Wow second week in!

Can't believe i've been teaching two weeks already! Had the monday off last weekend which was nice but my classes are heavily weighted on wed-fri so it didn't make a huge difference.

I forgot to blog about our meal last week, every time we go out they always but a crate of beer and some wine and it turns out its only really for me and chris, this is good when we have the time but last week it was thursday night when we hit the beers and chris got a little merry and didn't enjoy friday morning class as much as he should have, especially for an introductory lesson! This week they tried to butter us up and lunchtime with some beers! Luckily I managed to dodge most of them! 

This week we got short notice of an orchestral night going on in Lingxi and asked if we wanted to go, we accepted and got the free tickets, it was being staged in a nearby cinema and so we went along with Elaine. I had never been to an Orchestra thing before but I really enjoyed it, a variety of music, western, locally composed modern classic pieces, traditional chinese as well as some i actually recognised! They had some Opera as well and it was very fun. 

Having said that it was very chinese, ending on a random piece with a fake blacksmith playing the anvil with his hammers with a classical background whilst wearing a comedy nose... also many people talking loudly and sometimes having loud phone conversations and most people not really caring. Children were also free to wander around and run around the cinema with a free hand, nice to see that innocence! The best bit may have been that somehow a bat got into the building and although it was noticed nobody really gave it a second thought despite it flying around inside the cinema! 

Overall it was a great night, apparently a shanghai classical show that was on tour as our town is having a culture and arts festival! Not that you can notice!! I took some videos but will have to try and get them on youtube perhaps..

Really wanted to go to the beach today but Chris is taking art lessons and so couldn't have a lie in yesterday, so no beach today! so sad! next weekend I will go with or without him! 

The chinese is coming along, remembered most of it now and trying to talk more when I can, except only my teacher understands me! haha! 

Also saw one of my students wearing this tshirt, (obliviously of course) and had to take a picture, bless her!