Ni HaoThanks for all the comments on the blog everyone, it is much appreciated! I miss you all, and wish you could be here with me! Hope everyone is great in the UK!! I have finally (after a month) got my computer back in working shape, wahoo - which means I am available for Skype conversations!! A few new thoughts, and some things I missed before from the National Holiday week: Chinese Massage - A while ago, me and the boys George and Matt decided we would go fo...

Hello everyone, I had a lovely week off, for National Holiday (the 62nd birthday of the Mao's People's Republic of China) but as a result we all had to then work the weekend as well as the week after!! 7 whole days in school :( I cannot complain though as every worker has been made to do the same - its the governments decision, so literallly - can't complain! ha During my week off, I explored alot of the places in Beijing I had wanted to go to for a while, bu...

Hi Everyone, Hope everything at home is good. Things are great here!!! And they are about to get even better, as I have 7 days off due to National Holiday!!! This is the anniversary of Mao's Republic of China. I am warned that Beijing gets crazy busy around this time, as its not just schools have the week off - its almost every worker in China! To make it even more enjoyable, just got paid yesterday for the whole months work (we get paid in cash here) annoyin...

Ni hao pengyou he jiating (Hello friends and family) After the last blog, I said the weather was cooling down - scratch that.. we had another heat spell! ha!! The little change in weather however, seemed to give me a cold! :-( This week I had lots of fun in my classes, and I treated some of the kids to fun lessons - such as making healthy smoothies and an ICT class where they made powerpoints on volcanoes. I am getting to know the children alot better now, but ...

Hey peops, hope everything at home is fine and dandy with you! I feel a little out of the loop here, as the internet is so scarce - Cornwall could actually have become its own country, and I would be none the wiser! lol.Things are still grand here, I had a four day weekend last weekend, and only worked 3 days this week as I effectively have every Friday off anywho~!! So can't complain!! So I've had some time off to explore and chillax. Me and Katie checked out th...