PT was kind enough to give us a list of dates for interesting international events a few weeks back. This month of blogging i've been attempting to do, is one such thing included on the list, but today I want to talk about the start of the next event that I am addressing in my project. International education week is all about raising awareness to the importance of having an international element to learning. I decided to bring the week to Kuitun for my classes,...

When coming to China, there is general agreement that you shouldn't talk about politics or religion too much. Guess what i've found to be two of the favourite topics of conversation between Chinese friends and myself? People just assume that I am christian because I live in the UK. As an agnostic, who spent some time studying religion, it can put me in a little bit of an odd situation. For example, who would have thought that I would meet the only Christian past...

Another missed day I'm afraid, down to the website not working properly,but nevermind! My week has finished one day early, as the students have to sit a special kind of cultural exam tomorrow. I don't fully understand the exam, but apparently it's not easy at all. I feel sorry for them though. I get a day off because they have a day of working even harder that usual... I guess I won't complain about this day off though - despite the lack of lessons this week (a...

My day started by noticing I had a missed call from a really nice guy we met yesterday. We had planned to go for a run, but I hadn't noticed my phone had run out of battery. It's hard to answer a phone that's off. Promptly replying with an apology for missing the call, and hence missing the chance of going running, I received back what can only be described as the very best way of saying 'no worries, it's fine' I have ever seen. So remember, next time you want to...

Aiya..(oh dear), I missed a day again. Sorry! As it happens, yesterday was just cleaning up, Chinese learning and paperwork for PT, so there was little to say anyway. The first and the last of those three were being done in preparation for the PT visit next week. Tom and Ingrid from PT are currently on their way to China, and will be arriving in Kuitun at the weekend. They are only here for a day before they move onto another project, so It's important, I feel a...