So we still went for a massage, Matt, Scott and I. We were informed of one that is close to where we stay, that was reasonablly priced - so armed with a map (drawn by Coco) we went on our way. Scott was leading, why oh why would we allow this? He actually has the worst sense of direction, with no ability to judge distance, yet Matt and I blindly followed, with hestitation I would like to add, however Scott being American he is always right. So heading in what we...

On monday, we were informed that we would be going on a field trip with ALL the students, which is over 2000. So we dressed for the occassion, the weather was nice, there was no reason to not be going - however someone somewhere in the school decided that the school now weren't going and that we would go next week, assuming the weather permits, not sure why we weren't going that day. This caused a few minor problems, since none of the international teachers had p...

Happy belated birthday to me!!!! had a really good birthday, thanks for all the messages and txts. Got a lovely cake, with candles, however not quite enough, that'l be cause i'm getting old :( Went out for dinner too that night, just to a small eatery near the meat market at our school. My flat mates also bought we a bottle of wine, and a Doraemon keychain. My kids at the boarding school call me Doraemon - which is a Japanese cartoon caracter with a big front po...

I'm never drinking again - god knows how many times I've said that, you'd think I'd learn. Last night we went out, back to the 48 yuan pub, all you can drink, its a recipe for disaster. Met up with Ashling too, and headed then to a KTV place which was just round the corner. There we meet a guy called Kiddy who is from Changsha but lived in London for 9 years. Basically just drank to much, but had a really good night, shame about the hangover. We felt like we des...

The others arrived back thursday morning from Inner Mongolia, we decided to have a lazy day. Friday though Matt, Scott and I went to Shaoshan, which is where Mao's house is. The journey took over 2 hours, but was defenitly worth it. The house itself isn't really what I expected, much bigger than a normal farm house is, and also it appeared that each son had his own room, didn't think that happened in China. Suppose out in the countryside they don't have the same ...