Every Wednesday I teach at Genius Baby all day.The morning classes are OK, but in the afternoon I have to teach Punch-kid.I think of him as Punch-kid because he seems to enjoy running up and punching me whenever the assistant turns her back.I think he's about 4 years old so he's only small, but it's still not very nice being punched.I've tried telling him to stop.I've tried showing the assistant what is going on hoping she would tell him to stop.None of this ha...

After one of my classes at Flower Garden, the teacher approached me and said "You are very good, the child go home and tell the father they like you".I thought it was really nice to know that the kids are talking about my classes when they go home. When Poppy came home I was in the living room doing some work on the laptop.She sat on the edge of the chair and put the TV on.I didn't mind too much because she keeps the volume quite low.She got up and w...

As I have no useable washing machine in my apartment, I have to take my washing to the kindergarten.I have to trek across the yard with a heavy bag of dirty clothes, and then hope that someone isn't already using the machine.When I first moved here I was told that nobody really uses the machine as they all wash their clothes by hand at home.However, someone often is using the machine to clean the sofa covers or the 'shoe-socks'.Shoe-socks are like cloth bags wi...

I was feeling a bit ill but I decided to go to town to get some air.When I got off the bus I came over all dizzy and thought I was going to vomit.I was a bit surprised as I didn't even have any alcohol last night.I figured it was probably just because I hadn't eaten much all day and decided the best thing to do would be throw salt and sugar at it and hope it went away, so I went to KFC (I know, I know, but this was an extreme circumstance!) I had some chips and...

It was my first day at my new Saturday job teaching.Miss Shi met me at the yard gate at 8:30 and we got a pedi-cab to the Happy Tree kindergarten.On the ride there she gave me a carton of what looked like milk but I'd only just had my breakfast so I put it in my bag.As the pedi-cab made its way to the school she tried communicating with me in a sort of sign language with a few simple Chinese and English words.She told me she had seen Ruth this morning and woken...