Thursday, September 07, 2006
So I officially made it to Shanghai. The train ride was actually really cool. Our top of the line soft sleeper was more like a closet and definitely not
intended for people with baggage so we got really close during the train ride. We tried to take a lot of video with our cameras to explain the situation so I will have to try and post that somehow, but either way it ended up being a lot of fun. The scenery was the absolute best just at sunset and I got some amazing pictures of the sun setting over lakes with mountains in the background that were along the train tracks. We got to Shanghai, have a hotel for two nights and still don't have an apartment. We have to wake up and have training for teaching tomorrow starting at 8:30 am and then tour apartments in the afternoon and evening. 
Supposedly we start teaching on Monday. The big story though is that tonight was the staff party for the company. Our boss rented out a bar where it was all you could drink from 7 to 11. Of course he rents out the sketchy prostitute bar he took us to the night we came up to Shanghai to interview. We go there and started drinking and it took a while to have enough of a buzz to be social but it happened eventually. After awhile I go to get another drink and low and behold, one of our co-worker girls comes up to me and starts talking to me at the bar. Mind you, earlier will and Pablo were calling girls and Will called this girl earlier and then proceeded to fall on his face tripping over something on his way to the bathroom and then took back his previous claim. Anyway, myself and this girl (who's name I do not know because she is somewhat of a soft talker and is originally from Columbia Tibet
intended for people with baggage so we got really close during the train ride. We tried to take a lot of video with our cameras to explain the situation so I will have to try and post that somehow, but either way it ended up being a lot of fun. The scenery was the absolute best just at sunset and I got some amazing pictures of the sun setting over lakes with mountains in the background that were along the train tracks. We got to Shanghai, have a hotel for two nights and still don't have an apartment. We have to wake up and have training for teaching tomorrow starting at 
Supposedly we start teaching on Monday. The big story though is that tonight was the staff party for the company. Our boss rented out a bar where it was all you could drink from 7 to 11. Of course he rents out the sketchy prostitute bar he took us to the night we came up to Shanghai to interview. We go there and started drinking and it took a while to have enough of a buzz to be social but it happened eventually. After awhile I go to get another drink and low and behold, one of our co-worker girls comes up to me and starts talking to me at the bar. Mind you, earlier will and Pablo were calling girls and Will called this girl earlier and then proceeded to fall on his face tripping over something on his way to the bathroom and then took back his previous claim. Anyway, myself and this girl (who's name I do not know because she is somewhat of a soft talker and is originally from # posted by Mike @ 7:24 PM 
