Getting to Know the Teachers

IUP has Chinese Table every week, but it's never actually at a table. The activities have ranged from touring Wudaokou, to playing mafia, to this week's barbecue. The most surprising thing about the barbecue: the size of the grill.

Hua Laoshi and one of two grills. Can it feed 30 people?!

Surprisingly, the food was never in short supply and some people decided to skip dinner, but I was among the teachers and students who opted not to. So, we all went out to a Yunnan restaurant (by the way, I've been there many many times and definitely worth returning), ate yummy pineapple rice, and rice noodles, and Chinese mashed potatoes, and much much more.

During dinner, we played a Chinese version of rock paper scissors/truth or dare with chopsticks! A little hard to explain, but basically one person starts our with a pair of chopsticks. He/she plays rock paper scissors with the person on one side and the loser takes one chopstick. Repeat on other side with other chopstick. Since you're in a circle, the chopsticks keep getting passed around until someone ends up with both chopsticks. And then it's truth or dare time!!! Definitely a great way to get to know the teachers...hahaha.