Chinese Public Bathrooms

Chinese Public Bathrooms
A few things I have learned about Chinese public bathrooms:- Hold your breath (that's all I'm going to say about that).

- Look in every stall before you select one. You may get lucky and find a western-sitting-toilet.- McDonald's in China still has western toilets!!
And sometimes Wal-Mart

- Bring some tissue in your pocket (just in case TP is not supplied). It’s never supplied!

- Turn on the water BEFORE you put soap on your hands. Walking around with a blob of soap in your hands because the water doesn't turn on... UGH!!

- Have sanitizer handy (in case there is no soap at all).

- The "No Smoking" sign really means "Please, come smoke in the bathroom!"

- Don't worry about bad words being scribbled on the stalls -- if there are some, I can't read them! (One of the ONLY times being illiterate is a plus!)
And…Just don’t go to the bathroom at lunch time. The lines are too long and they are washing their lunch dishes!!!

Depression Cooking with Clara. I like this recipe. Made me hungry! *Stole this from my cousin's blog. Thanks Dr. Doolittle!* Check out her website http://www.greatdepressioncooking.com/Depression_Cooking/Welcome.html shes got a lot of great recipe's from the days of the Depression! She sure is a crack up.

Mulan Has Come and Gone!

Welcome friends! Welcome to Ancient China! Welcome to the Story of Mulan!!

Hahaha that was the opening line for my play Mulan! So I'll bet you have all heard of the story of Mulan. She is a disgrace to her family when she upsets the matchmaker, takes her father's sword and goes and fights in the army, and helps to save China. Well my play was no different accept a few new songs. So the pictures I have posted are from different scenes from my play. Here we go!

This picture to the is of us, the ancestors. We would pop in and talk about Mulan and sing and dance. Here is Sandy, a senior here at SIS, who played Mulan. She was really great. Very emotional.

So here is Sandy (Mulan) again but after she has transformed into a 'Man'. Also beside her is Captain Shang who was played by Se Won another Senior at SIS. He just found out his dad died (in the play).

These pictures are of the soldiers. The one in yellow is actually a girl, her name is Ali. She was great at her part of Chi Fu the guy who was in charge of taking notes and informing the Emperor. The fog you see in the other picture is from our dry ice machine. It was for the avalanche scene. It was really cool!

Here is when Mulan was discovered to be a woman. We are singing about her failure and how she was never meant to take on that journey. Little do we ancestors know!

This crazy man you see is one of the scary Huns! He was played by Mr. Astbury our 9th grade humanities teacher. He was VERY good at his part as well!

I actually don't remember when this was...but I must have been mad. =D

This scene was when the soldiers were learning how to be girls. Talk about vise versa!

This scene was when Shan Yu (the leader of the Huns) had been captured. This smoke you see from a smoke machine. Boy it sure smelled horrible!

Ok this part was funny! At the end when we are supposed to let Mushu back in the temple I said 'Welcome home!' in a sarcastic tone and so he jumped up and hugged me. Since I am a grouchy old ancestor who believes in discipline and tradition I yelled 'Touching! No touching!' it was hilarious!

The final song before curtain call! All of us having fun.

This was when we had to do our bows. Now it looks like I hit the guy but really I didn't. Honest!

This was when we were giving flowers to our Music Teachers who put on the whole performance. Mrs. Astbury and Mr. Weinhold. And that's Mushu in the front.

Me and my Mormon friends! Emily in yellow (who was also an ancestor with me) and Coryne (who was Grandmother Fa).

Some additions to our photo! Carly in the green (who was Fa Li the mom) and Junha (who was the Emperor).

More friends including Sandy!

And finally the belle's of the ball!

So I hoped you enjoyed the pictures! It was a lot of fun doing this play but I have to say I'm glad its over. Now I can look back on these photos that have been full of very fun memories. Until our next report it's Noelle Busath signing off on the China Travelers! Cya l8ter! :D