#12 Home Sweet Home. ish.

I went for a retail-therapy shopping experience with Susan this aft.  I just received $100 dollars of organic foods from Fields in Shanghai and I needed/wanted a container for my brown rice (found it!). Susan is quite a nest builder as this IS her home and so she is fun to shop with as she always sees things that are great for this or that, while I try to keep everything down to a minimum.  However, her "pitches" are sometimes irresistible - as is her savvy regarding life in China (she's on her 4th year).  "The Nest" is shaping up to be nice-ish to come "home" to - someone taught me how to work the heater so it is warm now (the weather has changed radically).  Here are a few snaps of what I am calling home these days:

 Bedroom (with a comfortable double bed) and a bathroom with shower and tiny washing machine are upstairs.  There is a decent-sized wardrobe and a tiny balcony (for air-drying laundry).

 

 

View from the stairs of my living room  :>)    I unpicked a duvet cover to make a cover for my (disgusting) sofa, and will make covers for those 2 big pillows when I get to my sewing machine in Germany at Christmas. I am loving finally having a reading lamp - and I have that same lamp in Canada and in Germany, which is somewhat comforting.

Here is a delicacy I saw on sale today: corn milk.
And some words and phrases from a recent menu:
- a list of starch-y type side dishes to accompany your meal, titled:  characteristics of starch
- a list of fruit juice items that are available, titled:  friend-is-pressing-the-juice-series

 

I'll end with a shot of one of my classes.  They are so shy - the camera stunned them into serious mode.  Really, really great kids, though, and the teaching is fun and interesting and rewarding.  I have 3 classes of 18 for English- easy peasy, and great, reliable technology (they are required to have their own laptop/tablet)  - I am in heaven, teaching-wise.

Cheers for now - KAREN