Hangzhou and Christmas Report

Alex is here!!! :) We were in Shanghai 2 weeks ago... It was quite awesome. I finally realized I can get around in China using my Chinese. A fun thing ;) We went to see the Pearl Tower, the one I feared to go on with David. It was pretty cold and cloudy. So, you can go up two levels – to the middle or the top. The top is a really expensive trip, it's better to stick with the middle. It is definitely something cool to see, but it is quite boring and I'd have no interest to go there again. . .

What I always liked about Shanghai is the People's square. People can say whatever they want, that it's just ''one of t-h-o-s-e overrated tourist destinations'' but I really think it's impressive how beautiful it is. A park in the middle of a busy city. A perfect place to take photos. It just the clouds would let though some sun.

So well, we went to Nanjing. Nanjing is not interesting this time a year. It's cold, dark, rainy. Xinjiekou has a lot of cheesy (przypalowe) Christmas decorations, which all remind us that China is hosting the 2008 Olympics. We went to see the Confucius temple, but never actually made it there. It was nice, we hang out with David a couple of times, went shopping, to the photo machines. And the Mao Kong restaurant, and also FuckDonalds. A lot of times, which makes me almost embarrassed, as I am totally opposed to that company.

So Christmas was coming, and maybe spending it in Nanjing wouldn't be the best idea. We wanted a nice place and a pretty Christmas. So on the 23^rd we decided to go to Hangzhou. The same day we went to get train tickets (6 hours), booked a hostel and packed. So out train was leaving at 7am... It was so cold outside, but felt so good to leave Nanjing. 6 hours train ride was so totally no problem for me, as I had a great pillow ( ;P) So ok, we decided that there is no more sitting in. So on Monday when we came, we decided to go to the city center, as it was too late and everything else was closed. So we ended up in this posh area with Gucci and Rolex stores.. hm we went to a cafe called Honeymoon dessert. So we had a honeymoon dessert, which was really expensive, but it was definitely the best coconut milkshake I've ever had in my life.

Tuesday we went to see Linyin Temple, and we made this one little mistake of not eating breakfast, not wearing warm clothes, and not drinking coffee. (was that one or am I bad at maths?) It was really beautiful. Lo-ve-lyy. The most impressive was on temple where they had loads and loads of statues of monks. They all had a different 'style'. Some were laughing, some were looking angrily, some were gazing playfully, and some were examining the people walking past.

Alex is not a careful child and tripped and bumped his head and bent back a couple of his fingers.:O

So in the evening it was Christmas, when we came back from the temple we were so cold tired and hungry but we just passed out for a couple of hours. And when we woke up, Alex took me out on a Christmas dinner date to a place... Lou wai lou... When we saw it we were both speechless for like... several minutes. Coz it was a freaking place that I would imagine the president to take his wife out... It was totally cool. I've never been on a date in SUCH a place ;) And we ordered a couple of dishes: the speciality in Hangzhou, a fish in sweet and sour souce, which I loved so much that I think I ate it all :P Lotus root which was sweet (nice), chicken served cold (mmm), mushrooms which tasted like ohhhh, so good, a shrimp and other things dish... oh, it was all so good. And then we came back and I felt asleep, and I haven't slept that well for over a century.... oh..

and today it's already quite late so we should get going to see the West Lake.

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas party

Lessons learned (Ogolne wnioski)

If you are having a party, it can really boring, and really shit, but there will be loads of people as long as there is lots of food.

That's one lesson, and the second one is that no one actually treats me like a child anymore. I don't get the present, chocolates or anything from the Santa. I think that I look much older than I really am, because 1) I get to sit at the grown up table, 2) grown ups give me wine. I feel very old.

So I get to teach privately. It's two really cute kids, and a really nice family. I feel more like they want me to join their family rather than teach English. But that's really nice anyway.

But at the moment my life feels so so busy. Every day there is someone calling to meet me, someone invites me for dinner every second day. And there is such a clear symbiosis between me and those people. I know exactly what they want from me, as well as what they can give me. So I always feel like doing business. Good thing is, it's most of the time in a good atmosphere. Doesn't change the fact that I'm a grown up now, and I need to sort myself out. There are good things about being busy: not too much time to miss home, friends; there isn't that feeling of not doing anything. But a bad thing is that not doing anything is a luxury.

No more about my busyness, I'm sure there are plenty of you who are more busy. And, nevertheless, I still do have a life. (look photos)

Hey all babes, hear bout me day.

So I had one of the nicest birthdays. I think the evening walk(a day before) with Andy, Cherie, John and a guy who owns a pig set me in a pretty nice mood. So on my b-day... of course I didn't come to the first lesson. When I woke up Bunny left me small chocolates and candy in the place that I value the most – on Charlie(moj laptop) ^^ haha. And the day was like the most beautiful ever, sun was shining, it was warm. I went to classes and the teacher gave me a present.
Later, Kasia came around with a small muffin with a huge candle in it ^^ and sang me Sto Lat :) Such a nice surprise, haha :D

Later in the evening, we dressed up, and David came and gave me the most beautiful bracelet. It's got two hearts and now I always have him in my heart ^^ haha, with all the people looking at it and admiring (or do I just show it off too much?!) But it's so beautiful, so subtle and capturing, gosh. Gay men do have goooood taste.

And then all my good friends were here, we drank a beer, went out dot dot dot. The Vietnamese restaurant was so nice :) Made me laugh... all people dressed in suits and shirts, haha. I just wanted to see it happen some time in my life. Everyone celebrating my party in suits, hahaha :D But the mood was NOT too serious, which was so nice :) And also, Bunny's brother, Alex, came, and what he gave me was so well-spotted (duza porcja kawy :)) - and the comment ''I know how much you like it.'' haha, I even forgot myself :)

I got some other nice presents as well :)

And then Karaoke was freaking mint man! Not everybody came, but in the end Andy, Tom N., Tom Wilks and Rich put on a good show. I was so happy to see them enjoy themselves. I think that was the best thing, that they were so happy with me. I don't just mean them, but everyone. Really meant a lot to me, that my friends were there with me, laughing, singing for me, to me, with me. We stayed in Karaoke till 5am, I think that was about the time when Andy and I lost our voices, Jin almost fell asleep, Tom Nixon and Tom Wilks almost made out ^^ haha ;) So we went home, or when we got home, I was invited for a meal(John), haha, at 6am!!! :) And then back to he dormitory, two hours later went to work :) Hehe, now I'm ill again. Geez, I'm always ill. I've always got a cold nowadays. But at least my soar throat is a reminder of how great birthday I had. :)

❤ Xie Xie Everyone! ❤

Golden Poem

So I need to catch up a little bit. Except for me totally lacking organization skills, and that making me freak out a lot of the time, I think I've been having a rather happy life. I mean, I went out with my Chinese friend Sophie to FuZiMiao, which was really cool! Nice to find someone who participates in my humor. Like staring at a little boy eating food in FuckDonalds, and his parents thinking we were like mental, it's a lot of fun. I liked screaming 'Im coold' on the Chinese streets, and the people looking at me and laughing. A little dramatical, isn't it?

Also, On Monday we went to the Tepaniaki (?) Japanese restaurant for Jimmy's birthday. We all dressed up in 80's outfits, and it was a lot of fun, good food, and less good drinks. Anyway, I was sitting next to Stephen (like this guy from America) and he just loaded my bag with special things to store the Japanese alcohol in (Sake). Which I found really funny =)

And then today me, John, Andy, Cherie and some guy who has a pig went out to eat sum food. On the way back I bought one oczojebny (sorry) blanket. So I'm all fine now, happy bout my blanket.

Also me and Bunny wrote a poem, (>_<) to help my friend with homework. So I leave it here for you people to enjoy.

The shining golden rays of light flashing in the night

giving everyone who encounters it feeling of life and light

In such awe for seeing this magical sight

The boy who's flying his golden kite

Will never see a night so bright

Even if he tried to fight

His heart will never feel quite as right

The golden light turns it from black to white.

Loving you all a lot

I'm now cuter than ever! (✿◕‿◕)♡(◕‿◕✿)

I had my exam today, and I have no idea what I wrote in Chinese. Bu the teacher said it's alright coz everyone said the same thing. And yesterday I went out with some friends to take photos and I bought some cute things. Just because there is no other option.

And then after a week of illness I'm gonna make a big ☀COME BACK! ☀(wielki powrot)

It's just that they moved my lessons to Tuesdays, so I'm not too happy about that. I need to prepare how I'm going to play with my kidz.

I should start with a warm up:

Stand up, Sit Down, Stand up, sit down, make big circles with your hands, make small circles with your hands, sit down, stand up, RUN AROUND THE CHAIR!!!!, sit down, have a rest...

Then... I will read the new words out loud:

Supermarket, Hospital, Park, Post office, School.

I'm going to get them to repeat them after me: first whisper, then scream, then whisper, then scream...

I should make some movements associated with the places... School (pretend to read a book), supermarket (put things in your basket), hospital (pretend to be a doctor, take one kid and perform an operation on it.. I bet they will never forget this word [and I'll never see the park again]) park (pick up a imaginary flower and smell it), post office (post a letter)

Ok, next, I'll get them to say it individually if they won't fall asleep by then...

Then I should play a game... Hm... I'll put them around in a circle... have a flashcard or two to circulate, when the music stops the person with the card has to tell me what it it. If they don't know they will have to... hmm... jump on one leg around the circle? Maybe?

Then.. repeat the words and another game?

Oh, I'll just come up with it tomorrow in class... o_O maybe someone will help me...

Peace people! ღ