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Just wanting to know if i have to be there for the set up part at 11.30 on saturday, of if not, what time??

Thanks Ben O

It has been a week and a half since we all made the long trip from Beijing to Melbourne, eagerly awaiting the reunion with our families, but not wanting to say goodbye to our new family. For 6 weeks we had to eat, sleep, socialise and have a great time with a group of people that we had barely spoken to. Its hard to believe that after only 6 weeks of being with them all, it was as hard as it was to say goodbye on saturaday morning, knowing that we wouldn't be spending that much time with each ot… Continue

Over the last 4 weeks that i have been in China i have experienced something that i only experienced in small doses back at home. Its got nothing to do with eating different food or nearly getting run over by scooters whenever you are remotely close to a road or anything that could resemble a road. Its the fact that every time i leave the school to go out, i have to duck under many things so that the top of my head doesn't get hit. The other night we were in the underground shopping area at Sin… Continue

It started out as any regular bus trip with the wait at the bus stop. Except at my bus stop at home there is never any more than 3 people and on this occasion there were 25 Aussie people and another 20 Chinese that all wanted to get onto the same bus. As the bus pulled up to the stop we all made our way onto the bus and down towards the middle. There were no seats left so everybody had to stand and just finding something to hold onto was tough.

Down the front of the bus bethany had found a seat… Continue