last weekend was a pretty relaxed weekend. On Friday there were snow slurries in the North of Shenyang. I got really really excited about it. I actually had some senior students come to my room for me to help them with their make up. I couldn't concentrate on doing make up because I was so excited. Instead of snowing it rained and rained and rained. I was meant to be meeting everyone for a curry in Shenyang. I waited in the rain for 30 mins before a taxi came ...

I haven't updated this for ages。 I have been so busy recently。 Having 4 senior lessons that I need new lesson plans for all the time is getting pretty draining。I also collected in written work from my juniors which was just stupid because there's 200 of them。 They had to write pamphlet's outlining different customs in China。 Some of them made such an effort and have pictures and stickers all over them。 I actually don't want to mark them because it wil...

We had to work on Saturday because we had holiday。 I had the shock of my life when I glanced out of the door to my classroom and saw 2 students leaning out of an open window。 It turns out they were cleaning it， but I nearly went out to tell them to get down。 On Saturday night we were invited to Chinese theater by a local bar。 It was basically a publicity stunt， but it meant that we got free tickets。 When we eventually got there we had to stand beh...

We arrived back in Shenyang on Tuesday afternoon and caught the bus home。 It was lovely to see Serena again， who I think had gotten pretty bored with being in Shenyang alone。 That night we had THE most amazing meal in Korea town。 We went to a restaurant that was initially thought looked a little drab judging by the menu， it was also situated in a back street in Korea town which is apparently full of the Korean Mafia （that‘s what Michael said anyway...

Our lessons were cancelled for today - too many of the students were sick with this fever that seems to be going around. We decided not to waste the day, and we went on an adventure. We were going to go to the 18/9 museum， but by the time we arrived it was shut。 Instead we got on a bus and just wandered around the northern area。 We have found a random temple near the old city walls that we will be visiting again soon。 Everywhere seemed to be closed， ...