Wednesday afternoon Master Wong had a surprise for us. Somehow he had secured parts for nine of us (which grew to 14) as extras in a Chinese television drama titled East Dongfeng, which will be about the Korean War.
We stayed in a hotel that night--which I'm pretty sure was still under construction. But the top floor was done. The next day we woke up at 4, then drove to the coast. After getting on a huge ferry that took over 30 minutes to turn around, we sailed to a stunning island in the pacific ocean.
The scene was a meeting between Truman and General Mcarthar. We played members of the staff. I got to be a general, looking stern in the background. The hats were fantastic. One fellow student even got a speaking part--though he'll be dubbed over into Mandarin.
It was a very long day but the experience was too random and unique I loved it to pieces. That night Master Wong, dissatisfied with the dinner the film company offered us, took us out to a karrow (basically barbecue) place--where I had the best mushrooms I've ever tasted.
I've got my first real Sanda match on Friday. Full contact, even. I also picked up a minor pull in my tricep today. I'll fall a day or two behind on my pushups, which is becoming a much larger deal the more I do.
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That's so random and cool!
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