Well the days are seeming to be flying by. It has been almost 2 months that we have been here and living here has begun to get easier and easier.
I haven't been too well this week and have had a serious ear infection and sore throat. By Wednesday I had a migraine of note and mixing that with a screaming child just didn't go too well. So I decided to go to the school nurse and ask for some help. With a bit of charades, I managed to explain to the nurse what was wrong and she came back to the classroom with some medication. Well it was in a little vial, and there seemed to be a little needle with it. Inside the vial was some black liquid. I immediately said to her that she was not putting that in my arm.. NO WAYS!! But she just laughed, and stuck this needle into the vial, and showed me it was a straw and I had to suck this black liquid through this straw. UUUUrrrrrggggg! Awful. It tasted ghastly. That apparently was for my throat. Then she gave me a tablet for the migraine. I showed her the medication we bought from the pharmacy previously for headaches and she said they were for sore throats not headaches. OH WELL. Thank goodness it wasn't something more serious. And within half an hour I no longer had a sore throat or headache. Marvellous stuff I tell ya.
Thursday we had a public holiday which I must say was well deserved. Paul and I went out to to supermarkets. We get some of the groceries we used to from one and the rest from the other. While there Paul managed to save a translated message on his phone to ask the pharmacist it they had strong pain killers. And what do you know. They pulled out some I-brufen. What a surprise.
On Friday we were in for a shock. I was at school and the others at home. Suddenly we heard a war siren or warning siren going off. It went off for about half an hour. Paul whats app'd me and asked what is was for. He was standing by the window watching out for a tsunami that may be coming in or for bomber planes coming over. He said he lost his virginity that day. All he could think about was, if it is a tsunami I was too near ground level and too near the sea. So I went to find out. The siren was to commemorate the people who died in the Mukdin Massacre. And we thought we were either under attack or that a tsunami was on its way. HA HA
This week Paul put together a kitchen cupboard. When it arrived there were no instructions on how to put it together. I went to work the next day and asked one of the Chinese staff to get hold of the supplier and ask him to email me the instructions. There weren't any. So they did one better and video recorded one of the suppliers staff putting the cupboard together. Didn't we laugh as they also didn't know and as they were putting it together so they were taking them apart. Paul managed without the instructions and it turned out pretty well.
Today we went to lunch for Sarah's birthday. Her birthday is tomorrow, but we had promised to go out today. Yes we went to Yummy's again. But this time for a sit down lunch. And it was delicious. You enter and order at the counter, pay and then you get your number and sit at the table. They then bring your meal to your table. While we were enjoying our meal, we had the manager, I think, come up to us and ask to take our photo. Who knows, maybe the photo will be placed on their wall sometime soon.,
At the end of next week it is the National Day Holidays, and school closes for a week. I am told that the whole of China is on holiday then and it is the most expensive part of the year, apart from their new year in February. We are hoping to go and see some more of Rizhao then. It has also started to cool down in the morning and evenings. Which is very enjoyable I must say. We do however have to start buying some warm clothing as winter is coming soon.
Well that's my weekly update. Don't stop reading because there will be another post soon.
I haven't been too well this week and have had a serious ear infection and sore throat. By Wednesday I had a migraine of note and mixing that with a screaming child just didn't go too well. So I decided to go to the school nurse and ask for some help. With a bit of charades, I managed to explain to the nurse what was wrong and she came back to the classroom with some medication. Well it was in a little vial, and there seemed to be a little needle with it. Inside the vial was some black liquid. I immediately said to her that she was not putting that in my arm.. NO WAYS!! But she just laughed, and stuck this needle into the vial, and showed me it was a straw and I had to suck this black liquid through this straw. UUUUrrrrrggggg! Awful. It tasted ghastly. That apparently was for my throat. Then she gave me a tablet for the migraine. I showed her the medication we bought from the pharmacy previously for headaches and she said they were for sore throats not headaches. OH WELL. Thank goodness it wasn't something more serious. And within half an hour I no longer had a sore throat or headache. Marvellous stuff I tell ya.
Thursday we had a public holiday which I must say was well deserved. Paul and I went out to to supermarkets. We get some of the groceries we used to from one and the rest from the other. While there Paul managed to save a translated message on his phone to ask the pharmacist it they had strong pain killers. And what do you know. They pulled out some I-brufen. What a surprise.
On Friday we were in for a shock. I was at school and the others at home. Suddenly we heard a war siren or warning siren going off. It went off for about half an hour. Paul whats app'd me and asked what is was for. He was standing by the window watching out for a tsunami that may be coming in or for bomber planes coming over. He said he lost his virginity that day. All he could think about was, if it is a tsunami I was too near ground level and too near the sea. So I went to find out. The siren was to commemorate the people who died in the Mukdin Massacre. And we thought we were either under attack or that a tsunami was on its way. HA HA
This week Paul put together a kitchen cupboard. When it arrived there were no instructions on how to put it together. I went to work the next day and asked one of the Chinese staff to get hold of the supplier and ask him to email me the instructions. There weren't any. So they did one better and video recorded one of the suppliers staff putting the cupboard together. Didn't we laugh as they also didn't know and as they were putting it together so they were taking them apart. Paul managed without the instructions and it turned out pretty well.
Today we went to lunch for Sarah's birthday. Her birthday is tomorrow, but we had promised to go out today. Yes we went to Yummy's again. But this time for a sit down lunch. And it was delicious. You enter and order at the counter, pay and then you get your number and sit at the table. They then bring your meal to your table. While we were enjoying our meal, we had the manager, I think, come up to us and ask to take our photo. Who knows, maybe the photo will be placed on their wall sometime soon.,
Our place mats
They did actually enjoy themselves.
I like this photo
Orange juice
Sarah's fillet steak on mash
Paul's sirlion steak on mash
Kerry ordered pizza
Lisa's Lamb chops on mash
The gravy was so delicious that we ordered potato wedges so we could finish the gravy.
And the same with the chips.
Well that's my weekly update. Don't stop reading because there will be another post soon.
OMW taunamis. Now you've scared me to death. Sounds and looks like you all had a fabulous meal at Yummy's. Happy birthday to Sarah for tomorrow and Paul for Tuesday. Look forward to you next post. Lots of love MamSue xxx
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