Once Saffron and Dane got off work, we went and ate at a Taiwanese restaurant with his Chinese tutor, Daphney. Her English was very good, and she agreed to help Saffron and I find some tutors ourselves. It was a nice dinner and fairly relaxing.
After dinner we (minus the tutor) went to a hostel near the city wall to meet up with Graeme and two of his Chinese friends, Nate and Lion. Nate's English is amazing. He has very little accent, and he says its from watching so many American movies. He's moving to the US soon to get his masters degree. Lion was a riot. He was very talkative, and knows a lot about music. Aside from my brother, I've never seen an ipod with such a wide variety of music. After a couple drinks we decided to go to a club. Since I had work the next day I barely drank anything at the hostel, and was the most sober person on the way to the club.
Salsa (The club) was awesome. The music was loud and had a heavy techno feel. The lights were great too. Bright in the right places,and they didn't get in your eyes and blind you. This was my first time going dancing and I had a blast. It took the guys a while to finally get me on the dance floor, but I think I did better than I expected. I almost had a heart attack when I was suddenly surrounded by 7 dancing Chinese girls. I'm not used to the attention. Staring, I've adjusted to, but this was completely different. Lion was a great dancer, and loved to be in the middle of everything.
I was once again reminded that I hate the taste of beer, and will at most pretend to drink it so I don't drain the fun from the others. Seriously, how can people stand that? Acquired taste maybe?
After the club, we went to McDonalds so we could get something to eat and help the rest of them sober up. From there we we all piled into cabs, and headed home. All night the others would ask me if I wanted to go home and get some sleep, but I function better on three or four hours of sleep than I do on five or six, so I was out with them till about 4aM. I was probably up till about 4:45 though what with a spree of text messages between Saffron and myself and getting a shower then, so I wouldn't have to in the morning.
It's just now noon, and I'm at work feeling fine. I'll probably end up taking a nap in a bit here though. There's a 4 hour break in my teaching in the middle of the day, and I can't get home from this school during that time, so I'll probably just find a chair in a corner to fall asleep in. I wish my work schedule wasn't so different from everyone else's, but I have to admit that it has its benefits.
Last night really was amazing. I can't wait for next time.
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