Monday 1st June This week was the start of my home straight in Yiyang. On Monday I had a goodbye class and some exams before meeting Rich for some back gate food.On Tuesday I had an exam in the morning then did some work before meeting Ava, Vera, Naija and Mary for some very tasty ice cream in the "Student Union"Wednesday was quiet, I had a goodbye class and did some work. On Thursday I went to the bank with Lisa in the morning but realised I had lost my card. ...

15th May 2009 Friday morning my classes went well. In the afternoon I cleaned my apartment before meeting John and going to Changsha. We were off to the countryside to stay with his classmate who had just had a baby. We caught a bus, and then another bus, and then a mini bus, and then walked a bit and then met his friend and got a lift on a scooter. This must have been pretty hilarious for anyone watching as I had never been on a scooter or motorbike before!The ...

4th MayMonday was a fairly quite day, my first class was cancelled. I ate with Rich in the afternoon and saw some of my students.On Tuesday I had a good early class with my Chinese 3rd years and then caught up with some marking before meeting Darcy for lunch. I did some lesson planning in the afternoon then John came to campus for tea. It was a fairly productive day.On Wednesday I had 6 classes instead of my usual 2. In the final 2 classes I watched a film with m...

I'm getting this blog written before I forget! Matt's visit was a lot of fun, but I need to start a little bit before it... Warning: Is very long!!!! Tuesday 31st March I can't remember this week too well because it was a while ago. On Tuesday we had our first Chinese lesson! (finally...) It was really good to have some proper things to learn and our teacher, Adelle, is really nice. After class we went out for dinner with the students who helped Rich when ...

Friday 20th March The end of the week was pretty quiet. On Saturday evening we planned to go out for a meal with Panda, Lisa and Kevin but in the end it was just me and Rich. Well... it started nicely! We went to Jono's again, had some western food and some nice red wine then decided to go dancing. We had a change of scenery and went to Bar 77. It was OK but I decided to leave early. When I got back to campus I had a phone call from one of my students on Rich...