Thanksgiving Shenanigans

My internet is still down so I'm stealing Cheng's right now :( I'm using this as an excuse not to do my research project, but honestly I'm starting to get a little worried bc we only have two weeks left! Ah! Must do everything in that amount of time so I feel satisfied with my time in Beijing.

Wednesday my program had a Thanksgiving meal planned, but it was pretty expensive and I didn't want to be disappointed by some "chinese style thanksgiving food" so some of my friends and some of Cheng's friends decided to eat Beijing roast duck instead :) We went to this semi-famous hole-in-the-wall where apparently lots of foreign dignitaries like to eat. We ordered to whole ducks and some veggie dishes, and all was well.

The next night my classmates and I invited our teachers over for a home-made thanksgiving. We all pitched in and cooked some dishes, and the teachers brought some food, so all together we had the most amazing feast and tons of leftovers. The only traditional thanksgiving food in sight was mashed potatos and gravy but hey, we're in China so we were just going for the spirit of the thing. Annnnd then afterward we went out for ladies night at Propaganda. Haha ok so really not the typical thanksgiving at all, but it was still a good time.

Last night we tried our luck at a local "indie pop" concert hosted by a bar called D22. We only got through 2 acts and then we had to leave. It was just bad news. And the bar was really smoky. But we tried and now we know better.

Then today we tried our luck with gift shopping and had some good sucess. I know my time is really winding down here because I'm having to budget myself for these last two weeks so that I still have enough to get awesome China presents for everyone. I guess I'll have to cut down on the extravagent eating (like... any western food place) and frequent more sketchy noodle joints instead, so that I have more money for presentsss. Ah I can't wait for Christmas!