YAY! Xmas is coming! I spent last night with my boyfriend decorating the lounge room and it looks fantastic...photos are on Flickr!

I snuck that one in didn't I....LOL. His name is Charles; he’s American and also a teacher over here but at a different school. We've been seeing each other for about a month and I'm having lots of fun :)

Sorry about the lack of blogging, I haven’t had a lot of free time nor the energy to think about what I’m going to write about: I think I had food poisoning (along with 4 other teachers) and Charles also takes up some of my free time.

I’ve also put photos of Charles cooking in my kitchen for the first time. After 3 months of living in China I’ve finally started cooking due the absence of cockroaches YUK. Charles did all the cleaning (aren’t I a lucky girl!) because it was during my bout of ‘funny tummy’ and I wasn’t much use to anyone. The kids got to do what they wanted for a week because I didn’t have the energy to teach a lesson plan; just sit at the front of the class glaring occasionally if they got too loud.

There is also a photo from this morning when I finally had my first cup of coffee since coming to China. I purchased a coffee maker as an early Xmas present to myself and managed to restrain myself to having a coffee ‘til this morning. I also had vegemite toast (cooked on the frying pan), Sunday magazines from home (saved for two weeks) and it was heaven! Thanks to Jen for the vegemite and cup and to Mum for the magazines. I could have been home :) I have been to Starbucks but I have Mocha fraps (yes Kelly, they are delicious) because I’m a Melbourne coffee snob and I tried a cappuccino at home (Melb) once and it wasn’t good :(

Not much else to say except that living here feels normal now and we’re all looking forward to having Xmas day off not to mention New Years Day as well.

Also, happy birthday to my Grandma Gray for tomorrow!

Better go and do my lesson plans for tomorrow…..sigh…LOL

Love
Katrina
xxoo

written by  KatrinaB on December 3, 2006 from Dongguan, China
from the travel blog: China Dreaming
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Well, well, well - a man that cooks, cleans and hangs the decorations without his shirt - I knew something was keeping you from updating and now I know what!! Glad to hear you are so happy - thanks for the Chrissie card!!! Take care

written by  Michelle Milikins on December 8, 2006

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