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I'm really enjoying Mandarin classes now. It's great to be learning a new language again. I finally feel that I'm 'getting it'. I just learned how to say 'I'm English' and 'Where are you from?' - a long way from fluent but a good start. The lessons are entirely in Mandarin and are really useful for helping me improve the way I teach English.

Fantastic news this week, my friends Sue and Justin are having a baby. I'm so excited for them. It makes me want to be back in the UK. I miss our friends there.

Life in Singapore is getting more exciting. I have badminton this Saturday, Mandarin every Wednesday, bookclub next Tuesday and we're off to Malaka next weekend. If we don't watch ourselves we'll be as busy as we were in London. I guess that wouldn't be such a bad thing.

I've finally told a few people that this blog exists, so maybe it's getting read now. I'm conscious that I don't want to change the way I've been writing. So sorry, it's still going to be a bit random...

Work is good. I'm really enjoying the challenge of being a teacher. I've learned that I prefer teaching teenagers and adults (rather than younger kids) and I prefer teaching more complex grammar (rather than elementary english). I'm still keen to teach biology and get the PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education), but I'm not sure when that will be now. We have some pretty big decisions to make about where we want to be for the next few years.


I've almost finished reading 'The case for a creator' by Lee Strobel. It's a fantastically structured and well-written book which doesn't dumb down science, but instead explains some quite complex ideas in an accessible way. I thoroughly recommend the book to anyone.

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