Interviews, Shopping, and a Birthday! Day 10

After the long night at the No. 1 Scholar, we woke up, ate breakfast, and then went to one of the arts room and prepared for something rather unexpected. All of the English major students were there, and they set up the room like a TV set. The Americans were seated at one side of the room and our co-students on the other. Coco and Gandalf (yes! Gandalf) were our hosts for the morning. They asked us questions that revolved around music- what part music plays in our lives, and several other questions. After a long morning of getting to know each other, we went back and had lunch, and then our co-students and Megan took us to a Chinese supermarket- kind of like a Walmart- to do some more shopping. 

We encountered a few strange things while shopping- the first was they confiscated our bags and put them in another bag from the store and put a security tag on it so we couldn't open it. Another thing we experienced is all of the strange produce.

Have you ever seen a dragonfruit? 

This is what dragonfruit looks like on the outside, and it looks like a white kiwi with black seeds on the inside.

They also have live fish for sale in the meat department! That's one way to ensure freshness, I guess.

After we got back from shopping and dinner, we realized it was one of our special friends' birthdays! After dinner, we hurried to the on campus shops to buy things to decorate a room to throw a party. We made crepe banners, a door sign, and a few posters. Not to mention a crown and sash for the birthday boy, Eathen to wear. We celebrated by playing cards, a quick game of "Whose Line Is it Anyway?" and a few other fun activities. We even gave him presents! After all, what birthday is complete without them?

After that, we decided to hit the hay earlier to prepare for our last day in China- we had a lot ahead of us, including a trip to the Great Wall and several other temples.