The time has come that i can officially celebrate. After all of the other volunteers laughing and making fun that me and Cat still having to work , we are free! It's been a week of mostly games and quizzes for the kids, giving them some relief as they have been working hard but now the real coutndown begins 4 DAYS!! On Wednesday Me, Cat, Dan and Rob are shooting off to Hong Kong to go and do some major shopping, get very drunk and .. maybe see some sights.. We ...

So much has happened in the little time that i have blogged, i have a lot to fill everyone in. Since my last blog i celebrated halloween with my classes and took part in their sports day.. all which caused many funny and dramatic stories Firstly, in the week of halloween i decided to celebrate with my kids as they do not celebrate it here. Most of them had heard of it but not of the extent that many people can go to on halloween. They were amazed when i showed t...

The weekend after the boys was back to teaching. Lessons were back to normal and within the week there was not really that much to report on. The damp in our living room has grown even worse and it still seems that not much is being done about it.. luckily our desk officier David is coming in a month so at worse we can talk to him about sorting it out. Got invited to a party one day, we were so tired this day so only went for an hour which involved a small banque...

'It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years!' - Abraham Lincoln IM SO SORRY! Every time i have spare time to blog i am dragged out for a meal, or taken to a classroom to speak to students for just a few hours or (like last night) taken to a small art gallery where students were sitting having lessons. It's hard to write a small blog for the days i have not told you yet so apologies again, but i'll start now. Thursday - So i started ...

'Summer is a child - ready to cry at anytime' - Judy Zhu (Our Wayban) Sunday morning, 6am start for tai chi. To say the least we sucked. Only stayed for a bit as everyone already knew the moves and they were ridiculousy flexible!!! Catherine and I just giggled and attempted the moves, to the best we could anyway. Later that day we then went to play ping pong and basketball with some students. Firstly i want to set something straight.. Chinese children are not as...