A little ill

This last four days have been so-so. I have been feeling a little ill. I have a sore throat and also some signs of exhaustion. However, I’ve managed to get a lot of work done for de Baak – unfortunately not much else. It’s just been four days since I last wrote, so won’t make it too long. Not an awful lot have happened. Monday has been a working day. I worked until late and after strolled around in my neighborhood. I was a beautiful autumn feeling – a little cold, but nice. My house is located at a really busy cross-road, but the small side streets are very beautiful. I drunk a cup of tea in a nice bar and overlooked the streets with lots of people walking the streets. It was nice to see and it gave me a Christmas feeling - don't know why.

Tuesday I had my Chinese lessons at night. We put post-its everywhere in my home with the Chinese translations of the furniture – so I can never escape this language. Today a friend gave me two Chinese character books, so I can also improve my writing skills (a lot of space for improvement). After my Chinese lesson, I had a drink with my Chinese teacher Yoyo at Cotton’s. Cotton’s is a great bar with a beautiful garden. The garden is filled with heaters so you can still sit outside at night and enjoy your drink (in the middle of November)!! It's a five minute walk, so it's kind of becoming my 'stamkroeg'.

Today was an interesting day. Gabor from ASI and me went to give a presentation at Tebodin to explain which trainings we could offer them for their event next week. Tomorrow we will hear the results of the meeting. It was a nice and new experience and hopefully the first of many.

My time in Shanghai is going very quick. I’ll going to Hong Kong in only 11 days. After my return from Hong Kong it will only be 7 weeks before I’ll return to Holland for the first time. Time flies!! However I’m not half way, yet! It’s been 6 ½ weeks so far!

Ok, maybe it wasn’t very revealing! I probably have an early night …. I need it!