Hi All, My day is over, I'm waiting for the school bus to take me home. I have nothing exciting to report but I thought I should drop you a line. One more week of work and I have a whole week off for the Chinese National Holiday. Guess what we finally got at school today - it's absolutely marvellous. They are these wonderful little things that you call paper towels. Imagine, I can finally dry my hands after I wash them. The children each have their own little washcloths to dry their hands but all this time I've had to use a Kleenex or serviette or shake my hands and wait for them to dry. I've asked a few times but was basically told, "No, we no have." Yesterday paper towel holders were installed and today I dried my hands. They are actually half the size of the ones there but they are thicker.
And guess what else I received at school today. My parcel that I mailed from there on July 21st and apparently arrived at one of our schools here in Shanghai on Sep. 4th. Just yesterday Doug and Mike launched an investigation with Canada Post to find it and this morning it was here. I don't know where it has been for the past 2 1/2 weeks but I'm happy to have it.
I think I'm getting sick again - a cold and sore throat. That is the third since I've been here. It could just be all the new germs my body is encountering but I do wonder about the pollution. I don't know if I mentioned to you about the black dust that accumulates on my balcony. I actually sweep, dry mop and wet mop it regularly to try to keep it clean. I now have a patio table and chairs on my balcony and do enjoy eating my breakfast there each day. But I do have to dust the table and chairs before I use it.
Well that's my exciting news for this week. My Chinese lessons are going very slowly. Zhychian! Goodbye