30th SeptRed shoes, pink socks, blue leggings, black shorts, purple vest top, blue hoop earrings, blue nails and sweat bands - I was so meant to be born in the 80's!80's night to celebrate the first day of freedom from teaching for 5 days! 3rd Oct - 5th OctWhere? Nanjing - A bright bustling city, full of history and charm.Who?Connie, Lindsey and my little red bear, Obe.What did we do?Bought Obe-Obe is now my mascot of China and will touring in my backpack wherev...

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 ...

9th SeptemberWhen Felix told me my visa had been successfully accepted I didn't respond to him excitably nor have the sudden surge of happiness. Reactions I thought I would have felt in that given moment.This visa gives me one month and after that I will need to apply for an extension to last until the end of the year. My feelings now have changed about staying as I have a Plan B in South East Asia that excites me. How will things work out? In a few weeks an answ...

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...