That's why it's not working!

Here I was thinking that we were having a staff dinner tonight - and it's not until next Friday! So I went in to a noodle restaurant and ordered up some spicy noodles (actually I just pointed) and I had a nutritious bowl of noodles and some type of meat (probably don't want to know) and a beer for $2.50 (15 yuan). Not bad!!

Tomorrow, which is a Saturday, we have our first meeting with all of our Chinese colleagues. Then we are done until Monday. The Chinese will be coming in on Sunday as well. (I'm distracted right now by the sound of loud firecrackers. They are blown off when someone dies. I figure there are many people that die - but then there are a lot of people!).  We'll get our starting timetable tomorrow and then I can give you the lowdown on our teaching hours. I can tell you that any teachers reading this won't like it - the number of teaching hours per week is significantly lower here (even though we have to be at school for a long time). Each period is 40 minutes long and my typical math class meets 4 times a week...

I met a woman in the apartment elevator this morning who started talking to me in English (a first). She tutors 12 year old kids in English on Friday evenings once or twice a month and asked if I'd be willing to join. I said sure, sounds like fun! I think next Friday is the first one, but that might conflict with our staff dinner so we'll see...

Rain is forecast for this weekend. I wonder if that will help cool it down. I haven't seen any rain here in China yet other than when I first arrived in Shanghai.