*dances excitedly* I can post on LJ again!! You've no idea how long i've longed to do this (ok technically it's since the beginning of March when the Great Firewall of China blocked it but you get the picture)! As you've probably guessed i'm back to plague you all and can't wait to see you very very soon! It's still very strange being back, doesn ( Read more... )

Heylo my lovlies, finally decided to brave the incredibly slow internet and let you know what i've been up to.
China is just a completely different world but feels like i've been here for months already and things here and cultural differences are just the norm now (i.e. i've stopped yelling "wow look at that" every couple of minutes)

When I first ( Read more... )

Hehe there is a cat sitting on the computer next to me and I want to stroke it but i'm scared of rabies ( Read more... )

It's only my 3rd day here but feels like i've been here for about a month. Today had our first lessons about Hainan which were a bit odd. The poor guy lecturing was so nervous and explained that it was only his first lesson teaching in english, so half the time we didn't really know what he was going on about. Our first Chinese lesson was quite ( Read more... )

So many goodbyes! Glad I got to see most people this week even if only for a little while! Jamila if you are reading this you fulfilled your promise of getting your LJ sorted yay! If not then er grrr and someone poke (gently) her to do so hehe ( Read more... )

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Happy Christmas people, hope you all had a fun day and nice presents :) I got mostly money but also TRAY CUSHIONS! Not only tray cushions 3 TRAY CUSHIONS. One of which I am using now for my laptop hehe. Also got a lovely blue hiking backpack from my cousin which will be very useful for travel. Just been given the email addresses of all the ( Read more... )

Aw last day at the school today, spent the morning having for too much fun than is normal using the electronic stapler. Then I messed around on the internet for the rest of the day hehe. School ended at 12 and the staff had a buffet lunch thingy after which I got hugged by Lesley the reprographics person (who was lovely and answered most of my " ( Read more... )

Well it was going to be for a week but the person I was covering for said they could come back so I wasn't needed anymore *growls* Anyway Reed phoned me yesterday morning (me trying to avoid sounding like i'd just woken up) and said if I could be ready in an hour there was an admin job for me. The office was really empty and I had my own desk and ( Read more... )

Made a beautiful chocolate cake on Thursday with Anika, Tora and Karlie.


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