A moment is a moment that should be siezed...

Venting...

chelsea-go-round — Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Hello to the low...

Flu sick, home sick, sick of work sick, sick of you, sick of me, sick of this, sick of that, sick of everything!... and most of all sick of being so down :(

Stormy cloud please pass from over my head and let me see the sun shine again on my field of flowers, herbs and those winter vegetables that I excitedly planted in late autumn...

Gallery: Anhui, Huang Shan

chelsea-go-round — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:58:00 GMT

National Holiday with the boys!

The three year life span...

chelsea-go-round — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:37:00 GMT

Well after three strong years of no problems, right when my three year warranty, service and support, my amanda, my self proclaimed reliable mac, died on me along with three years off precious memories.

Surprisingly I am not too distraught. Maybe the soul traveling at the speed of the camel hasn't caught up to the reality of it, but until then I'm cool.

Miss Miss Part 2...

chelsea-go-round — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Student: " Miss i saw you with your boyfriend!"

Teacher: " Oh no that was not my boyfriend, it is a friend of mine from Australia"

Student: " No miss it was your boyfriend. He, he looks very cool you know miss"

Teacher: " Actually no it's a school friend of mine from Australia, he works as a techer in Changzhou"

Student: "Miss why is your face red"

The lesson continues.

Then again some more questions...

Student: " Miss I know that there is a street and the boys and boys are togther and the girls and girls too. And also miss there is another one it's called the 'Kings' street and there are many... ( miming someone injecting drugs) and there are ladies... ( miming a prostitute ) it is very bad miss "

Teacher: " We can talk after class ok? "

The lesson finishes and I am approached again by the inquisitive student from the front row.

Student: " Miss are you looking for a boyfriend? "

Teacher: " Sorry, why do you ask? "

Student: " Well miss it's just that you are 24 now, and well when you get old and older you get... (He mimes wrikles on his face), and then you won't find one. "

Teacher: " Thanks for your concern. "

Student: " Oh miss I know so much about Australia! My father wants me to go to Australia. I have many books, I have six books at my home about Australia"

Teacher: " Well we have alot to talk about then "

Student: " Australia is a free country miss, people doing bad things not like in China "

To be continued...

Can I bake a cake in a rice cooker?

chelsea-go-round — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:43:00 GMT

An action packed Saturday night, unlike the typical Aussie life of being a Trashbag every weekend, I hung out at a travel agent to 9.30pm... Arrived back to School before the 10pm curfew, chatted on the net with Elvis till 11pm, then went to bed before I turned into a Pumpkin!

So Elvis and I finally booked our holiday to Huang Shan, after a late night two hour meeting with the travel agent, Woo Hoo! The man was so incredibly patient it was unbelievable.

On our wander along the streets we discussed what we would do for Doris for her Birthday which is going to be celebrated tonight ( I'm looking forward to KTV!). Elvis wanted to make somthing for her because it is more authentic than buying something... I was thinking about things that i have made for people, a party hat, a card... a cake!

I'm going to make her a cake! Only i don't have an oven... Hmmmm... Do you think I can cook it in the rice cooker?

I Like...

chelsea-go-round — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:04:00 GMT

"I like basketball,

I like computer games,

I like eating,

I like sleeping,

I like my mother,

I like my father,

And my name is Chen wen zhou xi ling"

"Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too"

"My name is Xing ling,

I like writing,

I like painting,

I want to be fat,

I think that being beautiful is ahhh.. mmm...

I, I, I want to... I want to.. Be a... b..b..."

A students yells out "Boy!"

"Ok yes, I want to be a boy, thats right a boy"

Brief silence... folowed by laughter...

But nevertheless she still held her head high...

I was speachless for a moment... the feeling of respect that i have for that brave young girl is limitless :)

Miss! Miss!

chelsea-go-round — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:08:00 GMT

Yes, can i help you with the question?

No, I have so many question for you...

Ok First (putting his hand out for keeping tally)

How old are you?

Ahhh, 24.

OK, Next, Are you married?

No.

Hmmm, Ok, do you have boyfriend?

No.

Ok, ahhh, Do you have children?

No.

Ahhh.. there was more, hmmm (looking like he is searching for the meaning of life)

The kids at the back start getting rowdy and i have to cut the conversation short...

He looks at me with disatisfaction...

You can ask me later ok?

Creativity in China...

chelsea-go-round — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:29:00 GMT

You have your Angels, and Cocos, your Candys, your Davids, and your Johnnys...

And then you have the real creative sparks of China...

My name is...ahhh.. YoYo....

My name is, Hobo!

You can call me Monkey!

Ice is my English name.

And mine is Sunshine and mine is Rainy!

But the ones that i will never forget...

"What is your English name"

"You know"

"No I don't"

"No, You Know"

"No sorry I don't"

"No, My name is You Know"

"Oh sorry now I understand..... Well i have never met anyone with that name before, I think you are very lucky..."

"You can call me my English name, it is Small Chicken"

"Oh thats an interesting name"

"Yeah, my parents think I look like a Small Chicken"

"And my English name is ahhh... Hero, Hero Fish, it's because fish are lucky i think"

A brief history...

chelsea-go-round — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:51:00 GMT

Ok so i'm just going to sum up the past month..

Went to Perth from Sydney... what an emotional departure, i think everyone was crying except Sho.. or were you...

I would just like to say I LOVE PERTH! Had an awesome time seeing the Alicia, Marley, & Jade.

Caught up with some old friends...a bit of a story there... what can i say...

Arrived in China. Waited at the Airport for 4 hours to be picked up.

Get to school, room was incredibly dirty.

(Maybe not as bad as the dorms in Amristsar Mon!)

i was panicing for a bit...

Showed the Changshu life by Wally, the other foreign teacher, who is an Aussie!

First week of teaching was a bit shakey in the begging, but by the third day i had leant the basics of teaching a class of 50...

By the second week i had mastered the art of working the crowd... with humour, or an attempt of!

Mid Autumn festival, was given too many Moon Cakes... ate too many Moon Cakes... Will never eat a Moon Cake again!

And well this is week 4 of teaching and i'm looking forward to the National Holiday next week cause i'm going to Anhui to climb Huang Shan mountain!