So I saw the Olympic Torch relay and it was alot of fun.  Most of the schools had the day(Thurs) off and Id say everybody else had it of in the city too because the crowds were HUGE but this is China so who knows.  Anyway, I went with my other english teacher Dan and a few of our students at 7:30 because the Torch Relay started at 9 but when we get there people said that it had been moved back to 12.  I thought it was kind of funny that even when they reach China they are still worried about disruptions.  So we left and came back at around 12 and looked for a place to see the Torch.  The crowds were really really big so the closest we could get to was maybe 6 rows of pushing people from the route.  It was very hot, actually it was a beautiful ay but when you are standing shoulder to shoulder with millions of Chinese people the immediate temperature around you goes up. Back to the story so we are there and every time a truck or car that is part of the relay goes by everybody shouts Gong Gua Jia You and goes crazy and then after the truck there is nothing so everybody gets quiet again. Finally the torch comes and everybody goes crazy and I take pictures but luckily they came out because I couldnt see the guy that well through the crowd on the camera though I could with the naked eye so i just thrust the camera up and started snapping away.  Afterwards we all went to COCO park which is a mall near us and ate at the food court and saw alot of students all of whom always have the identical expression of surprise when they see me outside of school. Anyways it was a fun day even though we had to then work on Saturday to make up the day.