Men doing what they do best...hanging at the bbq. What's that you say? BBQ?! Yes that's right, Matt and Abby asked us around for a bbq on Saturday night and I have to say it was pretty darn good. We are now planning on buying a bbq of our own.
On the way to the bbq we stopped at the madness that is Carrefour (the french supermarket). It's going to be a LONG time before I can face going back. But that's another story altogether, and may at some point get a blogpost all of it's own. In the complex I stopped to look at some shorts. I swear I've tried on every pair of black shorts in Wuxi. So I finally found some that weren't made of plastic/parachute material, or didn't have chains, feathers, bits of pvc etc. They almost fit too which is a nice change. Of course though, nothing is plain around here. The shorts have detatchable suspenders. God only knows why. Just to give you an idea of the fashion challenges we face in this country.
I'm sure anyone who reads this blog would be aware that Marcus has been having some issues with mossies. Me on the other hand, I don't seem to get bitten. So Marcus has literally bought every contraption there is to buy. We have one of those blue electric zapper things, a plug in device that emits a smell, cans of spray, bottles of repelant. You name it. The latest edition to the house is the above tennis racquet. How is that going to help kill mossies you ask. Well it's ELECTRIFIED! Oh yeah. Marcus 12, mosquitos NIL.
Take 4 on the mossie net, and we have success. It took a new net (which was exactly the same as the old one), Mr Pan, me and a lady from his office, but we did it. Note that the mossie net sits on top of the mattress, not underneath. We are yet to figure out how to make the bed now that this thing is on it.
And finally, large novelty cardboard dice. These took a large part of my weekend to make, and barely escaped being destroyed in todays classes after having been thrown around by 300 odd kids. We played a very fun game with the kids today, and I don't think either of us have been so stuffed in a long time. And to think the Chinese teachers probably see us as lazy. Wouldn't find them making novelty dice on their loungeroom floor ;-)
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