HARBIN, Heilongjiang Province: I slept in Claire's room Sunday night, and felt quite fragile in the morning... did not enjoy classes so much today! I watched Mean Girls with Claire and Sarah in the evening, and had a fairly early night.

HARBIN, Heilongjiang Province: We arrived very early Sunday morning into Harbin airport - I sat next to James Joyce on the coach from harbin airport to the hotel, I think I annoyed him a bit coz I was really hyper! We arrived at the hotel and were given key cards... my key card didn't work! Got a new one, but that was broken too! Finally with my third key I got into our room; I'm sharing again with Liz. It's a really nice room - pretty big. We've got our ow...

SHENZHEN, Guangdong Province: Made it to breakfast early in the morning. Got all my stuff sorted and struggled to bring my rucksack down from the 6th floor, even though I reduced the weight! We were told that because the weight limit had been reduced, we were allowed to take on two carry-on bags, so I managed to move stuff around and didn't have to leave much behind. We got the coach to Shenzhen - a two hour coach journey I think! Sat next to Kate and listene...

DONGGUAN, Guangdong Province: This morning, got up just in time to miss breakfast! But made it in time for more team building - was fun, but I felt so rough after last night! Some kids aged between 3 & 8 came on a camp today, so we sung some songs with them - they were so cute! They were really shy though, so didn't get a chance to speak to many (not that I could've spoke Chinese to any of them!) After lunch me & Kate went to the school's computer...

DONGGUAN, Guangdong Province: I started today by being woken up by my roommate at 7.15am for breakfast. Got ready for breakfast but broke my bottle of perfume, and it took me a while to find a broom to clean that up! Went to breakfast, had half a piece of toast with peanut butter and a bit of Chinese tea, met a few new people and went to the shop to get some bottled water. Came back, and then had a nap because I was so tired! Intended to wake up for lunch but...