The film festival awards ceremony, which was a lot like the oscars, was recently held at school. This was a very glitzy event. There was a red carpet, where those who made the films (mostly Senior 2) would parade down it, and have their photographs taken. It's a little like prom, I guess, insofar as …
News spreads quickly
Back in May, following the first screening of our film, I emailed the President of the Students' Union, who I know pretty well (she is a Senior 2 student), and explained the 'theme' of the film. Basically, I said that it was our swansong and that we are all leaving next year (this is not …
Cometh the hour, cometh the man
As I said in an earlier post, exit polls predicted a hung parliament. They did that in 2015 too and we were left with a Conservative majority (albeit a small one). But this time the polls were right. The Conservatives are still the largest party, however. This is disappointing, although not hugely surprising. I don’t …
Make June the end of May
I love that phrase - Make June the end of May - and it works on so many levels. It's been a slogan of some in the UK general election campaign, which finished yesterday, the votes from which are now being counted. It's still very early days, and it's the early hours of the morning …
Birthday shenanigans
Yesterday was my birthday. I had three classes, two of which involved exams. It was fine, I've finished all my exams now so that's good. In the other class we just watched Mr Bean. I went out for pizza in the evening then watched a film with a few colleagues (my pick, Indiana Jones and …
From rain to shine
It has rained today. Heavily. That's good for two reasons. One - it rarely rains in Beijing and so it's always nice to see it. And two - it often clears the skies of pollution. It also cooled things down a lot compared with previous days, which was nice, as it's been a little too …
Wheels
Go anywhere in Beijing and you’ll see bikes. Lots of bikes. Yet many of these bikes are bike rentals. You may be familiar with those in London. And some areas have these older models, with docking ports where you have to leave the bike in a designated area. Most, however, have QR codes on them. …
