day 368: 石河子 (Shihezi) = 0km

Yesterday, I had promised 李娜 (Li Na) to take a picture of her:

Hope I did her some justice:

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辉辉 (Huihui) took me to an elementary school in the afternoon:

We were going to talk to the kids about physical education, but I was invited to watch the girls’ dance practice. I shot video after video everywhere we went, and eventually compiled them into one clip:

I realize that this video is pretty long, but I just loved the dance routine too much and couldn’t make myself cut any part of it! :)

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冉老师 (Teacher Ran) then opened up the inner sanctuary for us:

His art department:

I marveled at the expertise and the devotion of these little children:

One boy had made a comic drawing on the classroom wall that could only be described as epic:

This “fresco” featured scenes and details from movies and computer games he obviously enjoyed. I especially loved the way he had subversively drawn over the switchboard:

…then there were the clay figures – mostly scenes from the countryside:

And from computer games:

Who would have thought that CS could be so inspiring?

There was one clay figure I particularly liked:

To think that it was an elementary school child who had carved this expression into the old person’s face!

Dear 冉老师:

Thank you for what you are doing!

Soundtrack: New Order – “Blue Monday”

—total: 4802,8km