Bus to Downtown!

What a day. Just got back from Downtown Dalian. We finally took the bus to explore the different areas of Dalian, starting in Qinghai Square, which was really nice, with Russian buildings. Walked around a bit and took some pictures. There was an amusement park nearby, and Louis and Mangpo when on one where you're strapped into this open ball thingy and tossed really high up into the air. I was so scared just watching them. They did it twice, and I was the loser recording everything cause I am STILL scared of riding those scary machines.

I forgot to add, on the bus ride here we met some random strangers who kept asking me if I was Chinese. In fact I've been getting a lot of that lately. Not sure why...are people trying to confirm my looks because I don't look like them? Maybe they've never seen a sexy Hawaiian Chinese guy before. Anyway, one of the ladies, probably in her early 20's, spoke some English, so we were chatting, and one thing led to another and she asked for my number because she said she wanted to practice her English with me. No girl has EVER asked for my number. I found this really nice. I told her I'd be very happy to help her with her English, and that I could practice my mandarin with her. She told me she was preparing to take her GRE next month, and go to America for graduate school. Hmm.....

After Qinghai square, we got on the bus again and headed down to Zhongshan Square, famous for its Friendship Square. Definitely a financial district area. We took some great pics, and afterwards had dinner at KFC. Wasn't that bad, and I think their food is somewhat healthier?

We went searching for the underground mall, which was suppose to the 4 floors deep. Turned out it was only three, but it was definitely a big mall. Didn't really find anything that caught my eye. I guess Chinese fashion clothing ain't my style. Afterwards we took the bus back to the dorm. Before that though I went into a KTV place ( that's where people for for Karaoke ) and asked this really nice woman what people do for fun at night in Dalian. She recommended some places, and I asked her if she could write down those names. She was really nice, very friendly :)

This morning's meeting with Liu Laoshi went okay. Turns out we'll be teaching our students during the final week that we're here in Dalian. And we'll be packing in a lot of material in such a short time. Not sure how the outcome will turn out, but I'm planning to wow these students with my charm and stage presence ;)