I made it back to Beijing on Sunday, 20 August, in one piece. There was no calamity, no catastrophe. It went well coming back. I arrived at about 05:30, and went through customs very quickly. I collected my luggage, got on the first airport express train and made it to the campus for my new …
Category: China
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 …
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. …
100 posts and counting
This is my 100th post on here. That's pretty cool. 😀 I did not expect to get here. In fact, when I first set up this blog, I had no real idea what I was going to do with it. From other bloggers, I know you should blog regularly - though not too regularly. I …
Xi’an
I had last week off work, due to the students doing their mid-terms. My parents took this opportunity to visit and they stayed a week in Beijing, seeing the sights and doing touristy stuff. Arriving late Monday afternoon (Beijing time), we all departed early Saturday morning to head West, to Xi'an. We went by bullet …
Compliments
Yesterday, I sent off an email to our Chinese liaison teacher about next year. He was gracious in his reply. I had mentioned to him previously my longer term aims and ambitions - to go back to the UK, and work in politics of some sort. He wished me well, and specifically that it would …
The doctor dances
'The doctor dances'. That's the title of a Doctor Who story, but it fits here too. Our film, 'A day in the life of a foreign teacher', is pretty much ready to go. It just needs an ending. That's where the title of this post comes in. There is a video on YouTube about a …
