Playdough Pals and Hot Pot

Monday it was back to school.  This is Abbey with her dear friends Mabel and Caelen.  Two of the sweetest children you could ever meet.  They've been kind enough to let Abbey run them up one side and down the other.  I teach these little ones in the afternoon and have really fallen in love with my class.  It will be hard to say goodbye.
Monday eve we had dinner with Gong Ping and Olivia (our former housemates) and Jim.  We had hot pot and it was great.  Thinly sliced pieces of beef and lamb are brought to you along with all kinds of veggies, noodles, seafood, and you boil them at your table and eat as you go.  There is a buffet of sauces and condiments - sesame, garlic, pepper, peanut sauce, cilantro, onions, etc. and you prepare little bowls to dip your food in.  There are several versions of hot pot in China, this was Beijing style.  We've also had shabu, shabu (Japanese style) at a friends house and it was great too.  It was very yummy and fun.  Afterward we went into the mall and sat in massage chairs.  They are very big here, everyone is into massage, and it's just like part of basic health care.  I am really going to miss my $8 hour long massages here.  They are so good at it too!

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