YO IT'S YY HERE from No.18 middle school! I'm in the office now erm slacking? Haha the teachers in my dept are really nice and friendly, they keep telling us to go out to play and explore China. I've found my favourite pastry here that the teachers insist is called bing(biscuit). The texture is actually more like our polar snacks back home? Hmm. Oh the milk here is YUMM too =D

So far Jingting and i have been to quite a few lessons already. The kids are sweet, enthusiastic and extremely helpful. Oh not to mention courteous like when we walk around the school they actually greet us from afar unlike singaporean kids who turn the other direction upon seeing their teachers :p

Explored a little beyond our school compounds and found a few important places around the area to get some daily stuff. (I'm still quite wary of crossing roads because vehicles come from 360 degrees). The main transportation here is mainly bicycles? They have special sheds enough to house bicycles for all the students and teachers and the bicycle paths are as wide as the road for cars. We took the cab here and like Daryl mentioned it's quite different from those in Singapore because the driver is caged up- there's these bars that separate the back passengers from the front. (Taking cab here is quite a challenge too because we're afraid of being overcharged if the driver finds out we are foreigners so we keep quiet throughout the 40min cab ride :P )

I'm getting quite used to the low temperature here already and the food is alright too. I had this misconception that they eat extremely salty food here but it seems like it's only the school canteen food with salty food :/

Oh yes we made friends with some Chinese students from the dorm and they're a happy cheerful bunch. If there's anything that is making me not miss home that much it's definitely them and my wonderful dorm mates.

Cheers to the sunny island,
YY

P.S i promise pictures for my next post, i need to go back to my lappy to arrange them(: