HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Back to school, felt a bit funny today - kinda dizzy & shakey... no idea why, don't know if I need to have some vitamins or something! hopefully it'll go off soon! Lessons went fine, because they've just finished their exams I thought I'd do quite a fun lesson, so took in a bowl, water and apples and tried to play apple-bobbing with them, after teaching them it last week for Hallowe'en. Class 7, normally one of my favourite class...

SHENYANG, Liaoning Province: Got up early again, especially considering how late we got in last night! Pete and Claire took me into the city for a late breakfast, and then we went on the search to buy DVDs. Pete had told me about this street the night before - people harrass you on the street waving DVDs at you, and if you show interest they take you to this random apartment somewhere nearby, and show you a room full of DVDs! It sounded interesting, and me a...

SHENYANG, Liaoning Province: Was woken up at 6am by Claire leaving for work, and then again at 9 by Pete coming round! Got up and dressed in record time, and was taken into Shenyang city by Pete and Emma. We went to Wu'ai market, which is apparently one of the biggest shopping markets in Asia! I bought a Shenyang ring, two hats and two scarves. lovely jubbly! After shopping Emma had to leave for work, so Pete took me back to his and Kirsty's apartment. Kirsty...

SHENYANG, Liaoning Province: Woke up very early this morning (7am!), to leave by 8am for the bus to Beijing City, to get the train for my trip to Shenyang. Got to Beijing with plenty of time, and went via WangFuJing to have a look for a book for Claire. No joy, so got back on the subway to the train station. We went for a Subway sandwich lunch - my first in China! It was amazing, totally lived up to my memories! hehe Seperated from Sarah at the station, and ...

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Finished off my Hallowe'en lesson, and my three Monday classes did OK. Class 11 were really disruptive today, but I think all the students are a bit nervous about their exams tomorrow. We had some bad news though - Miss Cao's been working on getting all our information for us (we gave her a list!): 1. Contracts - we still don't know if the school has signed our contracts! And if they have, they still need to send a copy back to TTC ...