''An obstacle is often a stepping stone'' - Prescott The two boys (Rob and Dan) arrived dramatically squashed into a tuctuc, with far too much luggage than the vehicle could hold, limbs sticking out of each possible gap it could. We huddled them under our umbrellas in the rain and setted of to give them a tour of our place. Of course they were impressed by our palace and burst down in tears immediatly, wishing they could live with us .... Our waiban soon treated...

'Life is what happens to you whilst you're busy making other plans' - John Lennon Since my last blog its been a fair while, think i've now decided to put less pressure on myself (as it is so much..) to not update my blog as much but just tell you the MAJOR events in my China life. Since i last updated my blog its been a fair while, i've taught nearly 2 more weeks of lessons with my students. I'm actually enjoying teaching them althogh the thought at 7o'clock in...

'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...

"When you hear the sound of thunder, don't you get too scared. Just grab your thunder buddy, and say these magic words: "f*** you, Thunder. You can suck my dick. You can't get me, Thunder, because you're just God's farts."" - Ted Last night Catherine and I sat cuddled in bed singing this song as thunder and lighting erupted outside. Well.. Catherine was more forced into my bed after her room started to leak a bit... yes bowls on the floor and everything .. but w...