And the adventures begin .....: May 2013

A little late, but these are the photos from our birthday's. Mine was the 6th of april it was a lovely sunny day. Dave got me some lovely pig related presents (of course) and some gorgeous underwear, as the chinese washer has destroyed most of mine. My mum sent over presents too with candles and a cake it was a lovely surprise . It was really nice to have some things to open, I didn't except it at all. Normally, I would have spent my birthday at home surrounded by all my friends, going out and drinking crazy amounts and eating loads of food and having a great time; but, being in a different country this is close to impossible, but Dave made it very special. I guess also getting older, birthdays aren't as big and crazy as they used to be, but I still had a great time. We went for a great meal at this French restaurant. It was a little on the expensive side but was worth it, it was a real taste of home with no hint of chinese food :) REAL food !!! The place was very posh and we were treated like kings and queens with our water constantly being topped up and bread been given to us, it was really nice. All in all it was a fantastic day. I mean don't get me wrong I would have loved to have gone home and seen friends and family but that wasn't possible and also it's not long now until I come home :D.

For Dave's birthday(20th april) I made him a full english breakfast chinese style (unfortunately no sausage). I bought Dave a t-shirt and 2 photo's framed of us to put in our flat and a keyring :D. Then we went for a meal with everyone and there was great food and drinks. After the meal we got a little tipsy and it was a lovely celebration :).A great month :D.

We have been really lucky and made some great friends out here. Cook is a guy we have meet playing badminton and he has been really nice. He pays for us to play badminton and buys us drinks . He took us to the local mountains which was something we wanted to do for ages, but we didn't know how to get there. It was great, we picked a great day with clear skies and hot weather. It was nice seeing the countryside. Everyone we walked passed said hello and took pictures, it was rather embarrassing. Cook decided to take us a different route to the normal path and it was exciting and less touristy which I preferred, but it was a lot steeper and had more cliff edges, which Dave hated hahahahahaaaaaa. Eventually, we made it to the top and had lunch which included chinese noodles, tofu and potatoes. Luckily, we packed a packed lunch :D . At the top we found out Cook had carried a whole watermelon up the mountain so that we could eat it, but then he decided he was full from lunch so put it back in his bag and carried it all the way down hahahahaha, the Chinese really make me laugh sometimes their mannerisms are so strange, it's cute . Cook especially always makes us laugh. He has been very kind and very good to Dave and I, we appreciate everything he has done for us. He is a great, true friend.

Another close friend is a student . She is so cute she asked me to come up with a beautiful English name for her . I gave her the name Megan, the same name as my sister, because firstly Megan is very beautiful name and I thought it would be appropriate for this student. She is cute, I am like her agony aunt and she has come to me with problems with her family, boys, school etc. For my birthday she bought me two glass pigs that looked very expensive and drew me a picture of an elephant because she couldn't draw a pig hahaha. She also bought me a clip and a drink for my health, as I had a sore throat. She told me to wear the clip to her class and she had the same clip on too, very cute . She makes me smile so much and in her I feel as if I have made a difference to at least one students life since being here.

my birthday cake from the school :)

opening presents

birthday day sun out ice cream in hand won a prize on a game what more could you want :)

first blossom

chinese break dancers

fun times on the log flume :)

all kitted out

ready to go . I screamed all the way down all the chinese were laughing and we made a massive wave hahahaha standard

dressed up for birthday meal :)

sophie and andrew

Jesse and Lucy

Dave and Tiffany another chinese friend from extra teaching she is so cute always talks to me and is really cute bought me a nice hanging lamp for a candle so nice of her.