I was still being sick when I woke up, so I went back to bed, was woken at 1pm and sick again.I managed to miss all my lectures for the entire day.It was like my uni days relived.Luckily all I missed was a Mandarin lesson, Tai Chi and Calligraphy.And there were no exams!! A few of us then decided to make the most of our afternoon as the morning had been a write-off.We hailed a taxi and showed him a map, but he looked a bit aggressive and started to gesture for u...

The tour meeting time was 6:30am. I don't think I've even got up that early for work in the last few years. First stop was the Ming tombs. We walked through the main entrance building to look at various relics including some very elaborate crowns which had been found in the graves, we walked on through the grounds, and then came to an archway stood on its own. The guide told us we shouldn't take photos of it as it is bad luck, and we shouldn't walk through it tow...

We had an interesting lecture in the morning from a teacher who has lots of experience in China.He gave us some useful tips and it sounds like nothing is going to be particularly straightforward! Later in the day we had Contract signing which involved going through all of the clauses and then handing in three signed copies.A lot of the clauses referred to the items we should be furnished with in our apartments, and how much they should pay us.It will be interest...

We had an orientation tour ofThe University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and it finished sooner than was scheduled so a group of us went to theLama Temple- or Yonghegong.We had to walk through lots of small buildings to get right to the back where there was a giant Buddha.It was quite interesting but to be honest after the first small building, they all began to look the same. We went back for a lecture which basically explained a bit more abou...