Singing Competition

For the past two weeks my school has been putting on various competitions and performances for The Foreign Language Festival. Apparently this only happens every 3 years. Either way tonight I just finished Judging an English Singing Competition. The girl who sang Thriller as a tribute to MJ got third place. Meanwhile the guy who was singing Madonna got second place... go figure.

I am afraid I might have to be performing by the end of the week... I just hope I don't have to sing Country Roads or My Heart Will Go On.

Oba Mao

That's right it is Obama-Mania. Well the president is visiting Shanghai today and my freshman students couldn't wait to tell me. At first I thought there was some sort of special holiday. Oh no, just Obama making his first visit to the Middle Kingdom.

I don't know how the trip will end up, but if it is half as successful as the hype... well then I would say it is a pretty good step in China US relations.

Either way I think I want the t-shirt:
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/shop/obamao-tshirt-658266

Time it is a flyin'

After a hard week last week where I heard some hard but good words the Father has really blessed this week with His timing. It seemed like it could of been one of those crazy weeks where I barely have time to catch my breath, yet in the end all my appointments seemed to work out. By either combining or some canceling while leaders called me at the last second... either way it was a full week that still had a time where I felt rested. It is amazing how if you really leave things in His hands he does provide.

On another note I just got my power chord for my computer today. 5 days without it... it was tough for grading and teaching but in the end it really wasn't horrible. Perhaps I should take a few days off more often.

So apparently I have less then a month of teaching left for the semester. Didn't it just start last week? Time it is a flyin'