Sunday, March 29, 2009

Spring? Winter? Summer? Who knows?



As you may have guessed from the title of this post, the weather lately has been extremely changeable and unpredictable. Only a week or so ago I was sitting here in a t-shirt, sweating, and now I'm back in my thick jacket and woolly hat. Grrrrr. It's also be raining rather too much and quite hard, which means that our corridor gets flooded. Just another thing that needs fixing. [The toilet that was removed from the other foreign teachers' apartment is still sitting out in the courtyard and I suspect that it will be for some time to come].

Not much of excitement to report this week. Had a nice meeting with my language exchange partner on Wednesday, followed by lunch at her house. Then a meal on Friday evening at another Chinese friend's house which was really good. Delicious food and good company.

The students are quite tired these days, having both morning and evening reading sessions to contend with. Rick took a photo on his phone during the break in one of his morning classes. All but 5 or 6 students out of a class of 50 or so had their heads down on the desks. I'm not convinced of the value of it, but someone's obviously decided it's a good idea.

A couple of photos from our brief exploration this afternoon.

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