I now have some very nice new friends - SooAh, my afore mentioned lovely room-mate
Pip, an Australian girl from Canberra who somehow has managed to get a bunch of her friends to all come to live in Shanghai this year while she is on an exchange programme from her University.
Marc, a softly spoken Frenchman - who qualifies as a giant in my book as he's about 10ft tall who likes to play games. We've already had a good go at Scrabble and chess and he's teaching me to play poker.
Pictures of these three will follow - but the good news is they are all bears!
Now, on to the real reason for this posting - a little tale about how I've managed to "make new friends" so far...
I was at school yesterday - and waiting for the bell to ring at the end of class so that I could use the loo. I'd had a pretty dreadful lesson - misunderstanding pretty much all the instructions from my teacher and struggling to read anything. I rather absent-mindedly walked in to the toilet - only to find that I'd gone in to the men's bathroom. I let out a loud squeal when I realised that I was in the wrong place - ensuring that all my classmates using the urinals turned around to see what the noise was..let's just say I now know a few of my classmates a little bit better!! Nothing like profuse apologies and all-round embarrassment to bring people together!
2 comments:
First toddler bashing, now todger baiting. I thought this trip was about doing something new? You seemed to have slipped into your old ways...
But seriously, keep blogging. Its great to know what you're up to and to allow us to hold virtual hands over t'internet.
Ta ta.
Cairns
Its so great to hear all your adventures Freydo. The food sounds lush. Tell me more about food!!
Missing you so much and am so happy that it seems to all be going so well for you.
Love you loads xx
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