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Tour of the neighbourhood.
With two months left here it’s occurred to me that I’ve never put up any photos of the local area. Well, that’s about to change. Let’s start with the building I live in. Here is the bottom of it. There … Continue reading
Predicatable “First sentence of each month” mene
January – Goodbye and good riddance to 2005, a genuinely rubbish year all round. February – Monday was “last night” for Amanda and Miriam. March – It seems that I have somehow become a primary (grade) school teacher. April – … Continue reading
Photos from Shenzhen
I’m putting these in a seperate entry to avoid having to use two lj-cuts. Here is a strange buiding that has a horse sticking out of it.
With the end of the last week-off of the year approaching with considerable speed, I decided last Thursday to seize the moment and catch the ferry to Shenzhen with Brandy. The journey itself was without problem or major incident, though … Continue reading
I have most of this week off so have been taking the opportunity to do some of the things I hadn’t got around to in October and November. Yesterday I went down to Macau again with two other teachers – … Continue reading
My thinning hair began to bother me last week, so I went into a hairdresser and said “Wo xiang mei yo tou fa” (I would like not have head hair). First a middle aged woman with bouffant hair put shampoo … Continue reading
Tasty Crispy Silkworm
Appealing Chinese name – “tasty crispy silkworm” What it really is – deep fried silkworm pupae Location – posh Beijing restaurant.
I never really write about work in here any more, mainly because it’s become routine, like work always does I suppose. Routine is better than stress by all accounts, so I suppose I should be content. Weekends are still not … Continue reading
Picture hosting and questions.
No entry this week as I’m a bit busy. Back in business next week. In the meantime a couple of things if anyone can be bothered answering. First I’d like to ask if anyone has any questions for me about … Continue reading
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