With not much time to pack, and ditching half my clothes, I made my way down to checkout of UIBE. After much argueeing with the cleaning staff about which bed was mine, I got to leave the building without any room charges :) I was one of the lucky few, everyone seemed to have something to pay for, whether it was broken or lost cups, or stained bed sheets - the saw every speck of dirt. 15 hour sleeper train to Changsha, lucky for me the people i've been placed wi...

been a while since I updated, I'l try keep it brief. Wed peer teaching went really good, some real positive feedback from the observer, Ian. Need to slow down, talk to fast, and I need to adapt a "teacher voice" as my accent is to hard to understand, this coming from an Irishman. lol. Wednesday night, was the night everyone was waiting for, placement time. I've been placed in the south in town called "changsha" there are 8 of us in total goin...

monday Excellent!!!! got assignment 4 back, and if you hadn't guessed, got an excellent, not that i'm bragging or anything Handed my fifth assignment in also, and met the rest of my group that i am going to be training with tue/wed/thur. Planned our first lesson, 80 minutes on name/numbers and age. tuesday Obviously I had to go first, not just in our group, but for the entire day. We each had to teach for 20 minutes. doesn't seem that long - couple of game...

monday Excellent!!!! got assignment 4 back, and if you hadn't guessed, got an excellent, not that i'm bragging or anything Handed my fifth assignment in also, and met the rest of my group that i am going to be training with tue/wed/thur. Planned our first lesson, 80 minutes on name/numbers and age. tuesday Obviously I had to go first, not just in our group, but for the entire day. We each had to teach for 20 minutes. doesn't seem that long - couple of games...

After the long day - bed anyone? nope it was of 2 a gay bar, with a bouncing floor, for Lee's birthday, and yes the floor literally bounced. I lasted not even an hour, was absolutely exhusted, and really wanted to go to the Forbidden City the next day so headed 2 bed. 9 o'clock - it was already arranged with Cat, Adele and Suzy. 10 past and they still werent even out of their bed so I went without them. Don't have the words to describe how massive the place is, ...