Owing to Paul's retardation please read the below blog before viewing these photos

[So the blog below is intended for these photos - Paul]

The great china firewall has blocked all blogspots. so my brother will be updating the blog from now on.



there are a few photos here. one is a picture of the family having a chinese tack out. TATA even has his own little bit to eat. the food was good, but not like the chinese take outs back in the uk.


as prommised, i have written down things that seem a little strange so i dont forget them, now here they are... :-)

i have said befor that when you walk around every one, even old ladies with the grand sons stop and stare at you. i didnt reallise just how much i stuck out untill a few days ago,
i was walking back from work, and just as i entered my estate, i noticed a man walking a dog,, a small bull dog like creature.

as i drew level with the dog it stopped walking and looked up, and stayed still even as the owner walked past it and tugged on the lead, it stayed put and watch me untill i walk about 30 odd paces past it. it was a shock to the system to even have a dog transfixed by your presents.

at the kinder garden where i work, a 2 year old always played with the water dispenser, so the head teacher in the class room, grabbed the child's finger and put it under the hot water part, then let some water trickle over the tiny finger,,,,,, this water comes out close to boiling, the child instantly started crying and ran away from the dispenser, i suppose it is a good lesson to learn, better to burn a finger than an arm, or a face, the kids hasn't been so close to the dispenser since.

generally the road sweepers are people. but every now and ten you get a motor sweeper, these sweepers are maybe double the size of the ones in the uk, and rather than just go around sweeping roads, these ones also play a relaxing pipe music. it took my back when the music from the distance came around a corner in the shape of a speaker from a road sweeper.

one photo is of a man and bike,,, or man and plastic bottle transporter. entertaining to see it drive past you :-)

anotehr is of a construction site.. not just a building but a block of buildings will go up at one time,,,

a few photos of me and some kids and dryed kiwi.. yummy
and of course to save money any sweets bought are cut up into tiney tiney bits to be given to the kids.. meaning a starburst sized chewy sweet can feed 8 or 9 kids.


ok thats what i have written down.. i will attempt to creat a new blog which i did on yahoo360. however that blog is not good. i need another one with more controle over what gose in, ie more than 1 photo at a time, simple navigation and add support are all needed, as well as being able to update from china..

[my apologies if the photos dont show up - I may need some practice at this - it's coming up all weird, so I am just parctising with three and will post the other photos separately - Paul]

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sorry boys and girls. im am adding some add's on the blog to create extra revenue, they should be relevant to the blog, but who knows a?? any how just to let you know i am aware of the adds that will be here in the next few days and have placed them there. also you may notice a few other changes, please ignore them, things will appear and disappear in the next few weeks as i try and bring more people in from the outside world to boost followers.. thanks for your understanding
mark

summer is here

well.

it is very hot here now.
my work dress now consists of a tshit, shorts and sandals. there isnt much space to san bath as its a concrete jungle out there but hay, its nice to walk to work in the heat, with a little breeze to stop you from over heating.

bad news:

after talking with a different teacher about what i will be teaching next as i hav run out of flash cards for book for, firstly i found out that i have 2 more books to do, and
i have found out that although most schools break up for summer, kindergartens dont, all we get is 10 days max for chinese new year. :-(

so no summer vacation for me....


on the bright side, when people come over i ill be in a stonger position to take time off,,, when mum gets here i will take a couple of days off and when paul arrives i will take more time off, so its not all bad.

yesterday and the day before i didt really eat much, i wasnt really in the mood for the same old food, but today i have got my appetite back and bought a load of fresh fruit, mango's, apples, melons, water melons, strawberry's, pineapple and a couple of things i dont know what they are,(at least not yet) coconut milk, fresh orange juice and apple juice and some sort of carrot juice that is surprisingly taisty, water with vitamins added and peanut m&m's.

my chinese has been persponed for a couple of weeks as i know what i need to get by at teh moment and i just need some time off, i am for getting words very quickly, even simple words like open door and close door,


i have walked the same rout to work for the passed 2 months, and even now when the grandparents see me the stop and have there kids stare at me, it is very disconcerting,

Puru, a english teacher form the Philipenes is in the process of setting up a bar as there is a lack of bars in the city for westoners. quite intresting that he can work his normal job and be able to work again at his own bar. nice idea really.

long time, no speak

sorry its been so long since i updated.


a few weeks ago i decided to go to the dentist as i think i need a filling.. i still havent gone, i will go after next pay day,,,,, (although i think i said that last month)

we have a new english teacher here and she has taken on 2 of the classes. one class that i didnt really want and one that i dont mind. so i now have a very easy 2 hour slot in 2 classes per day. very good.

the kinder garten principal invited me out for a meal, well i went and so did the othere english people in the kindergartens.
alice (top chinese teacher in othere kinder garten) tracy (top chinese teacher in my kinder garten) both pricipals and somone i didnt know.

(yesterday) we had a meal in a posh eatery and after the initial round of toasts and then some plates arrived, then more toasts, then more plates then more toasts and yet more plates, finaly with all of us full they ordered more beer for toasts, while no one mannaged to escape getting drunk i (after last weekend) managed to keep my self inorder and drink the bare minimum, half filled glasses, drinking tea instead of beer with the meal.,.,.,.,. but i still mannaged to consume a few drinks.


i was thinking yesterday of thinks to write here, but now im here i cant remmember what interestiong things have happend. so to that end i will log off and when somthing happens i will try and write it down so as to put it in here.,
hope you are all ok and will log on tomorow and cheak emails and possibly update if somthing hits me (or not if its a bus) :-)

take care all
with love, marko polo :-D