Whoever told me Chinese people love to do things spontantiously was right because the first thing I had heard about the field trip was when my supervisor, called Lily, text me the night before. It was such a nice change though and I think the children really enjoyed themselves.
The place we went to was a bit of a cross between a zoo, a theme park and a safety education place. They taught the kids all about what to do in a earthquake (using a really funny earthquake simulator) what to do if there is a fire and so on. There was also animals to look at (bad conditions) as well as like fairground type rides...
In case you're wondering I think visa application was successful and I need to go back next week. I actually kinda needed it on friday for when I go to Nanjing but I think it should be ok. If I don't write again then it's probably best to assume I am in Chinese prison.Saturday again was very fun. For 'busy Ben day' we decided to go to Ikea. The epitomy of things I dislike (no offence to my Swedish audience). It's not Ikea itself I don't like, actually the opposite I quite enjoy playing with all the furtinure and stuff, but it's the crowds! I've dubbed it the 'Ikea sickness'. Perhaps it's a phobia caused by my parents dragging me around the one in London for hours on end who knows! I think everyone (but me as I can't eat them) was pleased to get their swedish meatballs though haha!
We then met with Alex and Ben(was that his name or maybe it should of been?) - two canadians working as English teachers (REAL English teachers with REAL money and a REAL apartment (*drool*, this is whatI should have) - who had decided they NEEDED to buy a Wii with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. After about 2 hours trying to find all of the above we ended up back at their (really good) appartment. Playing some computer games was exactly what I needed and even though I sucked it was a lot of fun!
Man I'm so jealous. I'm a bit annoyed at the moment because the school has decided that we are not allowed any visiters to the school. Which is really rubbish because Boxinglu is so far away from everywhere and if people do come here they have to leave straight away. Not even Betty can come it seems oh so stupid! This is why I am jealous., plus I just realised yesterday that I spend more on taxi's that I do anything else. The only thing I've been able to actually buy for myself (apart from food and going out) is my guitar which feels abit bad. 8000RMB sounds good right now... A moan for another day perhaps...?
Sunday was the trip to Wuxi. Wuxi is a little city about 50 minutes train ride outside of Shanghai (don't ask me the distance or direction - I don't know)
The city was a bit boring in all honestly but the main attraction was it's wonderful 'Scenic Spot' which contained a boating lake, a cable car, a temple... EVERYTHING.
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