Today is Molly's birthday, so we rented a karaoke room and the whole exchange group went to sing. Karaoke is extremely popular here, especially around the new year holidays. EVERY single Chinese kid has a great voice, even Molly's six-year-old cousin. All the Americans have awful voices. We just yelled and flailed our arms. They sang ballads.
There's no differentiation here between a "boy" and "girl" song. Boys and girls like Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys the same. And they all know the words to everything. Victor, Molly and Zijian (if any of you know him from class) win the Most-Invested-In-The-Music award.
Before karaoke, the whole exchange group and their families met at a fancy peking duck restaurant for a welcome banquet. Alan's dad, the uber rich CEO with the swimming pool, took it upon himself to make a toast to the group. The meal was incredible. The highlights: peking duck (with tons of duck skin), a kung pao scallop type thing and squirrel fish (a fish the is cut to look kind of like a porcupine in a sweet sauce).
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