We have had one of the busiest and best saturdays since we have been here so we thought we would blog about it now (also, Ian is watching the big match so I am trying to amuse myself and keep quiet as it's not going well!). We had a rather lazy morning and the children amused themselves by playing in William's cupboard, which is not an unusual occurrence, we often find William sitting on the 2nd shelf and Sophie cuddling her baby in there! When we finally emerged from our flat, we made our way to a cafe called Johnny Moo's.....we [View Full Entry]

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Well, how am I supposed to follow Ian's story of dental non-torture?! I have been on a school trip today which was so different to Uk school trips I thought I would tell you all about it. I will endeavour to attach pictures as ever, but they are a little eerie as I will explain! We are currently learning all about migration and so we wanted to go on a fun trip, which last year the students went to the Bund. Now, this is an area that is the most famous in Shanghai as it is along the riverside and was [View Full Entry]

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What time does a China man go to the dentist? ....... Tooth hurty!! No this isn't the beginning of a whole series of really bad jokes ... well not intentionally anyway, it is a blog about my recent trip to the dentist. Considering it was the first time any of us had been to the dentist in China, and knowing I was going to need some serious work doing, plus the fact that I was suddenly going to have to pay for treatment, meant that I researched which dentist to go to thoroughly. Now I only knew of two real ways [View Full Entry]

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Well I can safely say I have never seen Halloween like I have seen it todya, it was totally amazing! As some of you know, I have been practicing a teacher's performance of a dance to Thriller, and this is involved trying to sort a costume of a zombie come witch outfit for today! So, after much shirt ripping and hair back-combing, I was up at 5.30am this morning to dres myself and Sophie, and off we went to school on a rainy (yet mild) October morning in Shanghai. We took a bike thing as the make up I had on [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for our delayed blog this week readers, I am afraid our team TB has been hit by illness and tiredness and a touch of the cold weather! Yes, you will be pleased to hear that we have at last succumbed to autumn....2 days ago we had to find our cardis and socks, although during the day it remains really quite warm. School work meant that last week was a very busy one for me, as it was assessment week and reports all in one! I have to say my class is excellent and I am really proud of their hard [View Full Entry]

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Good evening blog readers. Another special treat for me today ... getting to write the blog .... and the fact I am allowed to write this does indeed mean that I have been to the hairdressers again!! Now I know what you are all thinking, ‘Not another boring tale where he drips on about a trip to the barbers’, and of course you are right, I mean what could have happened this time that didn’t happen last time? So in order to counter the possibility that the lovely, but cunning, JLT-B is only allowing me to blog after going to the [View Full Entry]

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We have been up to all sorts since we last wrote, and you avid fans will be excited to hear that Ian is about to go out for another haircut, so will be coming back to write another amusing entry...especially seeing as he is then going to have a foot massage! This week, I found a perk to teaching local children for the first time ever....one of the girls in my class, her mum owns a nail salon opposite the school and I was able to nip in during my lunch hour and get my feet painted for free! She is [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, sorry it has been a while since our last entry (and such a good one too, I am not sure quite how I am going to match it!), but things in the TB household have gone from manic to even manicker (a jo-word there!). I have quite a few bits to tell you all, more bits and pieces tho as we haven't really been anywhere! Ian started work at Austen Morris last Monday. Sadly, it took him 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home and we were not happy bunnies! He has since found [View Full Entry]

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Well good evening blog fans. Those of you expecting a factual account of our latest family endeavours are in for disappointment, however for those few of you who are actually interested in the mind numbing observations of a puerile, nay juvenile nincompoop this is the entry for you. I think it has been decided that I will do the hairdressing critiques, and will occasionally act as stand in when Joanna is out getting ginned up. I have tried to gain additional column inches (I said puerile) with a spot on funny sign logging, but the editor of this travel blog is [View Full Entry]

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The holidays are nearly over sadly but we have packed loads in and I think we would all agree that we feel like we have had a proper break (and that it was very much needed!). On Tuesday evening, I went to get my hair cut at a local Toni & Guy salon, newly opened and got a very relaxing haircut and manicure at the same time (like that is ever stressful). What a luxury, I hear you cry, but far from it considering that altogether it cost less than £25! I had a lovely long hair wash and head massage, [View Full Entry]

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