I am very strict about heads on tables in my lessons. I know some other teachers have a more relaxed attitude but in my classes if their blink is even slightly longer than normal, they get a wake up call and if they persist in drooping they get to stand up and we open the… Read More »
You all know that I live in squalor in the heart of the French Concession – compared to most foreigners in Shanghai anyway. If it wasn’t for the location I would look for something with fewer rats and cockroaches but hey, location is everything so they say. However, since the winter has set in I… Read More »
I returned home yesterday to my squalid apartment to find a slip of paper wedged in the door. It didn’t look like a bill – didn’t have any amount on it – but I couldn’t work out what it was for. There was only Chinese on it. I decided to take it to the evening… Read More »
Keith told me I should try a capsule hotel while I was in Japan so for my last night in Fukuoka I booked a cabin in First Cabin Hakata. It took a while to find as it is on the 8th floor of a shopping centre. It’s a strange place and reminded me a little… Read More »