karaoke. Lexis and I sang "Wanna Be" by the spice girls. I was a little nervous about singing karaoke because i am not a singer but I thought I would always regret not singing karaoke in china so i did it. We also had KFC for lunch and it was basically the same as in the states. We went back to our dorms around 4 and chilled and worked on our personal projects.
I know the trip is almost over and I still have a few days to catch up on and I will post them soon. Love and miss everyone!!!
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