Off I go

Off to hong Kong today for 4 days................

Its Been a long week and it is not even finished yet :-(

It has been a very busy, hard and long week so far and it feels as if it has already been a month and there is still a day to go ..............

 

But when I woke at 5 am this view greeted me as I opened the curtains

 

 

It was the Macmillan Coffee morning today in school which I had organised and I baked 4 dozen cakes and iced them, then made chocolater fridge biscuits, and colleagues supported with cake and coffee donations.  The kids helped with the sael and we made 1800rmb (182.99 pouns) so really pelase and 50% goes to schools charity pot and 50% to the Macmillan support .

 

I need a holiday...............Oh yes I am off to Hong Kong on Sunday for 4 days to see ex rydal students and meet my penfriend for the first time ever after writing to her since I was 11 (40 years)........gulp am I that old :-)



Happy Moon Festival

HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL

 

 

Today is Chinese Moon Festival .....above is a picture taken from my bedroom balcony.

 

Yesterday was my 51st birthday and does not seem like a year ago I was just arriving here, making friends and then going out with them for my 50th birthday.  I has some lovely gifts from friends and students and some flowers via interflora from the UK.

 

Yesterday we went out for a meal to the Italian but did not call it my birthday meal it was just a meal out with friends which was very nice and lots of prosecco :-) .  After the Italian we went to sit outside on the decking of a bar on the 55th floor of the Fraser Suites and the view was amazing and the evening warm and the margharitas very nice.

 

Becaise it is the moon festival we have today and tomorrow off making it into a long weekend so today I have...............

Bought a bike to explore Suzhou ans with safety in mind and to soothe the worries of people at home I have a helmet and twinkly lights and will be only going round SIP which is quieter than downtown.

 

Then Jake and I met Dan, Rebecca and Sophie and we went to the opening of Fullmoon a craft gallery, workshop, cafe which has been set up by expat artists and crafts people so I will be visiting there quite often.

 

Then a quick lunch in Casa Zoe and the rest of the afternoon spent in the apartment chilling , sorting though things I have not managed to do since getting back and hopefully clearing the decks of work so that I can do some of my own work for my City & Guilds course.

 

Tomorrow morning an explore on the bike and then some work.  Looking forward to the exploring now I have wheels :-)

 



Sunrise

The view across the lake at 5.30am from my bedroom balcony :-)