By Belle
I haven´t written in a long time. And I understand that family and friends wonder how our daily life here is like. Life here is... just going as usual I´d like to say. But something is always going on and I am always on the go. So here´s a typical week for me (although there´s no such thing as a typical week because no matter how much I try to plan my week to get a free day something aways comes up and changes things, which is nice in a way because I guess it makes me appreciate those 20-40 minutes naps so much more then..
Weekdays: After university I teach english to this man in his 40s. Wether I should be able to teach English or not might be debatable (and this blog is written 1:30 on saturday night so that speaks for itself as well) but this man is nevertheless a bit mental. He doesn´t believe anything he has not seen with his own eyes, so he doesn´t read the newspaper, watch the news of tv etc. He believes that no job is hard work and any work could be finished within 3-4 hours, even though most jobs are more like 8h/day (this is just because a person cannot conventrate for 3 h straight, so one needs a whole day etc)... these are some of the things we talk about during our 6h/week we meet and sometimes I feel like jumping out of the window when I hear him talk.
Twice a week I also meet a language exchange partner to practice my Chinese and her English. The rest of my free time during the weekdays I spend (trying) to do homework, study/speak chinese, but mostly I end up doing something fun during this time like going out for a nice meal with friends, going for drinks, celebrate something (we celebrate: people visiting friends in shanghai, birthdays, that christmas is almost here, that we simplyl live in Shanghai, etc. we like to celebrate things).
Friday evenings we usually go for a nice meal, then for drinks, sometimes to houseparties, or to a bar.
Saturday mornigs and day I teach 2 girls English, and after that I might go home and tidy the apartment a bit, rest, or go for coffee with friends, or just go to a new street and stroll around (see pictures below).
Today I woke up around 8, went for a 2 h lesson with the girl, came home 12. at 12:20 me and Emma went to meet some other girls to go work at an event. We didn´t know anything beforehand more than what we would get paid and what we would wear. We ended up spending ca. 5 h in a bus, 2 h waiting around in a room or getting our hair and make-up done, and finally 1 hour of catering where we (8 of us) were dressed in white pretty dresses and heels, and walked around with trays of desserts and snacks at an inaguration party for the opening of a very nice hotel (we think, still not quite sure what sort of event it was). Got home about 2 hours ago and feeling knackered now. (will put op a picture later)
Sunday is the day of rest. However, last sunday our day of rest looked something like this:
Woke up around 12, had pizza and watched lost, went to the german market, then to the Chalet to meet some friends, then back home to do homework and prepare for the coming week, also cleaned and did laundry.
This sunday (tomorrow) I will meet a new potential student (her mom came up to me in Starbucks and asked me to teach her daughter) so will have a 1 h lesson.
And finally some pictures below,
Good Night,
xx
Isabelle
Weekdays: After university I teach english to this man in his 40s. Wether I should be able to teach English or not might be debatable (and this blog is written 1:30 on saturday night so that speaks for itself as well) but this man is nevertheless a bit mental. He doesn´t believe anything he has not seen with his own eyes, so he doesn´t read the newspaper, watch the news of tv etc. He believes that no job is hard work and any work could be finished within 3-4 hours, even though most jobs are more like 8h/day (this is just because a person cannot conventrate for 3 h straight, so one needs a whole day etc)... these are some of the things we talk about during our 6h/week we meet and sometimes I feel like jumping out of the window when I hear him talk.
Twice a week I also meet a language exchange partner to practice my Chinese and her English. The rest of my free time during the weekdays I spend (trying) to do homework, study/speak chinese, but mostly I end up doing something fun during this time like going out for a nice meal with friends, going for drinks, celebrate something (we celebrate: people visiting friends in shanghai, birthdays, that christmas is almost here, that we simplyl live in Shanghai, etc. we like to celebrate things).
Friday evenings we usually go for a nice meal, then for drinks, sometimes to houseparties, or to a bar.
Saturday mornigs and day I teach 2 girls English, and after that I might go home and tidy the apartment a bit, rest, or go for coffee with friends, or just go to a new street and stroll around (see pictures below).
Today I woke up around 8, went for a 2 h lesson with the girl, came home 12. at 12:20 me and Emma went to meet some other girls to go work at an event. We didn´t know anything beforehand more than what we would get paid and what we would wear. We ended up spending ca. 5 h in a bus, 2 h waiting around in a room or getting our hair and make-up done, and finally 1 hour of catering where we (8 of us) were dressed in white pretty dresses and heels, and walked around with trays of desserts and snacks at an inaguration party for the opening of a very nice hotel (we think, still not quite sure what sort of event it was). Got home about 2 hours ago and feeling knackered now. (will put op a picture later)
Sunday is the day of rest. However, last sunday our day of rest looked something like this:
Woke up around 12, had pizza and watched lost, went to the german market, then to the Chalet to meet some friends, then back home to do homework and prepare for the coming week, also cleaned and did laundry.
This sunday (tomorrow) I will meet a new potential student (her mom came up to me in Starbucks and asked me to teach her daughter) so will have a 1 h lesson.
And finally some pictures below,
Good Night,
xx
Isabelle
Tai kang rd.
Tai kang rd.
Saturday afternoon, on my way to teaching.
Dec. 4, 2010
Hotpot with friends.
spicy vs. non-spicy
(you order different food wich you then put down in the boiling water to cook.
This way you eat as much as you like in whichever order you like)
The German Market.
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