The home stay in the Glass's is another quite deeply impressed experience for me during the time in Richmond. Mr and Mrs Glass are so kind and friendly. They picked up us in front of the GRC on time at 3 p.m this afternoon. We took 40 minutes drive to their house in Chesterfield which is on the west to Richmond.
Their house is located on a hill which is in a big neighbourhood. The natural environment attracted me a lot and we walked in the forest in the neighbourhood, breathing the fresh air.
This kind of neighbourhood is not common in Shanghai. We just can own the apartment, but not house, because it is so expensive and far away from the downtown area, which is too unconvenient for us to work and go to school. In addition, the parks in Shanghai are artificial and we are rare to see the hill in Shanghai. So today we get a special chance to touch the nature to which we have looked forwards for a long time.
I like the decoration inside the house, the colour, the ornaments and the furnishings. We were told that the house is designed by the hostess, Mrs Glass and decorated by the Mr Glass. So they can make the house as their dream house and complement something they want anytime. I hope that maybe oneday I can also have my dream house in a natural surburb with a beautiful garden.
Mrs Glass prepared a ample dinner for us and their family considered us as the important guests to treat. We ate a lot and the food was so delicious that we thought maybe this was the biggest meal we have eaten since we went to US.
During the dinner, which impressed me deepest is what Mrs Glass talked to us. We chated topics of something different between China an America which is related to the culture and society. She also shared the experience of herself about deal with the relationship between the husband and wife, which is very useful for us to make the true attitude to our future life.
Moreover, because their family are the loyal Christian, she think the church in their community is the hugh family for them, though they are far away from their relative. She believe that people living in the world should put their family as the most important thing and also we should take the society to our heart. When we are successful in our career, making a lot of money, we should donate some to the society to help the people who need the help.
I am quite agree with her. Their family in our eye are blessed and happy. We played card games with them. Then I have learned about 4 American cards game, hehe~
I like all the Glass's family!