The “Tong Yi Shou Ge” Concert and Firework

It is not much of a news anymore because the concert and firework were held on 25th and 26th of April. But I think it’s still worth to mention here as these two events were topical lately in Shantou. Even I know about it in UK, well, from my fam...

Week in the life of Maggie

Despite not being able to write about the following things, it has been an interesting and eventful week:
Two (unconnected) friends close to suicide (not so fun)
A fist fight
A crazy English school (not mine though!)
Great life...

International money transfer

Also on a practical note, was dealing with a teacher in distress today (what a story!), which involved a trip to Western Union. Western Union is the most common way (apart from maybe bank transfer, Richard will be more familiar with these things than...

Clothes alteration

I would like to sing praises of the small things in life in this post. Namely that I can get people to mend and alter my clothes for me. I Can sew, should the need arise, but professionals do it so much better. Opposite my school in a little alley ...