Wednesday 24th May, 2017                               1800

Groan…………I have done nothing today except laundry, shopping and cooking dinner. When I retire it has to be somewhere I can employ a cheap maid or cleaner. Sod it, I may or may not make a token effort tomorrow.

I did go on the school website to see if there was anything about last week’s sports meetings and found this:

http://www.lzcu.edu.cn/info/1060/6374.htm

Not worth reading even if you can get your computer to translate (usual university jingoism) but count down to the 11th photo (students in maroon and ankle biters in white) and that’s our lot at the opening ceremony. The picture (remarkably clear) was taken by a drone. I am bringing up the rear out of sight.

I also found another photo in the following link:

http://www.lzcu.edu.cn/info/1060/6381.htm


One photo is from our campus at the end of the sports meetings, showing prize giving. It’s the third picture and I am the Tom Cruise Top Gun lookalike seated second from right. I was criticised by someone for not standing for the shot  but that was the prerogative of the leaders who had actually presented the awards to the students. I am certain I was only seated at the official table to make me feel included for actually turning up. I did stand for other “official” photoshoots but they never made it onto the main site. I have no idea how to locate my campus site.

I also discovered a short article about the recent delegation that travelled to Oxford and then Cyprus. It made me feel proud not only have to have been the foreign teacher in the programme to send the very first students abroad to study for Masters but also to see my chicks apparently fledging ok. They are the ones standing along with Mr Zhang and Suzy is the one immediately behind the chap seated with the red tie. I wish all of them the very best and hope they all attain an MA.


http://www.lzcu.edu.cn/info/1060/6384.htm

I reckon that’s enough for tonight.