26th Jan"Hurry up! Hurry up!" I say, as all the ingrediants still boil away an hour later..Tonight I cooked myself dinner, a real meal! I have been eating dinner since I arrived but, boxed noodles, biscuits, plain noodles, take outs, isn't quite what you'd call 'cooking' So lots of vegetables, brown rice and curry powder. Not too sure what I was planning on making but it turned out to be a kind of risotto and I liked it, luckily, as I was so hungry afte...

21st Jan - MidnightBefore I went to sleep I started feeling really sick, sick enough for a bin beside my bed and I put on a jumper, socks, different items of clothing incase I needed to go to the doctors suddenly, I felt bad.'Ding, dang, dong. Ding dang dong' It's midnight, why is the apartment bell going off? I go to the door to answer the call but Diana is there already. "Sorry if I woke you, I just ordered some food"I started chatting to Diana but ha...

21st JanSong I'm singing: 'Perfect Day' by Lou ReedChecklist:Gone to a local pharmacyBought some food to take away in a scary/nice 'restaurant'I wait in the long queue to send my letters to England. The guard pushes me along, so I'm behind the next customers. He tries to get a whole counter opened for me "No. No, it's okay" Women behind their counter are calling their friends. They come out from the back, to just stand and look at me. I don't think they...

19th JanChecklist:Gone to Tescos in China"You can see you like children. You are passionate" said Vicky as we left kindergarten class.In lessons, a teaching assistant (TA) will always accompany you. She'll translate when they think it's necessary. I usually have Shining or Vicky with me. We have good relationships and I like to see them smiling too when in the lesson, it makes me feel at ease, that it's going well. Felix drove me over to New Town School...

17th JanTo do list:Win aganist a 7, 8 and 10 year old at 4 in a rowBuy some slippersChecklist:Eaten in a local restaurantA small rabbit in a cage runs around in cirlces, as a stray kitten teases it with her paw and tail. People gather to watch the funny drama. Big silver pots outside shops steam away cooking lunch for todays customers and shop keepers put out their final stock of New Years decorations. Traffic rushes by, keeping you on your toes as scooters and b...