It is farewell to Nanjing but only till next semester. Looking forward to seeing all my family and friends but not looking forward to the multiple flights in order to get there. You all know that me and airplanes don't have a friendly relationship and as for the wonderful stopovers at boring airports along the way.......what can I say.....they all start to look the same..just prolong the agony!!! Hit the airport nice and early with a view to getting a good seat ...

Life in Nanjing continues to be full of surprises.....after judging the lead up local competition I was asked to judge the Provincial final for the CCTV Outlook English Talent competition...a rather important event for students across China apparently. Anyway it seems that I have been seen on national TV!!!! Little did I know as I don't watch that channel (as its all in Chinese) but many of my students saw it and they are now calling me "mei jiao shou" (beautiful...

I'm having a good week computer wise this week ...fingers crossed it continues! Still cant access FB though :( so have no idea what everyone is up to. Been very busy workwise but have managed to finish all my lesson plans for the semester and have written all the exams and had them printed!! Woo hoo...how organised am I ???? We had a holiday Monday - in fact my students were rapt to have a 3-day holiday (Sat, Sun, Mon!) to celebrate Duan Wu Festival , commonly k...

I've only just managed to send you last weeks blog and now I'm trying to write the next one!! Our computer problems have not improved at all....in fact they have got worse!! We are now all quite worried that the google allegations will affect our access even more so don't worry if you don't hear from me for a while...just incommunicado...no fault of mine The days are getting hotter but I am still managing to get out and about....trying to go sightseeing on the d...

We continue to have MAJOR internet problems here so fingers crossed I get to post this blog. We seem to be the meat in some bureaucratic sandwich and it is driving us all crazzzzzzy......Have only managed to get to my emails about twice a week and as for getting onto any websites...forget it!!!! It is certainly heating up here - averaging around 35-38 each day - so I am rather glad that I get the summer holiday break over July/August when the heat is at its wo...