Weekend!!!

Had my first taste of a Dalian pub last night. Not bad. Beer is relatively expensive compared to restaurants. Went there with the 2 Aussie teachers but we met 3 of their mates there, a Dane, a Paddy and a Chinese guy. It was good craic. Since I haven't had any more than 1 or 2 beers on less than 5 occasions since I left Ireland, my tolerance has gone way down! There was supposed to be a band later but we didn't stick around.So, I had another class yesterday as well. More 2nd year transportation students. This was also a mixed class. I don’t know why my first class was all boys. Maybe Chinese girls don’t like to get up early; hence there were none at the Wednesday 8am class!!I learned one thing: Chinese students don't like to practise their English with each other. A number of them that I talked to said it would be very strange to do that. I will have to see if I can get hem to practise with each other. The only time they speak English is in Oral class! So, this is one of the reasons why their oral English lags behind their reading and writing!So, this morning with a sore head, I went to a Chinese Language school near the uni. Song Dan brought me. They said that most of their students are Japanese and Korean, so their reading and writing is better than their speaking. However, for me, it is the other way around! So, there are no students like me, so they can't form a class. She said they only way to learn would be for me to get a private teacher, which would be 60 Yuan an hour - quite expensive!!

This evening I met with Some Chinese people, one who wants to be a Chinese language tutor. So, I need to decide what way I want to go with it. Whatever way I go, I want someone who is professional.

So, don’t have any major plans for tomorrow. I think I need to buy a printer, so I will go to town with Tom, the Aussie guy and his student volunteer.