so that’s that then

I’m done. Finished. Well, not quite, but….

Yesterday morning was my last ever lesson taught at this university. Or in China. I had lessons scheduled for yesterday afternoon and this morning, but those times were given over to final speaking tests. Now I have two writing tests on Monday and a pile of papers and recordings to grade and paperwork to be done and submitted.

Then two New Years’ celebrations (one of the advantages of running two calendars at once… ), two months and five days and we’re on a plane out of here, making our way down to New Zealand to start a new life.

Fifteen years of teaching English in China has come to an end. I’ve seen, heard, felt, experienced a lot. Maybe even learned a thing or two. Now I need to put fingers to keyboard, pixels to screen…

About the Author

wangbo

A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.

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