It's a buffet and there's chocolate fondue?

Gotta be honest, not much happened today, but that doesn't mean I don't have any stories to share!

So today was the first day we were supposed to take the staff entrance to the banquet room where we've been having orientation.. Of course we ended up going the wrong way and to the wrong floor at first haha  but do not worry guys, we got there on the second try! Andddd OF COURSE they had fruit, pastries, tea and coffee there for us because we are spoiled and Shangri-La is just so awesome! I really mean that, they are all so incredibly nice and sincere. They have already done so much for us and they just keep continuing to do so, so lucky to be interning and learning from them for six months. #sohappy

Anyways, the first two presentations we had were from people who couldn't speak English very well so they had a translator. Pretty sure I got a good neck workout in from looking from the speaker to the translator who was standing on the opposite side of the table from the speaker haha

Oh and btw I'm currently reppin' Lockport Lacrosse with my awesome sweatshirt! **Thank you O'Sheas!!**

Didn't really luck out so much for lunch, mainly fish, but they had chicken neck (actually quite tasty, tasted exactly like normal chicken haha) and rice.. lots of it haha anddd then some fruit and pastries

We got through orientation really quickly today, and Sharon took us to get SIM cards for the phones here, so we officially have cell phones (two of us do, the other two of us are getting phones tomorrow). Then we went and just walked down Renmin Road (the street that Shangri-La is on).. passed Louis Vitton.. Armani... Gucci.. Fendi.. Prada.. Hey mom, want to go shopping while you're here? :) haha They are actually legitamate stores too, quite classy here in Dalian.. And for some reason everyone was staring at us.. Not sure why, I think we must have looked really good or something haha (it was obviously because we're the foreigners)

Then we decided to eat at iCafe in Shangri-La, which is a buffet, therefore I ate a lot haha (we get three meals a day at the staff cafeteria, although we can substitute one of those for a meal at iCafe) I mainly had some fried rice, pork, salad **yes, salad** and then we found out that there was a chocolate fondue fountain for dessert. I think that's enough said haha

Welp, tomorrow we're going to do our health check, let's hope I don't cry when they take my blood, which I might do because I'm a big baby.. a 21-year old baby :) haha

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Looking awkward outside the patio of one of the restaurants at Shangri-La