follow on from last post

any way as i was saying
interesting things.
While out and about, in a taxi, on the main roads. beggars will come up to the window of the car. however as the glass is tinted they have no idea if the taxi has any one in it, i have seen someone tapping on a window on the other side of a taxi, but where i was sitting facing the sun, i could see the taxi was unoccupied. and she stayed there until the lights turned green.

they have a interesting way of advertising unlike any i have seen, in a unmarked car sitting at the lights (again) a guy comes running down the middle of the duel carriage way popping business cards through open windows and jamming them into the seal when the window is closed, this happened on the first day when a car was sent to pick me up., i couldnt help but laugh,

people love to be seen with westerners, even when walking along the road you will oftern get people walking right beside you going at whatever pace you are, and when you stop to look at your phone they will walk for 1 or 2 more paces stop and look round at you, (as if you are walking some where together) then when you start walking when you draw even they will walk with you again, not to close to pickpocket you but close enough for any one who is watching to think you are friends,

Taxi drivers will oftern let you off a few RMB when going to school, being a teacher you are held with high regard, ever other time they charge you to the 0.1p.. yes thats right 1 tenth of a penny.

the lowest note value is 5p and the lowest coin value is 0.1p, the highest note value (the big red one that looks a bit like a 50pound note) is 10.00 pounds. (sorry they dont have the pound sign on the keyboards here)

fire works are still exploding around the city.

if you want to get drunk and have a good night out, you can. just make sure you take with you 5 pounds, that will cover taxi's a packet of ciggy's, 11 pints of good beer, and still have change to get good food on the way home.

i am allowed to work in jeans and a t-shirt, as long as the jeans dont have holes in, if they do, make sure they arent to ig, if they are, make sure they match on both sides, if they dont, make sure your not late for work, if you are, make sure it doesn't happen again, if it dose, then dont worry about it to much. (a bit of a pain as i am the only person who turns up in a shirt and proper trousers, as this is most of what i brought.)

on the 450 pounds a month i get payed i can easily support 2 people and run the big 2 bed flat i have near the centre of the city. (except i buy things like rice cookers, flash mobile phones and next month a microwave,)

you cant get a proper slice of toast here, its all there really weird bread that tastes very sugary.

while doing the washing up i have developed a nasty rash, i got it checked out and the washing up liquid has caused hundreds of tiny cuts on the back of my hands where my skin is thinnest, (bloody stuff) so i have now invested in washing up gloves as when i stopped washing up to let my hands recover, Yang took over, even though i had bought a different brand of washing up liquid, i can see her hands and back are starting to develop the cuts, (she puts her hands on her back after washing, i think to dry them but im not to sure,,)

i am sitting in a internet cafe, eating lolly pops and smoking, in a soft arm chair thingy. (a bit like a mini sofa) and the key board dosent work very well, so i am constantly going back to repair my words.

Being white, when the guards stop you from entering somewhere and you just speak english, they get board and let you though, i made it to the third floor of the police station, looked in a few rooms on the way, got given a cigarette by a police man who tried to communicate with me, finally a police translator questioned my presence there. then had me escorted down the the ground floor, and the main desk. then sent to another police station to get my self registered,




Ok thats all for now. i will post some pics of my apartment up tomorrow... or later on tonight.