I woke up on Thursday morning feeling sick--very congested in my throat, ears, and head. But mostly in my throat. Consequently, I spent the entire day inside sleeping and drinking water and hot liquids. I worked on class prep, but that was about it.
Today, Friday, was more productive. Kerry and I took the bus with Carol over to the main campus and had a meeting with Wang Xin, the Deputy Dean, and I got a chance to meet two of the foreign teachers, who seemed very nice. The meeting was mercifully very short and then we were lead to the SISU Guest House for "lunch." The "lunch" proved to be more like one of the banquets that we had in Beijing: lots of dishes in the middle of the table, such as fish, shrimp with vegetables, pork, squash, and fruit for dessert--plenty of amazing stuff. The room in which we dined was also opulent, with a brimming chandelier on the ceiling and elegant furnishings. Wang Xin, Carol, the two teachers, Kerry and I had a very pleasant conversation, and we all shared our impressions of Shanghai and also discussed the Chinese language a bit.
After the lunch, Kerry and I headed over to Carrefour in the Hongkou Plaza where he bought a beard trimmer (he left his in the US), and we obtained water and other sundries. We have been going grocery shopping almost daily here, but it's really sort of necessary, considering we have no car and we had no household goods when we got here, except for a bar of soap in the shower. We got home via taxi by ourselves for once (I was able to show the driver the address)--still very cheap, about 18 RMB (3 US dollars). I napped a bit (still sick, of course), and then I did some class prep in the evening.
Tomorrow, we head back to the school for a meeting with the Dean!
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