As I pay dues to this great organisation each year and never get the opportunity to visit, I thought a I was in London I should take an hour and wander around there for a while breathing in the history and get inspired again. I tested the taxi driver – a little bit of fun… Read More »
I have come to the attention of the police! I was cycling, as I always do, along Fuxing Lu towards Jaishan Lu when I was pulled over at the junction with Sha’anxi Nan Lu. The policeman pointed at the ‘No cycling’ sign and I apologised and got off my bike and started pushing it on… Read More »
I have noticed that in China there is a lot of wasted food especially when entertaining at these big round table banquets and it makes me really uncomfortable to leave the table with dishes half full of meat and vegetables. This is especially poignant in a place like Quannan where some children do not have… Read More »
There around 50 English teachers in the 4 primary schools in Quannan, Jiangxi and all but a few of them signed up for the free teacher training sessions from me and my colleague, Norman. We split the group into two and I gave them workshops on getting the children speaking and communicating in class. There… Read More »
A week away from Shanghai promised to be a breath of fresh air metaphorically and literally and I was up for it. I was promised a nice hotel and what I got was the only hotel in the town. Mind you it was a new building and not had time to get too dilapidated yet… Read More »
I don’t usually go to Fuxing Park on a Monday morning but I had a visitor who was interested in seeing park life. Even I was surprised by the amount of different things going on. I am used to seeing it full of activity but this was exceptional. There seemed to be nowhere free of… Read More »