The Great Race part Two.

We LOVE to eattt!!! =)

Day Three. Part Two of the Great Race

I'm sleepy. The day was exciting, but yet...Oh, I'm so tired. I'll make this shorter than yesterday's, but at least i'm here, right? *rubs eyelids and cracks fingers to get ready to write*

Ugh. Here I go...

~~~The Scavenger Hunt~~~

At the Bus Station:

Go to Bus Station South

Ask the teller how much a ticket costs to go to TongLi

At the Market:

Find a fruit or veggie barely found in America. What is it? _____

Buy a fruit. What is it?_____ How much did it cost? ______

Ask a Chinese person why they come to the market for shopping. _______

Suzhou...chinatown? .____. (I think that's what it's called kinda...)

Fill in a chart of the strange things you eat and its name and what it tastes like.

At the tea store:

What tea do Suzhou people love to drink? ________ How much does it cost? ______

What kind of snacks can you get at the store? ______, ______, ______

What do people do at the tea store? ______, ______, ______

Just like yesterday it was tiring, but we had lost our competitive spirit and decided just to walk and take our time to go wherever, enjoying popsicles and stuff along the way. After all, the real winners were the ones who enjoyed their time the most. We had no reason to rush! Along the way we had some fun experiences like munching on huge pieces of sugarcane, finding the best popsicles ever, or just posing for more of our pictures. As usual it was fun!

Suzhou 'Chinatown' was exciting too. All of us kids ran loose in search of lovely little gifts or just food to eat. It was a great time to run free and spend all of our money! We even got a chance to bargain a little, to get a feel of what it was like.

(The streets smelled of stinky tofu. Disgusting!)

I'll never forget when Antonio brought me and Clare to a little stand where a man used a caramel-like substance to make cool pictures, determined by a spinner. I spun a peacock, and the man painted, or sort of drizzled that stuff onto a stick and made something like a lollipop. Eventually some others caught on. This is what they looked like~!

Steven's holding a fish, obviously, and Sean has two monkeys. Cute, eh? They didn't taste all that good.

But for some of us, the highlight for today was getting HAIRCUTS! =)

Only seven of us went (see below), not counting our leader Amy and Da Jie Jie, our 'big sister' high school tour guide kinda. There's not much to explain, aside from the usual 'they used scissors and combs and hairdryers and catalogues and shampoo and water'. Still we all came out looking pretty Asian, if i do say so myself. (Emily couldn't decide so she didn't get it cut. Steven got reddish highlights.)

Before...

...and AFTER!!

With that, i'm off. So tired. -.- Goodnight!

~~~Reporter Poh