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Saturday was very relaxing

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:04:27 +0100

Went and did a bit of shopping this morning and then relaxed. Mei is talking to Lucy in Hangzhou
And a video of birthday celebrations.
Untitled from John Currin on Vimeo.

Johns birthday and George going back to Beijing

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:06:13 +0100

Celebrating my birthday a little early this year because Mei's son George was going back to Beijing so we had some of his old school mates here and some teachers from my work. Also James was back from Canada to see his wife, Jeny Lu, so we all had a good time.

Some photos from our January happenings

Doing the vacuuming

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:30:15 +0100

Today is known as small new year, which is a week before Big New Year or Spring Festival. Yesterday and today was spent doing a spring clean, perhaps that is where the words originated, it is a tradition thousands of years old. so I was cleaning windows and vacuuming and dusting etc. We also visited the graves of Mei’s father and mother, another tradition which included burning lots of paper money.

It is relatively warm today, around 4 or 5c which is a lot warmer then –23c so it is quite pleasant.

We have a ‘wind down week’ next week as every one is in holiday mood, we go to Shenyang on Tuesday for a concert with all the other schools, so that's a bit of fun, then Mei’s son arrives from Beijing on Thursday.

The fireworks have started already and will happen for the next couple of weeks or more, day and night.

Went walking on the lake before and it is always a strange sensation wandering around on the ice and looking at the water underneath. The ice seemed to be about a foot thick so it is pretty safe, just feels eerie.

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:48:50 +0100

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Today

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:13:58 +0100

Saturday and cold, -19c but clear and sunny. Had a lady in today to do a special clean before our Christmas party on Thursday. And just one class today with Billy and Sarah. Spoke to Linda who is feeling better, also to Tiari and Darren.