As I was getting ready for work I received a phone call from Miss Wang.She told me the owner of my apartment is coming back earlier than planned and I will have to move out before January.I went to work feeling very unhappy.My apartment may be basic, but it's become my home and I kind of like it!She wasn't very clear where I would have to live for my last two weeks in Liaocheng and I had a horrible feeling my final few weeks here are going to be just as chaotic...

I was feeling really tired and when I got to Flower Garden I discovered the parents had been invited in to watch me teaching.Just what I needed!The parents sat behind their respective children and were fussing over them and some of them were even talking on their mobile phones.The children were not as co-operative as usual because their parents were being so distracting. During my lunch break I did a lesson at Wanhuatong School.There are a few children there w...

When I went into Miss Wang's class one of the little girls ran at me with a semi-inflated space hopper and whacked me with it across the knees.Later on in the day I had my usual Wednesday lesson with Punch-kid and all the way through the lesson he was good, but at the end when I was putting on my coat he ran up and he punched me in the thigh.I don't understand why so many of the children have an urge to hit me! I went to meet Ruth at English Corner, and when i...

After work at Flower Garden, I walked past a street food seller I hadn't noticed before.A man was buying something from her which looked intriguing.I went for a closer look and it was rice on a stick.The sticky rice was compacted onto a stick with what looked like a piece of bamboo cane.She then took off the bamboo and the rice stayed on the stick like an ice lolly.I bought one and ate it walking to the bus stop.It was hot and sweet and really quite nice!

Miss Wang came to speak to me in school and told me I have to put on a Christmas show with some of the kids at Genius Baby. She immediately asked me how many children I need and what I plan to do. I told her I will actually need some time to prepare something!