Race Against the Clock
61st Annual Chinese National Day Dinner
The People’s Republic of China turned 61 years old on October 1st. The week before the big day, the government was hosting a very prominent gathering at the Shangri La hotel that was invite only. Government officials and big wigs were invited.
The day of the gathering, Jen and I were informed that the school had tickets and wanted us to join the small group going. Please note that the we had to leave for the party at 5:15 pm and we were invited at 4:00pm. We were allowed to leave school 30min. early at 4:30 so that we could go get ready for the very formal black tie event (apparently a jean skirt wouldn’t cut it). It took 15 min. to get home and 15 min. to get back to school, so we had 15min. to look black tie worthy. Well, I go into overdrive and jump in the shower…only to find that the water is off!!!! Ahh! So I get out and continue to act like a crazy woman. I did it. A fifteen minute complete transformation. It was hysterical to see the bus driver’s face when we got back on the bus (the same one that dropped us off after school picked us up to go back). He looked shocked and completely confused when we got back on and used his minimal English to say “beautiful”.
On the red carpet.
The food was AMAZING!!
Jen loved the desserts!
Clifford School Representatives
The music
