你好， So today was Tom's visit. We knew he was going to be arriving in Yihuang at 12 noon, so we spent the morning just doing the last tidying of our flat - we swept the floors and put away the last few pieces that were lying out. We had finished all that we wanted to do by 11am, and not wanting to pace the flat for an hour, we walked along to the little 'fast food place' and sat with hot drinks until we deemed it a reasonable time to walk along to the scho...

你好， We are both really rather happy today :D - for two reasons - number one, we have managed to get a positive out of Lucie not being very well. Mr Luo, the headteacher of the school, decided that to prevent us from getting ill again we should both have new quilts for our beds to keep us warm, so we got these absolutely massive down feather quilts which are so lovely and warm. Secondly, Tom is visiting tomorrow! Tom was supposed to arrive tonight, but du...

你好， So this week I am teaching my pupils about the body and some of the classes really get into the activities I have prepared - I managed to find Superman by Black Lace to play (you know, the actions song - let's go for a walk, now swim, comb your hair, macho man!...) - whilst others take a lot more encouragement, but this is the same with every lesson, so now I have a rough idea of which classes I need to be extra enthusiastic in :P Did some more cleani...

你好， Travelling back to Yihuang today and then we have to prepare for Tom's visit on Wednesday. We had a rather hectic afternoon because of one thing and another (which might be explained at a later date depending on the final outcome) and so here I am planning lessons at 10:30pm. Very very short blog today, and for that I apologise, but I did promise a blog every day, no matter the length. I'll make up for this one on Wednesday when I tell you about Tom'...

你好， Today we headed back to the Star of Nanchang, hoping to have a ride and see Nanchang from the top. Unfortunately it was closed, but we know we will be back at Nanchang at somepoint throughout the year, so we'll get on that ferris wheel at some point. Behind the ferris wheel was a small fun fair/theme park, and Rachael managed to convince me to go on the roller coaster (it was small, but I don't do rides...). It was alright (I didn't feel sick afterwar...