Time I did one of these or I'll completely lose track-just finished my dinner of cold BBQ duck, tofu and spring onion in soy sauce, baozi (a sort of dumpling/spring roll) and the sweetest cherry tomatoes I've ever eaten(all purchased from the local market for less than a pound) washed down with a cold Tsingtao while watching the latest World Cup match.  Life is hard! After the excesses of Shanghai I thought I should do something...

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  Well, there I was, Friday midnight, my first night in Shanghai, arrived about 9pm after a delayed flight, took the Maglev (high tech 400 kph train) and metro into town, dropped my stuff at the hostel and set off in a taxi to find those of the group who had arrived Thursday. Being China, I shouldn’t have been surprised to end up in an Irish Bar drinking Guinness and watching a sing-off between our...

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So where was I? Oh yeah, Face to Face. It all started when one of the Grade 7 teachers asked if I would help them out if they needed me, and thinking this meant filling in if someone went sick, I agreed, and after a couple of weeks forgot all about it. When she came to see me again on the Wednesday and asked if I was still available I said yes-only to be advised...

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