Pink, white and purple blossom scattered across the floor. High temperatures, thick humidity, causing immense thunder storms and therefore a wonderful cycle for the nature around us. Everything seems to be looking up at the moment. I'm enjoying myself once again, the tedious times seemed to of passed.I have applied for a voluntary position working with migrant children downtown. They excepted my CV and have invited me a training and orientation day. It'll be in ...

15th of July, my 6 month point here in Songjiang, China and where do I start?Firstly, it's been pretty up and down for me here, not with my emotions but keeping myself focused to stay put in one place, as my travel bug has been trying very hard to be let loose! Unlike in Uganda where I had numerous holidays, many months to travel around East Africa, here I only two weeks in a whole year.I really like this quote and it was especially true back in March when I was ...

Weather: Between 34 - 38 degrees Celsius.Working: 6 days a weekFood: Mainly fruit and yoghurtMusic: Paul Simon 4th July Summer Camp has started. The days still aren't long compared to the average working day, but adding on 2-3 extra teaching hours each day, it's surprising how tiring it can be, along with having only one day off in the week and I suppose also because I'm out of routine. Hey ho, it's all classed as overtime, so it'll defiantly be worth it come t...

22nd June After a brilliant night out downtown with some friends, everything was about to take a turn for the worst…Looking for taxis, I saw a black guy saying some stuff into one taxi. I asked if we could take it and if not, for the taxi driver to move on for the next ones. Well somethingsomethingsomething, next thing I collapsed into a bed of floors, bouncing off and falling to the ground hitting my head; The guy had head butted me in the face!! A tissue he...

6th June The wrong stop on the subway, doubling back on ourselves by 6 stops and then a taxi driver who clearly got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, Linda and I finally arrived with wet hair and feet at the orphanage in Qibao.2 large black gates and a huge, black glassed building faced us. In the background were some animal models 'roaming' the grass and small pretend bell tower. This was not what I was expecting!Stood under our umbrellas, Linda exc...