"When you hear the sound of thunder, don't you get too scared. Just grab your thunder buddy, and say these magic words: "f*** you, Thunder. You can suck my dick. You can't get me, Thunder, because you're just God's farts."" - Ted Last night Catherine and I sat cuddled in bed singing this song as thunder and lighting erupted outside. Well.. Catherine was more forced into my bed after her room started to leak a bit... yes bowls on the floor and everything .. but w...

Continuing my blog from last time whilst Catherine sleeps, its been a long and hot day (around 30' here) and we both need the rest for our 6am start tomorrow for tai chi We said our goodbye's outside our hostal and i trotted along with my really light (sense the sarcasm) bag and jumped onto the coach. The day started well with me falling off my chair whilst sleeping on the coach, followed by a few laughs on my behalf and me jumping out of my skin when Dan woke m...

'The journey of a thousend miles begins with one step' - Lao Tzu Good afternoon to those in China and good morning to England! I have finally sorted myself out and i am sitting at my swanky new desk in my study room (oh yes) and writing my blog. I need to catch everyone up on my week in Beijing and my time in Jiangxi so far. Day 1 - 14 hours on a plane was not fun. We were held by delays at Abu Dhabi airport due to a broken computer (worrying) and all our excit...

'The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing' - Walt Disney This blog is about my year in China with Project trust. I have just spent a week in Beijing with my amazing fellow Project trustees but we have now just headed to our projects around China. Me and my partner Catherine are currently in Chongren, Jiangxi .. Tomorrow I can update you fully on our mad week so far and my goodbyes to England P.s sorry for the boring post, need to catch some zz'...