Friday 3^rd July, 2020 1730

Just a quickie this time.

Final day of this academic year for me (although I still have the bloody marking to do which is damned annoying) but glad to be done with getting up early and walking for taxis and buses.

I am actually tired of this school in a way I never was with Chizhou. Chizhou was of course very typically Chinese which is at times infuriating to someone like me but Lanzhou is another level entirely.

For instance, they have me traipsing between buildings and campuses when in fact they could, before allocating classrooms for upcoming teacher timetables, simply reserve room 3103 for me and then work the younger Chinese teachers around that instead of leaving me until last and saying “sorry, we can't get you other rooms” and giving me sodding computers that wipe my USB. Tomorrow I will be suggesting that in an email to the Dean. I don't want to dwell on my age with the leadership as it's the sole reason I was dismissed from the last place but the fact is I am actually two years older than the bloody university!

Ah well, besides marking, two months holiday now and five weeks to the main event if it can happen – and after six months of this virus shit, I really need it to.

Anyway, the interview they did is now online to view n Facebook or Youtube. I don't think I look too much of an idiot, at least I hope not. There is a hiatus just before 3 minutes but it carries on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4Mikms95I

or

https://www.facebook.com/steve.budd/videos/10157486690782944