Weather: 26-32 degrees but with an actual cool breeze. Goodbye humidity!Food: Delicious macadamia nuts from the shell and biscuits made by 5 year old, Gordon. Checklist: Bought four mino fish, hit by a car and said goodbye to Terrance.24th September19th February 2011- 24th September 2011 ~ RIP TERRANCEOver the past month I've been losing the personality of Terrance. Each day passed and he was losing his strength, not being able to put his neck and head back into ...

Ni hao!I've been exploring the neighbourhood and Shanghai since mum left, seeing new places and meeting new people but haven't quite found the words for writing a blog recently. So where do I start?I've been feeling really happy, enjoying myself but it's a different kind of happy, it's like a peace inside and it all started after a Buddhism ceremony with the hand over an ebony figure to me.Mumma wanted to hand over this figure of a man holding one single bag, tel...

24th August - 30th August 2011Checklist:Ate smelly tofu - Fermented tofuClimbed a pagodaCelebrate my 20th birthday in CHINAWelcomed my mum to SongjiangMum arrived and left in a blink of an eye. 6 days crammed packed. Many adventures, late nights, much mischief and early mornings.Although we did a lot, we didn't do everything and I'm excited to still be able to show mum new places in December when she returns to Shanghai with dad.Before the midnight strike we cele...

June 2011, China Visa Office declared that Tourist Visas are only valid for 3-5 months in China. August 2011, this is my 7 month tourist visa.."Why do you have 7 visas in your passport?" My legs turn to jelly as I explain that I am travelling around China, staying with friends. "Go to desk 4!" Trying to keep myself upright, I make my way down to desk 4, walking towards what I presumed was the deportation desk! Luckily, my wild thoughts were wr...

11th August Winter and Spring passed, Summer arrived and Autumn is already around the corner. 7 months of fried rice, rumbustious children and Chinese folk spitting and farting directly in front of me. All of a sudden I've grown quite fond of Songjiang, China! "What the…" I muttered to myself with a huge smile on my face. I made my way along a small concrete walkway, which led directly into a mass of lily pads and flowers. Where was I? This was nature at its ...