Cecely: It's Another School Teahouse, Of Course!

Our school invited the foreign, and some Chinese, English teachers to one of the school's teahouses and then to a dinner afterward to celebrate Teacher's Day. We actually had always seen this cute little building on an island on the school's small lake, and had always wondered what it was. Well, it's the school's other teahouse, of course! Silly us. It has a more formal style, with dark polished wood; the teahouse we had always visited before on campus, which is behind the school's teafields, has a more rustic bamboo style. Anyway, it was an enjoyable Teacher's Day celebration with fruit, sunflower seeds, and of course plenty of tea. We enjoyed talking with the other teachers, catching up on what they did over the summer, and they enjoyed seeing how much Pheebs has grown. Afterward we had a good school dinner with soy-cooked pork, fish from the sea, and other delicacies. Then, as China's Mid-Autumn Festival is soon approaching, we were given our annual gift of mooncakes from the school. More about mooncakes and the festival later.