Halloween, Tennis and Getting Lost
So I haven’t written for quite some time. Largely this is because my life has taken on a routine similar to that of home. I wake up, go to work, come home, go to sleep and then start the whole business again!
It’s funny how your life can be transported half way across the world and not change all the much. Small things are different, but mostly my life is the same.
A few points of interest.
The teachers and I received free tickets to go to the Tennis Masters Cup. It was a fun evening, odd that the stadium is so similar to Rod Laver Arena! Kinda freaked me out a little! When the players came out, they were introduced like it was a boxing match….”and now, all the way from Russia…” blah blah blah. They had the sparkly curtain and the smoke machine doing overtime! We all had a little giggle over that. So over the top!
Halloween was great fun, we all dressed up for school and then had an amazing party that night. Imagine a mob of westerners in fish nets, wigs and all sorts of odd get ups, wandering down the main street! We all got a few strange looks but who cares!
We have a long weekend this weekend, for no other reason except that the school decided we needed one at about this time of year. Thursday night we thought it would be a good idea to venture outside our little neighbourhood and see more of Shanghai. So we dressed ourselves up, had the little card ready with the address of a beautiful little bar and jumped in a cab. Too bad the address was wrong! We ended up all the way on the other side of Shanghai…no people, few cars, definitely no other cabs to be seen. Good thing we were all together! Found the correct address, told the taxi driver to turn around and take us back. 157RMB later we arrived at our destination (a cab ride is usually no more than 35RMB). Ah well…we all need to have these funny moments!
Bye for now, I hope everyone is well…stay tuned for the next adventure….KYLIE MINOGUE CONCERT!!!!!!!
Zaijian xx
