Last night was so awesome...just hanging out with the girls. Eve is a student teacher at my school; and we've gone to dinner once before. She originally wanted to go Wednesday, and she wants to introduce me to her doctor boyfriend's buddy. But, Wednesday I tutor at 7, so we decided to go on Thursday. Doctor boyfriend and his friend were unavailable, so we decided to make it a girls' night. She had 4 of her friends from college meet us. They were so much fun! We all met at a restaurant and had dinner. Amanda, the girl with short hair, is so fun and so much like me! She rocks. After dinner, we went out onto the cute little porch at the restaurant and took silly pictures. Taiwanese are very shy, and my encouraging them to take goofy pictures really made them warm up to me. It was so fun. They kept saying we were on "America's next top model." After dinner and modeling (lol), we were on our way to a University. We stopped to get tea first. Eve bought me a Passion Fruit Green Tea...it was sooooo delicious. Across from the tea shop was a pet store, so we went in and played with puppies. It was awesome...they are so adorablle. I wanted to get a little pug so badly, but I know that's too much responsibility right now. Then, we went to a nearby college, Chung Cheng University. None of the girls go there, but it was a nice place to walk around. There were so many activities happening: hip-hop dancing, flute playing, students gathered to study, etc... We went to the bookstore to take in the air conditioning; and when we walked out we saw a white guy. We chased him down so we could talk to him. He was from Latvia and talked like a robot, it was so funny! I wanted to know if they had Chinese as second language classes at the college, and if they were taught in English. He said yes and offered to show me the foreign student office. It was closed by then, so I said I would return another day.
After walking around the college, we got back in the car and went to the girls' college. They took me to their college's cheerleading practice! There were more than 40 girls and maybe 10 guys. I was soooooooooo excited. I watched them do a few cheers, then I went to help with stunts. I taught them a basket toss, and they even got to throw me a few times. Everytime I went in the air the HUGE groups surrounding the stunt would cheer and clap. They were so awesome. Their stunting was very basic. They were still working on halves. They showed me some stunts and wanting me to critique them. The coach kept bowing to me and thanking me over and over. We did this for probably 45 minutes, until then had some material to work with. The male cheerleaders really need to get to the gym and get strong. I don't think any of the girls, or guys, work out....so you can imagine how hard stunting must be. There was a point where I was in a half and the base was shaking. I looked down and said "why are you shaking? Go to the gym" lol. I taught them the importance of looking at each base to throw at the same time, and not talking in the stunts. The coach yelled at them at one point, and kept apologizing to me for yelling. I told you have to yell sometimes. I told him to impliment running laps for discipline. I said everytime my team talks in a stunt, they have to run laps. Lol. When I left, everyone was so greatful for my coming to help. They had tears in their eyes and said that I "touched their hearts." I couldn't believe how happy I made them by just helping out a little bit. I wanted to cry because they were so happy, and I missed my Perry girls SO MUCH! It's great to get back into cheering; and I told them I will come to practices often. I'm so excited to beable to help them out. They have a competition on November 21st...so hopefully I can help them get to the point where they will do very well! I'm so excited! It was awesome to get to fly in the air again. I didn't feel very safe, but I gave them the benifit of the doubt and they caught me. lol! I've been dropped before...but not this time! After cheering, Eve took me back home.
After walking around the college, we got back in the car and went to the girls' college. They took me to their college's cheerleading practice! There were more than 40 girls and maybe 10 guys. I was soooooooooo excited. I watched them do a few cheers, then I went to help with stunts. I taught them a basket toss, and they even got to throw me a few times. Everytime I went in the air the HUGE groups surrounding the stunt would cheer and clap. They were so awesome. Their stunting was very basic. They were still working on halves. They showed me some stunts and wanting me to critique them. The coach kept bowing to me and thanking me over and over. We did this for probably 45 minutes, until then had some material to work with. The male cheerleaders really need to get to the gym and get strong. I don't think any of the girls, or guys, work out....so you can imagine how hard stunting must be. There was a point where I was in a half and the base was shaking. I looked down and said "why are you shaking? Go to the gym" lol. I taught them the importance of looking at each base to throw at the same time, and not talking in the stunts. The coach yelled at them at one point, and kept apologizing to me for yelling. I told you have to yell sometimes. I told him to impliment running laps for discipline. I said everytime my team talks in a stunt, they have to run laps. Lol. When I left, everyone was so greatful for my coming to help. They had tears in their eyes and said that I "touched their hearts." I couldn't believe how happy I made them by just helping out a little bit. I wanted to cry because they were so happy, and I missed my Perry girls SO MUCH! It's great to get back into cheering; and I told them I will come to practices often. I'm so excited to beable to help them out. They have a competition on November 21st...so hopefully I can help them get to the point where they will do very well! I'm so excited! It was awesome to get to fly in the air again. I didn't feel very safe, but I gave them the benifit of the doubt and they caught me. lol! I've been dropped before...but not this time! After cheering, Eve took me back home.
So it was an awesome night and I'm so thankful for Eve. She introduced me to some new friends and we had such a great time! I know that Amanda and I will definetely hang out again...she's really cool! It seemed like Eve, Amanda, and I got along great...like the Three Muskateers. Lol!
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