Cheers

The events of the past days . . . I don't really want to talk about it, but maybe I need to.

I had spent Saturday and Sunday hanging out with my students. So exhasted from doing things non-stop starting with TaiChi early in the morning. I took part in the teacher's sports meeting and had a great time. Nigel and I were the only foreign teachers who took part. I did some running, shooting baskets, hoola hoop. Nigel wanted to do the three legged race with me, but I turned him down. My students took me the the Zhanjiang beer festival. I almost stood them up to go bowling with Arthur, Brenda, and Nigel. I didn't really want to go to the beer festival. But for the sake of my students I went. There were so many people, I felt so claustraphobic. So I made them take me elsewhere. I was shocked to see groups of young kids no more then 12 filling eachothers glasses with beer. My students and I just walked around and talked, and had a good time. Sunday started early again with TaiChi, then to Chikan with my students shopping, and to the food festival. Saw all kinds of things that just about made me sick like scorpions, grubs, tarantulas, beetles, and such on a stick. And gutted, ready to eat dogs. The place they chose to sit and eat was right infront of this display of dead dogs. I quickly lost my appetite. As soon as we got back, I had another date with some other students. They wanted to take me to the same places, but I talked them into taking me to a new place. So we went on this docked old ship that's now used as a hotel and restaurant. We were the only ones there, and got the whole arcade to ourselves. Had a fun time. They treated my to an oyster dinner, and I taught them to play "Truth or Dare." We were laughing and having so much fun. That's when I got the call that Nigel drown.

And life's been hazy since.

Sorry, that's all I can spit out right now.