Yesterday, as so many days, didn’t go as planned. Pop’o’Fish became a no-go because they didn’t have big enough tables for nine of us to all sit together and the girls wouldn’t entertain adjacent ones. Instead my discount card was brought into play again at the barbecue restaurant, where they simply rearrange the furniture to put two or even three tables together.
As my bike wasn’t charged (having anticipated all of us taking the No 7 bus) I ended up having to take the cattle truck aka No 29. Having declined the invitation to accompany eight young ladies shopping (as would any sane man) as I wanted a snooze I travelled on my own. I was not impressed at having to stand for the entire journey and not just because I am a lazy sod but as I ended up on the left side of the bus and with a port arm that still refuses to rise even to horizontal it was difficult to hang on to a support. I suppose had I wanted I could have pulled rank and demanded a student vacate a seat but I didn’t.
In the event I arrived 25 minutes too early and so took the opportunity of getting some spare keys cut. Joanna has got herself a summer job and so will stay in Kevin’s apartment for the holidays. This makes me very happy for various reasons but one of them is that my cat sitting problem is solved but she will need keys. Due to Pepsi being such an odd little thing I will still leave her with the vets, which for two weeks should come in at under 300y which won‘t hurt too much and that can be combined with the annual jab and a bath.
I rarely eat much in that restaurant normally anyway but last night I ate hardly anything simply because most of what was on offer didn’t appeal to me but I will say I enjoyed the evening regardless as indeed did the girls as you will see from the photos. I enjoyed it even more when I received a call from Qing to tell me she had her IELTS result from the resit. I was over the moon to learn she did indeed increase her score from 6.0 to 6.5 meaning she won’t have to take extra English lessons when she gets there. Maybe I should take up coaching for that exam as a sideline!
I had promised one of my other students I would go to the philately exhibition in the library today but last night she said the opening ceremony was at nine this morning. Today being the only day I could sleep late I said I wouldn’t be there before eleven but last night I felt guilty and set my alarm for early. Yes I was there for the opening “ceremony” which was rather comical. There were more speakers than guests! The exhibition itself was small and I have to say disappointing. 95% of the stamps on show were Chinese and the only European ones were two from Poland but it was still interesting for a while.
I was so tired that later I grabbed another hour before going to town. It was spitting with rain when I was ready to leave and I thought I would take the No 7 bus but changed my mind and rode in instead because I wanted to get an early dinner there. I wished I hadn’t as by the time I had eaten it was raining hard - despite the forecast saying minimal precipitation. I got wet. I hope it clears by morning as I must shop regardless and thankfully I will be finished in the little school for eleven.
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