After staying up talking so late (early?) I didn't wake up until the afternoon. I made some coffee and Ashley woke up and we went to get the bus to the lake. I had to guess which bus we needed and thankfully I had guessed correctly. We got off in the middle of an old looking part of town with some really old buildings. A group of young girls were cycling along in the road behind us shouting hello. I was amused to hear the same tone in Ashley's voice as I...

I was at Genius Baby School in the morning and after one of my classes the assistant approached me holding a CD case.The front of the case showed a couple dancing in what looked to me like ballroom attire. The assistant is a slightly older Chinese lady who does not speak English.The other teachers tried to help her tell me that it was about dancing.I didn't know whether she was trying to give it to me or lend it to me so to avoid confusion I just said no thank ...

As I was walking along the main road to get to Flower Garden, a Chinese man slowed his car to a crawl alongside me as I walked.I was a little worried but I just kept walking.He wound down his window and starting speaking to me in Chinese.I tried to tell him I don't understand.Then I could recognise the words he asked me where I am from so I told him I'm English.Because I had spoken a few words he continued trying to speak to me in Chinese.I was still walking an...

I woke up feeling ill again.My nose was blocked and my throat was sore.I only just made it to school in time for my lesson and I found it really difficult shouting and singing without my voice just disappearing with a croak.Usually the Genius Baby chef serves me really nice vegetarian food, but today I had to eat cucumber and tofu soup.I'd been looking forward to lunch as warm food often helps comfort when you have a cold, but this soup really was as bad as it ...

When I got to the street of the Flower Garden School it had been completely dug up!I had to climb over a mound of mud to get into the school grounds.The roadworks in china are frightening.The workers just leave gaping holes in the road with no warning sign or safety barrier.You can look down into the hole and see all the pipes, tubes and cables (and smell the sewers!).It is quite fascinating.What is also funny is that within a few days if you walk down the same...