Tuesdays and Thursdays are my escape days. Those are the days I have Chinese class. I leave at 8.30 in the morning and come back 8 hours later. Plus, those are the days when I actually have some something specific to do. I have loads of free time so getting bored gets inevitable. Nonetheless, I have kept myself entertained by watching movies online. See, in China it is perfectly legal to upload full movies on a website similar to youtube. As long as you know it's Chinese name you can find almost any movie. So I have been watching some pretty epic movies lately. Movies that my mum always bothered me with but that I just didn't want to watch.

And then there was Friday, when I met up with my friend Calvin, who I met through Felix, to get some books off him that I promised Felix I would send to him. We went to Starbucks which I have missed very much. I read somewhere that Starbucks in China will make you feel at home. Well it's quite true, even though Denmark isn't known for having a Starbucks on every corner. But if you want to see foreigners, go to Starbucks!
After Starbucks I went back to the house, and we were off to Qingyuan again. It is a fairly long drive, or it seems so anyway. There is nothing interesting to look at and I am all the time worried that we will get hit by a truck, considering their driving skills here in China. But fortunately we survived and arrived at Qingyuan at 7 in the evening. Just in time to watch the international news with Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the tv screen, and me trying to explain who he is. Not easy! While we had been gone from the house they had wifi installed, so now everyone was occupied with their computers. Although it was still very nice when we all sat around the tv and watched the news.

There isn't much to do in Qingyuan other than going to the playground with Michelle and sitting around and reading, which I enjoy. I have been a bit sad about missing out on Danish summer as one of the things I love doing is sitting outside with a book or magazine, cold drinks and my mum. Well two out of three I had here, and my mum was there in my thoughts, so I guess that counts. Oh and the weather is now exactly like Danish weather in the summer.

After lunch we went to a park which isn't really a park but more like entertainment area with big playgrounds and other fun stuff for the kids to do. But not really suited for adults I'd say. Michelle really enjoys being in Qingyuan which is good. My hostdad was the funniest when he said: "This fresh air makes me so sleepy! I sleep completely undisturbed at night." Why was it funny? Because the air is fresh (well fresher than in Shenzhen) but it has nothing on the air where I live near the beach. It wasn't funny haha, but more adorable funny.

Sunday after lunch we travelled back to Shenzhen, just in time for dinner and seeing my wonderful niece on Skype. She is growing so big and it is hard to believe. She is very clever though and everytime I "talk" with her I feel she knows who I am. I wish I could see her again soon.

This week Chinese was cancelled, so Tuesday I went to Dongmen with Calvin, who helped me get a tattoo made. I only ended up paying 100RMB, which is pretty cheap. Thank God I had Calvin to help me translate though! The guy got really sick of me because I was being really specific about what I wanted, but hey, I have to live with it for the rest of my life!

Wednesday I went to meet the others for lunch and after lunch ended up chilling with them for a while. Michelle was an angel when I got back. She wanted to make a dress out of old curtains, so I felt much like Julia Roberts in Sound of Music. She gave up after 30 minutes and instead she styled me as a bride with a veil and everything, and I had to teach her the bridal walse. Then she danced some ballet for me and was being absolutely wonderful.

Today I finally had the opportunity to spend time with the other girls. See, they have class every Wednesday and Friday, and I have every Tuesday and Thursday, which really only leaves Monday and almost no time for proper cath ups. But it was really nice and I enjoyed it very much! Now I have Macau to look forward to next week and also my 20th birthday! Yippi!