Geez, ain't nobody got time fo dat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7UgAprdpM
I didn't know there was a song for this, oh my lord jesus.
We performed our traditional Chinese fan dance yesterday and we won first place!
While we were performing and doing one of the cool moves at the end, I heard everyone clapping really hard and being all, "WOW!" and I knew we had done it right! I got the "Best Smile" award since I was so cheerful and smiling throughout it all XD Everyone was so impressed by how graceful we were and our cool jumps and spins
I'm so proud that I got the fan combinations right too, I was right on time! We each got a cash prize too and we did a bit of shopping afterwards, haha. All the work really paid off for our moment of glory!
I also won two things at the auction NYU held for the Sichuan earthquake. I didn't mind spending the money since it was for a good cause and I love the Sichuan province and Chengdu. I literally held my dance fan up the whole time for the massage.
Then we had oodles of fun at karaoke where I sang more Britney Spears (the day before I went with my Chinese class)... One of the most memorable moments yesterday though was at a party I went to. It was a fun party even if everyone was just mingling and talking, and I liked seeing some people really nerdily drunk. At one point I wobbled to the side because of my heels, but it was a tiny wobble, just a step to the side, and I felt a hand catch my shoulder and I looked and it was Lord Swanson (
). He had turned around and asked me, "Are you okay?" I said yes, but I was really surprised he noticed my wobble. I don't usually wobble.
He wasn't enthralled with the party since he was exhausted from his dance and singing performances. Earlier when he, a friend, and I were walking back home from karaoke, he started singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on the street so beautifully. Wow! It's one of those things you wish you had recorded. It was such a beautiful day too, it's warm, but not too hot, so it was great
Hours later, still at the party, I asked if he was going to the club afterwards, and he said he didn't feel up to it tonight, and I didn't either! I was having fun, but I wasn't up to staying out till dawn and my legs were super sore from dancing and practicing for days XD So we left together, but his friend Vanessa suggested we go first to find this amazing sesame noodle place. It was a fun adventure XD We ended up exploring and then sitting on plastic stools eating street food at 3am. Vanessa talked to some men eating and she was amazing with her Chinese! She spoke to them about love and marriage, what they want in life, places they went to, it was really impressive. She was great! They actually thought I was Indian at first,
OMG. At the end they said I was very pretty and nice to look at, so that's good XD;; What a super nice ending to a great day
Sometimes I can't believe all these things happen in (mostly) one day, haha.
Darn, I got an invitation to see a photographer I really like here in Shanghai, but I'm going to be in Nanjing!