Today I think it really hit home at just how far away from home I am, I felt really homesick and really missing everyone from home. China has such a different culture that sometimes it is quite frustrating and hard to deal with, especially with the language barrier! I was feeling quite mopey, lonely and sad so I stayed in bed later than I have been normally. I had planned to go to the markets in the city with Jodie and Milzie to get face paints and material to make a zombie outfit with for our Halloween day at school on Friday. When I text them to see what time they wanted to go they said they were leaving in 30 minutes and at this point I was still in bed so there was no way I was going to be showered, dried my hair and ready by then so I decided to go to the Houshayu market near the school today instead. I have never been to this market before so unless I can do anything more exciting, this is my new thing for the weekend.
I bought a big piece of black material, safety pins and makeup to use to make my zombie face and then I got a taxi to Pinnacle plaza where I had arranged to meet Doreenda, Amanda and Shanna for lunch (they had been doing their report cards which are due on Wednesday in Starbucks all morning). This evening we had been planning to go out in the city for a few drinks, which as I was missing my friends and family I had been looking forward to going out, but one by one people were dropping out as we were all going for a champagne brunch at bubbalicious tomorrow for one of the teachers, Kristens birthday. I was quite disappointed but seen as we were going out tomorrow instead it didn’t make much difference really. After lunch Amanda, Shanna and Doreenda went back to doing their report cards in Starbucks and I sat with them making my zombie outfit out of the black material. By 6pm everyone had had enough so we shared a taxi home. You can really notice a drop in temperature in the evenings and during the last few day’s it has been really smoggy, I am trying to pretend it is just fog and not a big mist of pollution but the smell is quite bad really, I am a bit worried about what it might be doing to my health as today it was 334 on the pollution metre which comes under “hazardous to health”. When it reaches 400 no one is allowed to go outside as it is too dangerous. Slightly worrying!
I had only been home a few hours and was on skype to Matt when I got a text saying that there had been a bit of a mix up and they hadn’t made a reservation for me at bubbalicious and now it was fully booked so I wasn’t able to go. I am actually really upset by this as I had needed a bit of time out with friends to take my mind off home, I had a bit of a cry and if I am honest, I just want to go home right now, I really do miss it that much.
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