Woke up Monday with a sore throat, hurt like hell to swallow. As the day progressed I had a case of the sniffles. Had quite a lazy morning, I watched a movie or two, had a flick through some of my class text books, and listened to some music. In the afternoon Tim was feeling […]

Started the day with a PC3 class. Teaching 5-6 yr olds is awesome. They’re full of energy, and they do the funniest things. Their parents are also in the classroom, and the parents seem to appreciate my slapstick teaching style. Thanks to some rescheduling I finished the day at about 15:30hrs. Me and Tim went […]

First day of teaching = done! It went better than expected, I really, really enjoyed it! The kids were great, and everything fell into place quite easily. Both kids and parents are really respectful of teachers in China. The children eagerly say “lao shi, lao shi!” (teacher, teacher!) when they know the answer to something. […]

Our last day before starting back at school, so we enjoyed a nice, healthy lay-in. We did some shopping in the morning, then we walked up to the university in the afternoon to meet up with Dumi and Copper. We ended up sitting in on Copper’s art class… I was worried that the art teacher […]

The next morning I woke with an awful stomache ache, and the morning of training was hell. An ice cream at lunch picked me up and by the end of the day I was just about back to normal. Tim came into Xi’an after dropping Aya off at Xi’an airport. I have no idea how […]

So, woke up at 7:30 to catch the bus to Xi’an. Checked into my hotel at about 9:00am then headed into Xi’an Aston for a 9:30 start. There were 14 of us in total, maybe 8 Americans and 4 Britains and 2 Irish. We bonded fairly well, and I found it interesting learning the backgrounds […]

Well, that was an interesting day! Spent half the day trying to get my damn money that I’d had transfered over from the UK. The money was originally sent to tide me over until pay day, but it took so long to get the money, it’s almost pay day now! The irony being that the […]

Mmm…… I love just being able to lay in on a Monday morning. With Tim getting limited sleep on my sofa, he was pretty much out of action all morning. I think I eventually coaxed him out of bed at around 12:30pm. We went for a walk determined to find a new restaurant and found […]

My new gang: ^ This is where I list there names from left to right. Can’t remember / pronounce any of them. 🙁 The day started with a demo class by Rob. After that me and Tim started walking around town to take photos. ^ Three per bike in China ^ Loads and loads of […]

Quite a quiet day today. Tim and Dumi had to give demo classes, so spent the day watching those. In the evening we went and grabbed some Tibetan dragon fish. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it was suprisingly tasty. Hmmm… that’s really all that happened today. So, what about you guys? I love […]