Immediately my horrible Chinese listening and comprehension is evident as Tina, my host mom, starts shooting me with Chinese sentences to which I nod and pretend to understand. As the day goes, by I start to train her that she should talk to me like I am a five-year old - speak slower I tell her, cause I have no idea what you are saying. By the end of the day though we are managing to have actual conversations where I am still nodding, but this time I actually know what she is saying.
Magic! Remember when they asked me if I knew magic? Who cares - they do! Yes, both of my host brothers appear to have a 'magic teacher!' Yesterday evening before our BBQ they got they magic box out and showed me there magic! Amazing! I hope to learn some of these tricks, but it looks like you need more than just a set of cards to do some of the tricks.
Attended a BBQ last night where I met some of the other participants! Had lots of meat! All there was to eat was meat and it was wonderful. Duck meat, chicken, beef, pork, lamb, clams (meat?), meat, meat, meat! Overall the first day was wonderful and I actually slept through the night!
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