Tuesday 19th April, 2016                             2040

Well. On Monday I feasted well on ham, mash, peas and Branston and it felt good. My class meanwhile dined on bread pudding I made for them the night before. Sadly tomorrow afternoon’s class will have to wait another week because for the first time, this evening I failed to cook it long enough and I can’t serve that up to them. Better luck next time.

I eventually got my gas this morning, the price is never the same twice on the trot and in fact today it was the lowest ever at 80y. It seemed a little sad that this is the last bottle I will ever buy here.

In the early hours of this morning I emailed the employment agency registering my concerns over the lack of any further job prospects and asking them whether Tongling were advertising. Whilst it spans two campuses (not ideal) it would have the advantage of being twenty minutes away from here on the train. I received a reply saying they were working on it.

Joan came for a shower and to study for a while before returning to her dorm and I had made tomato soup, a lot more successfully than the last time I attempted it and so she had a bowlful, as did I. Tomorrow for Dumpling and I it will be fish and chips with bread and butter.

The agency now wants copies of my residence permit and foreign expert certificate because the new school they are trying to line up want to see them. Where on earth it is I have no idea and I guess the agent had left for the night when I emailed to ask the location. The residence permit was no problem but of course the foreign expert certificate is, seeing as Miss Yin has retained it. I have now asked Anthony if he would be so kind as to go and photograph it and email me. I will probably end up having to do it myself in the end though.  At least I am getting some action now.

There are occasions here when I hear explosions or what sound like them. Not fireworks, the lights don’t go out but they do sound like detonations of some kind and it has mystified me every time. One such report, actually three in quick succession, I heard not much before midnight last night. I would love to know what they are because they really are extremely loud.

Tonight though I must try to get to sleep at a respectable hour, Wednesday is the only day of the week at present that I need to get up “early” so maybe just one Foyle’s War for me after I post this entry.