China - Day 210

Walked to work from the hotel and it took about 45 minutes

Had breakfast on the sidewalk

Took the slow train back to Jinzhou

China - Day 209

led a couple of demo classes today for the kindergarten kids, and in between times spent time in the office where there was a bit of a drama over the laminator

moved to a cheaper hotel 

China - Day 208

Had breakfast of rice porridge, pasty and spicy noodles in a restaurant just along from the plush shopping centre which has Bonded English on the second floor

China - Day 206

Spent the day organising what I am going to do between now and when I come back to England on September 5th. Everything is open to change but I want to see LiuXiaoMeng so I booked some tickets for Dandong next week  and lined up a job interview in Shenyang for tomorrow....

China - Day 207

Spent the afternoon at a language school in a shopping centre in South West Shenyang

There is a big salary on offer and accommodation close to the place I would be working

The agent drove me back to my hotel after the interview and the lights of Shenyang sparkle at night..... .. .. .. . . . . 

China - Day 205

Back in China - arrived at 0130 so slept in arrivals for a couple of hours before joining the queue to get through immigration

One thing I noticed immediately was that there was much less obesity here in China - then I remembered all the Dunkin Donuts and McDo outlets that I had seen in the Philippines - then I thought about how hot it was all year round and how the streets are so hot, dirty, dusty, uneven and difficult to navigate and how no-one ever walks anywhere there. But we have McDo here in Beijing (just starting up). Fatboy Fat was in there today while waiting for the train to Jinzhou - enjoying the aircon and a fudge sundae...... .. .. .. .   .   .      .

China - Day 204 - the journey back from the Philippines

Spent the day coming back. Stopped off on the bus with time for rice cakes at a service station

(vid to follow) Got to the airport in Manila with plenty of time to spare. Chaos at the airport as there was no information available on the boards. I got the impression, from listening to the announcements, that there were plenty of Chinese people achieving 'last call for _' status as a result of the chaos