I'm Derek McNamara, an Irish guy who was working in Dalian, China as an Oral English teacher in Dalian Maritime University.Now in Chengdu studying Chinese in Southwest University of Finance and Economics

Friday, October 14, 2005

Steaks and Debates

On Thursday, I was feeling like eating Western food. Was getting bored with the stuff on offer here. Handy enough, there was a Western restaurant 2 stops away on the tram! It was pretty good! I had a chicken and chips starter and steak for main course. No veg with the steak but it wasn’t bad. I haven’t had steak since the start of August! Including drinks and ice-cream, the total bill came to around €9 for the two of us. Not too bad although way more expensive than Chinese food around the area! We’ll be going back!

Today, I had a good class with the second years. Thursday’s class with another second year class was a bit hit or miss, so I thought I’d better add something else. I thought of doing something about China sending people into space, as China had launched 2 people into space this week. They were really into it and we had debates about the subject. I was taken aback how well they did. I couldn’t stop them talking. So, hopefully I have this class on my side now! Some of the classes are hard enough to win over! I will have to try debates with other classes. I reckon I need to pick topics they are interested in, like the Beijing Olympics.

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