Ni hao my friends,
Excitement! Today we auditioned for an as-yet untitled TV show to be broadcast on Chinese national TV. I read for the role of a 35 year old American doctor who was angry with one of his nurses. Sadly, the doctor in the script can speak fluent Chinese (and has many lines in said language), and while my Chinese is a lot of things, fluent it is not. I gallently put on my best angry voice and shouted at the director in Chinese, but I feel that you may have to wait a while to see me on your screens!
What else has been happening? I had my first bicycle riding experience in China. It was very scary, and I feel I may need to improve a lot to get as good as this guy:
Not an isolated incident, if possible most Chinese people like to cycle balancing something on their shoulders. I also saw a man cycling with a puppy in his coat the other day.
Anyway, after almost 2 years away from the King's court, guess who rocks up in Beijing?
No need! William is very well, and has so far stayed away from the swimming pools of Beijing. Within a day of getting to my school he was put to work assessing whether students could take part in a foreign exchange programme. Only in China!
The coming week sees me travelling down to Shanghai, and paying a visit to the garden city of Suzhou, home of many canals, and (according to the Lonely Planet) a shop called 'The Mystery Shop of Holy Things'. I can't wait! Until next time, adios amigos,
Thomas
A QUARTER OF A YEAR, WOW!
I quote 'Within a day of getting to my school he was put to work assessing whether students could take part in a foreign exchange programme.' read assessing for human traffiking and years of abuse!