WANDERWORLDLUST

Ahhhh it’s so nice to be lay here, in bed, with an extra blanket that I bought today from Carrefour, candles lit (it’s Diwali today) making my room smell so lovely, incense burning, in a clean room as I cleaned and tidied up this evening and all my work sort of virtually done! I must say I literally am ALWAYS so busy and occupied living out here, it doesn’t give me much chance to be homesick or even to relax! I’ve decided I need to start dedicating time towards relaxation… and getting a massage! I still haven’t had a massage since I’ve been back – this will change this week. Anyway, let me talk you through my week back after coming back from Malaysia last Sunday! On Monday, due to my lack of sleep after the flight back from Malaysia, combined with the weather starting to get a bit colder, I got ill. I had to take the day off to rest. I felt bad but my school were, as always, very understanding and said “health first”. So I spent the day resting and lesson planning in bed. ...

HEY GUYS, So sorry about the delay. So I’ll quickly fill you in on last week and then tell you about my long weekend in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA. Last week flew by. I’d just gotten back from the half marathon weekend away; and quickly the week flew by before my Thursday evening flight to KL. During the week I pretty much recovered from the marathon, prepared for KL (basically meaning I did unnecessary shopping mainly bags and stuff from the fake market) and enjoyed teaching. I especially enjoyed teaching MAN and WOMAN vocabulary at my Chonggu School; in which volunteer students drew me… a WOMAN. It was fun! So Thursday came quickly, and my flight was scheduled from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 1am (so technically Friday morning). Now, after my disaster the Friday before in regards to missing my flight… I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS THIS FLIGHT for the life of me! A few friends from Ningbo were visiting Shanghai, came over for a bit whilst I frantically packed. Even...