Part of the office is sub-let to Intavision, a company owned Mr Jiang. He sits opposite me and for some time has been promising me a starring role in a commercial his company was making. So when the time came for a screen test I was quite excited. The customer seemed happy with my look… Read More »
Annamarie and I were in Shanghai on a course at the British Council and having a nice quiet meal in the evening near the hotel where we were staying. I felt sorry for a guy eating on his own so invited him over. He was nice, very funny and chatty. As I was leaving for… Read More »
Maurice came to stay for a few days in Nanjing. I couldn’t put him up as I have no spare rooom so a colleague of mine, Mr Jiang did the honours. Maurice left for Shanghai this morning and tried to check into the hotel I had booked for him only to realise he had withdrawn… Read More »
Yes of course you can stay at my house – I have a spare room. “Great”, I thought “I will save myself the cost of a hotel.” However, when I got there I realised that my friend’s house was little more than a squat and he admitted than even he moves out to a hostel… Read More »
I looked at my diary today and saw two weeks of now work. No IELTS, no teaching, no Extra-curricular support, no nothing. So, I decided that I should go travelling. When else am I going to find the opportunity? So, since I have always wanted to go to Kashgar, I spent the day planning my… Read More »
I heard about a park where there was a replica treasure ship. Zheng He was sailing as far as Africa and the Middle East in 1405 a long time before Christopher Columbus was even born. His ship was built in Nanjing and now, in the same place stands a replica of one of his supply… Read More »
I took this photo when I walked up Taiping Nan Lu on 8th March on the way to Daxinggong metro station. I was on my way back home from working at Nanjing Foreign Language School. I liked the way all the workers were sleeping. I thought it was a shame that they were cutting down… Read More »
The VPN is back! hooray. The Chinese govt succeeded in silencing us ex-pats for a week or so but we dodged back and forth and got through again thanks to the staff at Witopia.
I had been to Zhonghuamen before but today Lynn and I thought we would take new-comer Pam to have a look as there was a lantern festival in that area. We paid our £3.50 and made our way up the steps to the top of the wall. At Zhonghuamen the city wall is at its… Read More »
Since the unrest in the Middle East we have noticed considerably slower internet speed in Nnajing and a crack down on VPNs. The VPN I use is getting blocked all the time so that I cannot get here on Blogger. So I am typing fast and hoping the connection will last ling enough to post… Read More »