Jenny

Well, Jenny is her English name. She is our housekeeper. Byron introduced us to her, and she has been cleaning our house since the day we moved in. She is a really sweet girl, and she makes me laugh. On her first day she told me..."I like English. You like Chinese?" I said sure!! I think that was her way of telling me that she wanted me to teach her English, and she would teach me Chinese.
For awhile, she would speak rapid Chinese to me, and I would look at her totally confused. She would laugh, and go back to work. I think she realized that method wasn't working, so now she comes up to me at random intervals and points to something. She says it in Chinese and I repeat. Then I tell her the English word for the object, and either write it down or find it in our Mandarin phrasebook. Yesterday, she taught me how to say glove (rubber), girlfriend, and good-bye!! At this rate, I will be speaking like a native in no time!! :)