Wow seems like an age since I've written.....that's mostly cos I've been too broke to do anything exciting, therefore not much to write about! But here goes..... So, recently, or 'these days' as most Chinese say (incorrectly!) I've just been trying to create scintillating lessons for my kids, watching '24', studying Chinese and wearing more and more layers! No-one tells you this before you come, but the weather in Chengdu changes overnight. Literally. One day it was sunny, T-shirt weather. Next day, you could see your breath! and it's been like that for a week now.....which makes it definite coat weather, which is fine in the daytime but when you go home it's also coat weather as they have no heating in western China, so I'm using my hot water bottle every night! Never mind, I
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