The price of eggs

People always ask about this, and it is hard to find good information. I'm not saying mine is brilliant, but I thought it might give people an idea about what I spend on things if I went through some recent receipts and gave you a breakdown of what I spent. If you want any further information on prices, just let me know and I can probably find out prices for you. At the supermarket: 8...

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Well I went on a visa run for Astrid at the weekend to Hong Kong. Luckily I had Friday evening free so we took the 6pm coach there, arriving at about 10pm. We didn't take many things, just her big handbag for a change of clothes and a small one for her money so we decided to walk to look for hotels in Nathan Road which is famed for cheap hotels, especially hourly hotels! I...

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The title says it all, Since arriving in China just over 4 months ago I haven't had much time to write on the chalkboard site. But now things are changing, I am leaving my job at EF and moving to work for a kindergarten in the same city, the hours are better and the pay is more which folks gives me more time to start blogging on a regular basis again.   So starting from...

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I arrived in China at around 9:30pm, this was when my visa was stamped and I set foot on Chinese soil.   The timing of my arrival was perfect; I got through Hong Kong immigration and looked at the screen for where my baggage was. Walking to it I was looking with the hope my baggage would be coming although I doubted it then what do I see? That’s right it was my bag, I...

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I wrote my last blog less than 1 week ago and it seems today like it was written 4 weeks ago. This week has seemed so long, partly I think due to going to Bangka at the weekend. That was a really great holiday and was very relaxing but as I had my flight at 6am and I had to leave for the airport (or so I thought) at 4am I decided to go out...

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