Blogs from Daliang, Guangdong, China, Asia

Felt absolutely dog tired when we woke up this morning after only finishing our Christmas party at 10.30pm last night and then not being able to sleep until 3am. When the alarm went off at 7.45am I was close to pretending I hadn’t heard it and just staying under the covers until lunchtime. But my conscience always gets the better of me and so we get ready and make our way to the school for another long day of lessons. It’s not so bad though because as it’s so close to Christmas, it’s a great excuse to do Christmas activities and watch Christmas movies, so it’s one of the easier days that we’ve had. But still, it’s quite depressing when I check my facebook at lunch time and see that pretty much 90% of the people ... read more

The temperature has definitely changed now with Autumn been and gone and winter finally here. We can’t complain though when ‘winter’ means 18 degrees and sunny. It’s still quite nice though to get the pyjamas on at night and the duvet on the bed! And drinking a cup of tea just isn’t the same when you’re sweating in 35 degrees of heat. Apparently the drop in temperature means less mozzies, which is good news for me as hopefully now they’ll stop dining out on my legs every night. I look like I’ve got chicken pox all over my legs which isn’t the most attractive look. Our teaching journey continues on and this week we’ve been doing review tests to check the students’ progress. However, it’s all a bit pointless when our boss has discreetly told us ... read more