WANDERWORLDLUST

So, this past week had been a nice week. It was Thanksgiving on Thursday so I orientated all my classes around this popular, American festival. It was quite nice to teach about being thankful and hear all the things the children were thankful about. A common pattern was thankfulness towards family, parents and grandparents. This touched my heart and made me think of my own family. However, time is absolutely flying by and Spring Festival isn’t far away at all! So, I spent my week with my usual productive, café working evenings as well as MMA. However, on Thursday (thanksgiving) I decided to skip MMA and all other commitments, and just relax and go spend thanksgiving with some friends. We gathered lots of food and had our own Thanksgiving dinner… Chinese style! It was lovely; especially because the girls did some home-cooking so we had home-cooked stuffing, mashed potato and veg. After plenty of red wine and full stomachs, I headed home happy, content and genuinely thankful fo...

So here I am sat in my fave café which is open till late every evening, which is perfect for me, reflecting on another busy week in my fave city - Shanghai! Mondays and Tuesdays are always my long days and then in no time Wednesday arrives and I’m more than halfway through my working week. This has been the best weather I remember having during the month of November. It’s been weather the equivalent of an English Summer. It is gonna get cold soon – but I’m sort of excited for that! Plus, in no time (basically in six weeks) I’ll be travelling somewhere hot for sure! I’m thinking Sri Lanka, Australia, South India… I’ve got all sorts of ideas so going to start getting things booked over the next two weeks! So last Tuesday after work I rode my scooter to and back from MMA... I think I must have gone pretty hard because on Wednesday my body was ACHING everywhere. I love the feeling though. I’m determined to get stronger, fitter, increased technique knowledge and confidence. My coa...