So this is Christmas in China.My breakfast was a Snickers bar as I was feeling hungover and had no other food in the house.I went to work at Wanhuatong where usually I have to teach from a set text book but as it was Christmas they let me plan my own lesson. I had a fun class with the kids, I'd even hand made a Christmas tree and some Christmas themed crafts and activities. I met Echo for lunch and had a big bowl of vegetable noodles- not exactly Christmas di...

I told the school that if they made me move out of the apartment I would refuse to live inside the school and move into Shush and Dean's spare room instead.I said if this happened I would need the school to pay towards bills and my travel expenses.Suddenly the school changed their mind and said I could stay until the end of my contract after all.I guess the owner was cheaper to pay off than I was! I went Christmas shopping again as I needed to buy a gift for E...

I went Christmas shopping in my lunch break to try to get a present for Secret Santa.It is not easy buying Christmas presents when nobody really celebrates Christmas.Some shops were decorated with Christmas Trees and Santa's but apart from that you wouldn't know Christmas is coming,

During the class with Punch-kid I was sat on one of the small Kindergarten chairs to teach the class.Punch-kid ran over to me and started hitting the book in my lap, he was really attacking it.I tried to ignore him, so then he punched my arm hard and ran back to his seat.The other children saw what happened, and one at a time three other little boys came up to my chair looking sad and gave me a kiss on the cheek, like they were trying to make me feel better aft...

The girl from Inner Mongolia was still calling and texting me so I told her I am very busy (which is true).I still had no news on when I would have to move out of my apartment.