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So the weekend, complete waste of 2 free days. On the saturday, Scott and I had planned to go to the college that Mao attended, however this was arranged when we were drunk, and when 9 o'clock in the morning seems like a good idea. Somehow I was up and ready for 9, with no hangover and feeling like I hadn't drank at all the previous night - how odd. Scott on the other hand hadn't surfaced from his bedroom, and at 12 when i went back over to the boys apartment, he had only just managed to make the room stop spinning. So needless to say we were unsuccessful in that trip.
Plus side tho, planned my lessons for the week - clothing for my grade two and food for my grade 6. Grade one and kindergarten could be done later. But that was basically all I did for the saturday, as did everyone else. Out for dinner tho, dumplings!! They're a favourite of the groups, everyone has gota love dumplings.
Sunday - hopefully more productive than Saturday right? The chinese english teachers were planning on taking us to a theme park which is in a big park, right next to our flat, so close u can see it from our living room window, and everyone in the park walking past. Don't know why we hadn't gone there before? Anyway, plan was for 2 o'clock, at 1 they phoned - pissing down with rain so they didn't want to go. The only day we actually plan something and it rains - heavens opening and not just a passing shower (mum). Obviously it has eventually passed, but 5 hours later, just in time for us to go out for dinner.
The cheapest dinner I've had since I got to China, only 50pence each, you pay for what you get tho. Was a bowl full of noodles and meat? questionable as they were not specific about what type of meat and didn't taste like any meat i'd had before. The veg option had sausage in it? It's China!!! It was also very spicy, I'm not yet accustomed to the spice. Not sure it's actually possible but my bowl looked fuller the more I tried to eat. Was eating for a good 30 mins and hadn't looked like i'd touched it, in the end the boys ate it for me, and completely finished it.
Back to school on today - clothing. Have completely emptied my wardrobe and taken it school to teach with realia. Got two games to play with them, the first is with flashcards and is a memory game, trying to match pairs. They cheat tho as you can slightly see the picture through the paper, and they spend ages trying to pick them. I've put a stop to that tho, and put another bit of paper over every bit, serves themselves right. The second game is slightly more dangerous as it turns out. I shout an item of clothing and member from each team runs collects the item and places it on the washing line that i've created. This was working well until one boy fell and skinned in shins on the platform where the washing was tied. Oops.
Also have basically lost my voice now from all the shouting and screaming I've been doing today. This is not because they are bad kids and not listening, its because they are so excited about playing the game and winning so they can't hear me over the noise. Today I only taught 3 lessons tho, 2mo I've got 5 - my flatmates are gonna love me as I'm really not gonna beable to talk by end of week :(
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