Thursday 28 December 2017
Tuesday 26 December 2017
China - Day 700
Sometimes when I arrive at one of the branches it looks like no-one is there. All the teachers are teaching, all the parents are in the classrooms when the classes are on, and the receptionist is asleep
Thursday 21 December 2017
Monday 18 December 2017
Tuesday 12 December 2017
Sunday 10 December 2017
China - Day 685
Busy busy busy. Put in a serious shift today plus worked overtime to make sure I had the Christmas story ready for Vicky for today so she has time to translate it. Basically I am telling two stories at the Christmas party, illustrated with a YouTube nativity story and a powerpoint presentation to teach the core vocabulary. Here you are if you had this vocabulary I bet you would know what it is - angel, star, baby, shepherds, kings, presents, party - says it all don't you think?
Friday 8 December 2017
Tuesday 5 December 2017
China - Day 681
Another lazy day - no hot water in the apartment which is causing some angst amongst the female members of the party. Winston called in yesterday and confirmed that the problem is one of low gas pressure. Well that's OK me thinks but when will the gas pressure get any higher? So I had a strip wash in the shower and this evening at 8pm YingYing went to the bath house for a hot shower - a flutter of excitement in the afternoon when we had a message from the visa application centre but it turned out to be a standard noreply effort which was content-free so we still don't know the outcome of the application. Result due soon according to average times that are published on the gov.uk website
Monday 4 December 2017
China - Day 679
Full day at work again today. After work I picked up Yingying so she could freeze on the back of the bike and we drove across town to a sports centre to meet VIcky to play badminton. It was good to hit something again even if it was just a little soft thing with feathers.......
China - Day 678
Full day at work on Saturday - very cold - traveled between 4 different schools today. Stayed up really late last night to see the World Cup draw, so suffered a bit partly as a result. We knew we had two pairs of tickets but we didnt know which teams we would be seeing. Now know that we will be at the Germany v Mexico game in Moscow June 17th soon after the tournament opens before taking the train a couple of days later to Kazan for the Spain v Iran game June 20th. Then we will fly back to Harbin (with airport-based stopovers in Dubai and Beijing). Staying 6 nights in Russia in total so we will be able to see the opening England game on the TV while we are still in Moscow. There is a possibility we could get to see that game in Volgograd but it is 12 hours away from Moscow by train and we will have to see if we can get tickets........
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