Well, it’s been BUSY.
I guess that kind of goes without saying…the ends of things often seem to be busy.

These past couple of weeks have been absolutely packed full of lasts….
Last trip within Guangxi (Beihai beaches….lovely!), last dinners at the usual restaurants, last lessons, final exams….

I’m really quite sad about leaving! It’s heartbreaking that I’ll probably never see most of these people again.
Except for Kate, that is- I’m planning on seeing her again at some point, fortunately.

This morning, the school is giving me a ride to Nanning where I’ll spend the day before catching an early flight tomorrow. Many of my students and friends from Yizhou have promised to “see me off” at the car. It seems to be a tradition here- just saying goodbye isn’t enough, you need to actually wish the person good luck as they’re driving away. I think it’s going to be absolutely heartbreaking and wonderful.
Unfortunately, my camera has broken (apparently a common thing for the particular camera that I have…there seems to be a design flaw) so I’ll just have to remember it.

I should be getting ready, so I should go.

zai jian!

I’m going to the U.S. in two weeks!

Two weeks.

Wow.

Time flies.

Things have been quite busy over here.
Teaching, teaching, teaching….Traveling, traveling, traveling.

I can’t believe the two years are nearly up. Amazing.

This week is my last week of regular lessons. I just saw two of my grade two classes for the last time this morning. I expected them to be a bit sad, but they didn’t seem to be sad at all. Oh well. I guess I see them for their exams next week anyway.

Expect more from me soon.

Check out Flickr for photos that tell more about what I’ve been doing.

www.flickr.com/photos/fluffish