Another payday.It is scary how quickly the months are passing.Unfortunately today I felt too sick after work to go to town and make a traditional payday random purchase (I really must be ill!)so when I got home I ordered one of the books on my Amazon wish list instead.I had to buy something on payday!! I can't use my Chinese bank card online, so I used my English card to get it sent to my billing address and asked my mum to send it out to me in my next parcel....

My cough has been making it difficult for me to sleep so I was feeling quite unwell.I hate spending the whole day inside though, so I got dressed and went out.There is a supermarket a few minutes walk from my apartment where I usually go.Instead I went to one further along the main road so I had a bit of a walk and some air.I hadn't been to this supermarket before and it was much more noisy and chaotic.I think I will be sticking to my usual supermarket in futur...

I went to work at the Happy Tree kindergarten in the morning.After my classes, the assistant asked me if I have any Chinese friends I can bring next week to tell the children what to do.I told her none of my Chinese friends would be free to help me.I also tried to explain if a Chinese person is talking to them in Mandarin and I am talking to them in English, they will stop listening to me and just listen to the Chinese person, which won't help them learn Englis...

I was coughing so badly in my lesson that one of the assistants got me some water and said to me "have a rest!" but I drank a bit of water and carried on with the lesson.All they need is an excuse like that and they probably won't pay me.The show (class) must go on, I need the money!I find it funny that even the teachers at school who don't speak English seem to know the phrases "Sit down", "Have a rest" and "Class is over&quo...

The lady who Miss Shi had bought fruit from at the weekend waved to me at the bus stop, but I didn't go over to her stall to be friendly. Besides our language-barrier, her stall is between some buildings and my bus stop, and today so were some inflatables and a whole lot of canons aimed at the road just beyond the bus stop.I was waiting for the bus and hoping it would arrive very soon.But the music started and I knew what was coming! When someone gets married ...