rio brazilian bbq in jincheng

so. when i got on the bus today, i did not expect we would be doing what we did tonight. i got on the bus and mary tells me about something our fellow local english teacher had set up for us. we would be eating at a restaurant, being interviewed as foreigners, for publicity.

i can say, it was great. of course, it was free. it was something i was hoping to see, a little of in jincheng. a nightlife. i'm very excited!! but! i know that the prices there are not fitting for my local friends, even if i want to go all the time.

the place is a nice place, i thought at first. i got a box of matches, which is a first in china, to have matches in a restaurant. i glee with delight while mary tries to figure out my excitement. we wait for a long time, and we are totally confused as to what was to happen. they were setting things up, their camerawork and all. after about an hour, we are all starting to get uncomfortable just sitting around. we had moved to the upstairs of the restaurant and i become more.. excited. it was quite lounge-y (plus some urine scent, not pungent, very light), very colourful, very nice in structure. i saw the menu, very reasonable and got even more excited with pasta and pizza dishes. most of us opt for the buffet, minus birnie who can't eat red meat. i hadn't had so much meat since i came here. i felt a little gross after, well now. i guess i got really used to the veggies, and bits of meat that a bbq was just too much.

they shot us dancing, they interviewed us, they shot us dancing outside the restaurant, they shot us posing in front of the restaurant. it's hilarious. i regretted not bringing my camera. i plainly forgot, had thought about it earlier, but just forgot. they said they would give us copies of the commercial/tv ad. when it is ready. giddiness.

i think the thing that enticed me, mary and yang qing the most was that there was karaoke! we will definitely do it the next time we go! actually, they asked about birnie's birthday being next week. so! i think we are going next week again. ooo.. drinking and karaoke, my kind of mix.

oh yeah, i got to dance with these girls/my age. they were the hostesses/interviewers of the commercial. they were cool, but of course we did not speak the same language. i was tempted to pass on my phone number, but what good would that do. maybe i will see them again. maybe, i will not.