Pan Meets with David, 5 Small, but Nice and Comfortable
Pan Meets with David, 5 Small, but Nice and Comfortable
Sitting in the classroom listening to teachers had become a mere memory of the
past for me, and not having any teaching experience myself, I was quite curious
about what it might be like to sit in a class. So the next morning I was quite
excited after learning that we were going to attend a few of their English classes in WuShu city. You should have seen what a patient teacher David was! He answered the kid students' questions clearly, always with a smile on his face, and sometimes with a bit exaggerated expressions and fun body language. Worked with David, I did a demonstration of a dialogue for the children, and it seemed to
work quite well. I realized that as long as you have passion for this language
, anything related would be interesting.
Then we had an adult class and the next morning David introduced me to a few of his ex-students, who were now more of friends to him. Meeting interesting people has always been seen as an important part of a pleasant journey, and did I have a good time! David showed me around the city the next few days, and I was deeply impressed by the city's fresh air, wide streets, clean blue sky that was there most of the daytime. Dushanzi was a rather small, and new, city which saw
a relatively small population, but it practically boasted everything that a big
city might proudly have. Small as it might be, Dushanzi had a 5-star hotel with
a nice swimming pool, a huge stadium that was to be constructed soon. Even middle schools had outdoor tennis courts! Now isn't that impressive. Supermarkets
and restaurants were both easy to find and go to. And how could I forget the endearing and enduring XinJiang minorities, of which Ugyhur probably being the biggest, and their Arabian style mosques!
Restaurant goers should try the locals' famous Nan cake and Kaobaozi! These snacks were baked in clay ovens there, and were meant to be eaten fresh! After a
few hours of walking in this cool weather, a few freshly served Kaobaozi really
hit the spot. Another well-known dish was Zhuafan, fried rice with nice piece
of mutton...whow, that was heaven!
One night we walked to the very edge of the city where most of the plants were
located, and David suggested I should find our way back home. Now that was a real challenge since I had always been a man with an awful sense of direction. Try as I might, David just refused to answer any of my direction-related questions and probes. That meant I had no choice but tried my very best to regain my bearings. And I was not allowed to ask for help from other pedestrians or police.
Lucky enough though, or maybe my sense of direction was not really as bad as I
thought to be, I finally managed to get back home right before we were too tired to walk any further. The test lasted over two hours, and what a great time we
had!
As David proudly said, like his home, the city of Dushanzi was indeed small, but was just nice and comfortable.
To be continued,
Panpanpan.
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