Hunan travels

We had a really awesome night last night. We tried to go to a zillion of the bars that we usually go to all of them were dead because of the rain. Finally Cam went to a new bar owned by one of his friends called the 66 bar. It was a crazy place. It looked almost like a tavern inside and it was completely packed! The music was ok, not too great (as is per norm here in China). But we still managed to have fun and my friend Mandy got to dance up on a tiny stage. In the bar they have cameras and they would sweep them over the crowd and occasionally rest them on a group of people. So when my friend got up they kept the camera on her, she was in the spotlight for the couple of minutes that she could continue dancing (before getting too exhausted to keep going).

If there's anything I hate it's dubbing. Chinese dubbing is especially awful. When Chinese actors dubb a movie they seem to do a great job of taking absolutely all of the emotion out of the whole thing. You can be watching a person scream at another (in their body language) but what you're hearing is "How could you do that? What is wrong with you? How did you manage to kill my cat!?" in the most monotone voice possible. It's awful. Even if I don't understand the language of a movie I would MUCH rather watch it with subtitles than dubbed.

My husband's off today on another adventure thus leaving me all alone to study (which I'm starting to get into) and possibly watch some movies at home. He left for Hunan, his hometown, so he can get a notarized letter saying that he's single and so he can get a new passport (as his will expire just after the required 8 months that the Embassy gives for having a fiance visa). We figured it'd be better to get a new one now rather than have to come back to China at a certain time.

I've been reading this awesome textbook. It's called "A Child's World" and it's a really awesome textbook about child psychology and child development. I'm really attached to it, it's almost like reading a really awesome novel (that you don't want to put down until you get to the end). I've been spending a lot of time reading it.

Besides all of this I've been SUPER busy, having to pack everything up and figure out where things go, still having to fill out visa forms and do things for the visa, thinking about having a wedding ceremony. Sheesh!