Weather: cool with mist (not poluted haze)Gotta love Kylie: Frikkie's parents gave him Kylie Kwong's latest cookbook for his birthday. It arrived in one of the boxes and I'm almost done reading her travelogue (there's nothing on telly and she writes beautifully). Most of the recipes are veggies, so that's great for us and even better: it's in English. Bonus that we can get all of the ingredients at our local Carre Four.
Exhange rate: 1 RMB = R1.55
I'm still sick. Yuck. Flu/cold. But nevermind that - I have a job. Officially. It's a slow start with only one lecture this week, but next week I have two. Geoffrey thought it best that I start off with small classes, so at most I'll have 3 students tonight.
I did another demo class today and apparently did much better. I spoke slowly, introduced myself properly and didn't assume anything. Quite proud of myself.
I don't think I realised how not working was affecting me. Being unemployed was getting me down. Must be that Calvinist work ethic that's been drilled into me all my life. I know 2 lectures a week isn't going to keep me busy, but it's a start and at least I'll be contributing a little to our combined income.
Frikkie is back from Chongqing tonight. Hoorah. Apparently their meeting went really well, so it was all worth it. He's off somewhere else tomorrow, can't remember the name, but he'll be back tomorrow night.
