Busy week/Wawa evening

Ok just got in from an evening in Wawa Wewe with Dan (welsh angelsey) Rebecca (welsh South wales) another Dan (Hirwen South wales) Julie (Chinese), Colin (Irish), Jake (English) and Kristin (USA)........... and I will be writing reports all day tomorrow and Sunday and will be Casa Zoe tomorrow evening and margharita time.  Sorry it has been a busy one so no blog for a few days with the highlight being the return of the Irish musical one. 

 

Check out the art dept site all 4 sections of it on:

 http://www.dchigh-suzhou.cn/en/content/igcse-students-first-major-art-project

Shows what I have been up to if you are interested, not just sitting back and enjoying chinese life full of toilet seat covers, chickens feet, spitting and other quirky features but have been working the same if not harder than before and loving every mintue of it. Looking forward to Charlie and Beattie coming over in two and a half weeks and then Sam and Irene not long after that and then home for the Summer and when I return some more visitors.

Night all xxx

 

 

A little poem inspired by my recent purchase from Auchan

I have to admit to giving in and purchasing a purple stripy toilet seat cover for the grand sum of 39p.  Jake is slightly worried that I am sucumbing to the chinese quirky ways and is concerned that they will find me eating chickens feet and spitting in the street.  Inspired by my warming purchase he put his English degree to good use and penned the following.  Thank you Jake I have never had a poem dedicated to anything I have done before and I will cherish it for future giggles.

 

 

And now, the strangest thing I did ever meet:

A cushioned leopard-print toilet seat.

You see, my apartment’s pretty old,

So it’s bloomin’ freezing cold,

No central heating, no hot log fire,

No radiator, pretty dire.

But with my fluffy lavatory seat,

My bathroom worries are obsolete.

Outside is like an arctic storm,

 

But, at least my bottom’s nice and warm.

Intercontinental Brunch

Brunch at the Intercontinental Suzhou was a quiet and grown up affair.  Good job we passed on the champagne and saved that one for when we are reunited with Colin and Rebecca, Dan and Kristin are able to join us and then it will be a much more rowdy affair lol.

 

 

Michael - Deputy Director - American

 

Jake - English teacher- English (1/4 welsh so he says lol)

 

Jackie - English teacher - Chinese but wants to be western or New Zealander

 

The boys

 

Intercontinental hotel Suzhou

 

Well best get on with some marking .... not going to eat again until next weekend, lovely food, good company, lovely oancakes, beef, roast potatoes, french pastires, ice cream and any other type of food you can imagine.

Jackies Birthday

 

 

Managed to get them uploaded

 

 

Jackie and Jake at Casa Zoe

 

Kristin, Jake, Jackie,Annie and Chris in Casa Zoe

 

Michael and Jackie at Wawa Wewe

 

Rest of the crew at Casa

 

Michael, Dan (South Walian), Julie, Travis and Feifei at Casa

 

Mint punch with giant ice ball at Wawa wewe

Casa/Wawa/Jackies birthday

Well Iwas hoping to upload some photos of the evenings event however for some reason unknown to me my pictures will not upload.  Will try tomorrow.  Maybe it is the fault of the cold......maybe it is the snow......maybe its the ice on the inside of my bathroom window, maybe its the pitcher of iced margharitia at Casa Zoe celebrating Jackies birthday or the mint punch with giant iceball at Wawa Wewe celebrating Jackies birthday but for some reason they do not want to upload.......................its 11.50 pm its freezing cold,...... hot water botle warming the bed so maybe time to turn in and maybe have some sleep for the first time in about 3 weeks...........night.................x

Toilet seat cover

And as if by magic a picture just arrives to my in box from Charlie:

 



Chilly Suzhou

 

Ok the philosophical woman in China is now gone and she is wondering why she came to live in a fridge lol.  The sky is clear, blue, sun is shining but it is absolutely freezing, Classrooms remain warm if you leave the door shut but enter into the open plan atrium (see below) and your teeth begin to chatter and students and staff take their lessons in coats and scarves.

 

 

However even though it is rather cold the walk to my art room which is away from the main school and across the campus makes the chill factor disappear with such lovely old grounds to walk through.

 

 

I come from Wales the land of the rain and cold I should be able to handle a bit of cold weather but "Oh no".  If you are one of the lucky people to have an apartment that has underfloor heating (not in my price range)  warmth is easier to come by..........changing ceiling aircon (so necessary in the summer) to heating for the winter allows air to be blown around the room and warm the ceiling but unfortunately I do not sit on the ceiling of my apartment.  At least I brought two cases back with me full of jumpers, cardigans, boots............gloves, scarves and very thick socks I can get from here.

 

When the furry, flowerey, patchwork, towelling, frilled toilet seat covers began to enter the shops a month ago, myself and Jake thought they were so humerous we would get them as fun christmas gifts for people at home who would appreciate their subtelty.  So who did I give my gifts to Taff (brother in law) and Beattie (Charlies boyfriend).  Well gentlemen all I will say is I know why they use them.