Wow what a first week!

The first week went well, I met all my students, they seem more outgoing than last year in the first lesson, and in general seem ok! Chris also met all my old students and seems to be getting along ok! 

This Saturday was teachers day in China, a time when students give gifts and cards to their teachers, and boy was that strange! We got stuffed animals, sports equipment, lots of food, mostly mooncakes (a traditional mid autumn (sunday) gift!) and flowers along with other random things, but it was very cool and the students were very sweet. sometimes standing up to sing happy teachers day to you! 

The weekend was good, hanging out with friends and then going on some adventures with Elaine. Elaine also took us for a meal at leftbank coffee, a swanky coffee place near the school, they give out ipads with the menu on! You can't order on the ipad, but you can look at pictures of the food... Weird, but kinda cool, and shows the type of people they are aiming at! Driving to the place we also stopped behind a nice brand news rolls royce with a very expensive number plate, i had to take a look! 

The parents said they want us to teach our private lessons on friday eve or sunday evening but we told them no, during the week or nothing! haha! we are so english, they really don't understand our insistence on weekends being free! 
Usual agency troubles and still got a month until we get paid anything, and its likely we will already owe that to a lot of people, to make matters worse by the time we get paid most of the terms holidays will have gone and we wanted to get some travelling in, fat chance of that it seems with no money! then we get money when we have no time to use it! damnit!

I'm sure loads more has happened but I will send this for now, maybe add in corrections later! 

Back into the second week now and pretty damn tired, the long weekend was very nice though!