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Published: September 1st 2007
Steven/
So time is flying,
We're in the office on a Saturday, thought we'd add an entry here so you you know that we remain as teachers. We've got more classes now- of all levels- it's a good challenge.
We both celebrated birthdays in August. We have found a cool bar here with a live band and friendly atmosphere- the whole place sang "Happy Birthday" to us on each of our birthdays- strange as they're only eight days appart so it was a bit like deja vous. Lelde got to blow candles out on a cake, on stage- it happended to be the singers' birthday too!( the girl on the right hand side of the group picture.
One sad thing is that our colleague, Ramona has finnished work and left for a visit to northern China and then home to Canada- she was always up for a laugh and we have spent many happy weekends with her. Have fun Ramona!
The pictures at the club were taken when we were out on Ramona's leaving do. You may notice the interest taken by one and all in the plate of peanuts- here you will
get plate after plate of these complementary snacks- after our first night there, Ramona joked that they could have just brought us a bucket of peanuts! fantastic!
We hope to do some exploration of Zhongshan and have purchased some bikes of ambiguous origin- well they were cheap! This was an experience in itself- haggling and testing each bike out- some with wheels out of shape, and most with no brakes! In the end we paid 140 yuan for two bikes- not quite ten quid- which seems a bargain but was definetly too much by local standards. Still we're happy, as we will gain new freedom in our spare time and be able to get around a bit more- Zhongshan has 1.25-1.5 million inhabitants and is very spread out. Being on the delta of the Pearl river there are lots of waterways nearby and settlements of people who raise fish in pools, so there should be a lot to explore.
We will hit the road later today after my lesson and when the rain lets up!
Lelde/
nu atkal jau kartejo reizi atliek vien bezpalidzigi nosecinat, ka laiks skrien.... pirmdiena piektdiena, pirmdiena piektdiena... darbs darbs darbs...lai
gan interesants un patikshanu rosinoshs, tomer ari stresains, laiku un energjiju paterejoshs un prasoshs... Ta, luk! Shodien jau pirmais septembris - nu neticas! Vasara teoretiski ir gala!, nu varbut ne shajos platuma grados, jo karstums joprojam ir pamatigs, cerams vismaz, ka svelme pamazam noplaks laika gaita...
Aizvakar iegadajamies lietotus (zagtus) ritenjus par nelielam naudinjam - 70 juanas katrs, tas ir aptuveni piechuks musu nominacijas, es domaju, ka noteikti var dabut ari letakus braucamrikus, bet tad ir vai nu japiedzimst kjinietim vai baigi jamak kauleties. Bijam planojushio shodien izbraukt pa perimetru, bet tagad list un ir gruti paredzet ka bus velak. Lai ari Sestdiena, tomer esam ofisa - Stivenam ir privatstunda pec 15 min., man - plans sagatavoties pirmdienas lekcijai vairak vai mazak. Tikko sanjemam telefona zvanu no musu skolotajas un ta vien radas, ka Kjinieshu valodas stunda shodien ir atcelta...😞
Ja, musu kolegjite Ramona - baigi feina chiksa - vinjai gan ir seshdesmit gadi, bet ne nu izskatas, ne jutas - ir aizdevusies prom, vinjas kontrakts beidzas...Zhel, jo vinja tiesham bija baigi laba kompanija ar labu humora izjutu piedevam!!.. Mus ta ka plano parvietot uz vinjas dzivokli, kas butu feini, jo vinjas miteklis ir lielaks un nedaudz jaukaks un pie
tam man tiesham labpatiktos dzivot bez citiem cilvekiem...
Tadi, luk, piragi!
Masinj, Tev ir taisniba. Ta vien ir ka Tu teici - no acim prom no sirds ara.....Vienigais, kas vienmer paliek ir gjimene😊 Buchas.
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lorraine
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happeeeeeee birthdays my dears!.. maybe a bit late.. but i didn't know!.. i am in brighton doing an advanced massage course.. i saw many a hairy man today standing outside the world beard and moustache 2007 championships.. brilliant!.. was very exciting indeed!....