I finally got a Journal!! I can't believe this and it has the name of my school on it and its blue and it makes me feel like a real teacher.

My contact teacher was told by the principal that I am too strict with the students.
So this is my story... Every week I pick a different discipline method because the class gets so noisy and or the previous routine wears off. So last week I made the kids stand up and sit only if they answer a question correctly. It was effective for some classes but not others. This week I send kids out of the class for making noise, (majority of whom are boys). I really hate it when idiots disrupt the learning of eager students. A boy catapulted a piece a paper into a girls eyes and I sent him out. ( So how does this make me strict???) next time I will reward him with sweets.

My contact teacher has suggested I play a film or play songs for the kids if it gets too noisy and I cannot stand the noise. I support this notion 100%.
The war is on, I have been happy, smiley and chatty with other teacher but no more. Since they are in support of terrorist acts of the student.

This reminded me of Nigeria, the poor chicken was butchered in front of me and i stood and watched for ages even if i had no interest in buying it. Thought i should share.

Staring

All time favourite habit of Chinese people, if you can visit their beautiful country then they can stare at you... First scene, a woman stared so hard in Shanghai, the got knocked down, another scene, a group of people shouting mei guo ren ( they assume black people can only come from the states... Thank you Obama). Another scene, people shouting Serena Williams .. I got excited thinking she was somewhere close, only to realise they were talking to me...(KMT) if you know me you would that calling me Serena Williams would make me very sad, i would rather be called Venus Williams. 

They might even go as far as taking pictures with you, once a woman handed me her infant child so that she could take a picture of a foreigner (Wei guo ren) holding her baby. Another scene, a little boy crying because his cousins had taken a picture with my and my friends when he went to use the toilet, so we had to take another picture with him. Another scene, me and my friends running away after standing and taking pictures for 10 minutes with random people in tian'an men square Beijing. I really don't mind the attention because it makes me feel like a celebrity but when you stand for more than 20 minutes in the blazing sun taking pictures with strangers or waiting for your friends to finish taking pictures with strangers, it can get tiring and annoying to a point that the darker side of me pops up, or like me and some friends did, start running until the coast is clear.  However the level of staring depends on the city you visit. Economic zones like shanghai and Shenzhen have mild staring, because there are loads of foreigners doing business, so you are nothing special, but other areas like suzhou, cheng du, tian jin, chongching can get really bad, they laugh at you openly, might touch your  hair, point at you too often. 

They don't mean any harm, they are just excited to see foreigners and want to study us to see if we behave like them or imitate our strange behaviours.

So most times I wear my sunglasses, turn my iPod on the loudest and cover my face with my iPad! This certainly works for me.

I just got my second pay check so i must be doing something right!!..so maybe they just cant be bothered....
whatever the case may be....I am gon celebrate this weekend!...

I had an amazing week last week. for many reasons.
It was China's national holiday September 30th , celebrating 67 years as a republic and the whole nation was given a week off to celebrate. Although we were asked to work on Saturday before the start on the holiday, yeah everything is last minute in China so before i book any trips i have to wait for the government to decide how they feel.

Moving on.....My contact teacher invited me to different breakfast, lunches and dinners to celebrate with families of the students and other teachers (Like I don't have a life outside school)...
I regrettably turned down the invitations because I had planned a trip to Guangzhou, Macau and Hong kong to celebrate in my own way.
So on Saturday I went in to teach, but instead of teaching i watched movies and played irrelevant games with the kids (A holiday is a holiday and i was in no mood to plan lessons).
Immediately after, I packed my shit and ran to the bus station to catch the bus to Guangzhou
Rewind...I had heard a lot about Guangzhou .i.e. (Trading central, chocolate city, mini lagos...e.t.c.) but surely this was all an exaggeration. On arrival, I was expected to be greeted by My Nigerian brothers, but it looked Chinese to me.
My friend and I dropped off our bags at the hotel and went to look for african food!..we couldn't find any, but we were greeted by some Nigerian men whistling to us and calling us 'baby'..(typical Omata traders).
It was obvious the stories were clearly not an exaggeration. We were invited by some random guy to drink with his friends and since we were bored and lost we accepted. Andy (short for Nnamdi) and his friends Jeff, PO and boyoyo were an interesting bunch, from the fashion style to the accents i not only felt like i was in Nigeria but Onitsha or Aba.

The story of my experience with my new Nigerian friends is too long, but basically, I had to lie about my name and relationship status to ensure minimal future communication with them. The catholic church (English mass) was 85 percent male and 90 percent Nigerian, there are several Nigerian restaurants, clubs (dangerous for females, Non-prostitutes) and hair salons in Guangzhou.
I walked away with 3 marriage proposals and offers to pay for my ticket to visit Nigeria (SMH)...too much money...

I was happy and sad to go. Happy because the presence of too many Nigerian, men can be overwhelming and sad because I had completed the first part of my holiday. I envy housewives......

This is a picture of Yuexiu park in Guangzhou, this giant thing is a symbol of the holiday. The sign on the symbol is for good luck/best wishes.

 Back in shenzhen a beautiful place called Seaworld! breath taking views, with all kinds of restaurants, Japanese, Mexican, British and American.

We hopped over to HK, for more sightseeing.....Sea ferry

Hong kong is a different story, So modern, so diverse, so beautiful...from the Sea Ferry view to Victoria park, to the Women market in Mong kok, to the posh areas in causeway bay. HK has something to offer everyone, It is clean, there is no spitting or staring (except from Chinese visitors), it is more ''Civilized than China''. My friends and I spent a day there shopping and looking around, then went to the western areas to boggy at night. The club we went to had free drinks for ladies till midnight so we had 2 hours of free drinks +++++++++ the music was sick, the dj played Oliver twist and some other Nigerian songs (IN HK)...i was too impressed..

There is nothing to dislike about Hong hong as a city until you hear vicious statements HK natives make about Chinese people. (LOL) details coming soon.

The third week of september

I am really sorry for my absence, I was having minor issues with my internet which slowed down my computer and Internet. Anyways I am back now..

 This week has been lazy and tiring!! On Monday I had five lessons, as usual most of them were bad.. As some point I left the class 10 minutes cus I couldn't be bothered.... Then in another class, I decided  to sit down and wait the noise out!! They got the message and kept quiet... But it only lasted for 5minutes... Choi...in my mind I had flogged them especially one boy whom I call dick face (he doesn't understand so it's fine). The best thing is not to shout at them because they don't understand, they tend to shout imitate your shouting which makes the situation worse and u are the only one loosing your voice! 

Yeah!! they look like Angels in this picture, but this is really not the case.....
Btw!....can you spot the twins....pei pei and zen zen....I love them (i try my hardest not to show it though).

Before I came to China my family and friends all thought I would come back single (bad belle people).. Even my grandmother said it would take two Chinese men, one standing on top the other for me to find a suitable boyfriend in China...... Hmmm well, I have found the ONE... Although he hasn't found me, we often communication through body language, this is best since he doesn't speak any English.. But when the opportunity arises I will take advantage and make my move.. He even looks cute when he eats, choi how many men can boast about this.

Another dinner party on Tuesday made it possible for me to plan lessons, i was sooo tired cus I went for dinner with my  English department and it was amazing. But too much food, a table for 9 people (soup, chicken, Goose, steamed vegetable, pork, assorted fish, Steamed brown bun, Tofu, with Jasmine tea and Corn Juice) costs 30 pounds. I was too impressed, but i didn't feel guilty about wasting food this time. In the UK where such a meal with cost about 120 pounds, I would have eaten everything down to the last bone...(LOL). I still haven't tasted Tofu, my Chinese friends suggest its delicious but it still looks vile and until that changes I ain't interested...I explain to my native friends that Tofu in the UK is for meat haters or rich people (I am neither of these) so I stick with eating Chicken, duck and PORK!!