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: RDFZ
RDFZ: Some after thoughts
Now that the final whistle has been blown, my keys and cafeteria card have been handed in, and I am officially no longer on the staff at RDFZ, I can, perhaps, reassess things a little more. If you have been reading my deliberations over the past few months, you will know that I was undecided …
Endings – some thoughts
I’ve been thinking a lot about endings recently. I think because things here are ending. Whether it’s David Hodges and Gil Grissom in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode, where Grissom leaves the crime lab (‘It’s the right time for me to go’); or the ending of series six of Community where the ‘Save Greendale …
An empty office
There's a scene in the television series ER, when Dr Mark Greene, stalwart of the emergency department for eight years, dies, and one of the final scenes we see of him is him walking around an empty department, with Somewhere Over the Rainbow playing in the background. I have more to say about endings, which …
The Oscars – at RDFZ
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 …
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 …
