Tuesday 7th May, 2013              1130

Yesterday was a struggle which was made worse by suddenly finding out in the morning there was a foreign language concert last night. The show was ok but although the dancers were entertaining not one of the sketches was in English - considering the vast majority of them are studying it one could be forgiven for expecting a fair part of it to be in that language.

After the show Qing called to say she was popping back briefly this morning for some paperwork and she needed my assistance. What she wanted of me was to word a certification letter in Mandarin so it made sense in English. She needs the English version signed and sealed by the school in order to forward it to Sydney. The visit was extremely brief and she is already on her way back to Tongling. She will however be back in probably just under a fortnight.

The forecast is for rain all this week although we have yet to see any. The problem is that the football final is scheduled for four this afternoon but in the event of rain it will be postponed. Although we have an artificial pitch it is rock hard and they won’t play when it is wet as there would be too many injuries.

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By the time I finished afternoon classes it was spitting with rain but I went to the stadium anyway to see if the match was still on. It was.

Right from kick-off I had a feeling of déjà vu. Had I had the chance I would have put a bet on the game finishing goalless and us losing on penalties exactly as happened last year. I would have made money. As ever, our lot created chances but squandered them every time because they have no finishing skills. Never mind, there’s always next year!

Anyway with the rain finally here I am sure we can expect it up until the weekend. As for me, early night for sure but here are the pictures from the concert which include the losing finalists today in the yellow shirts.