China - greener than the UK? Who'da thunk it

This morning was a very pleasant morning. With it being the rainy season at the moment, it is very rarely not cloudy and overcast and that's only when the heavens haven't opened and the rain isn't falling by the bucketful. However, this morning, the sky was actually blue. I liek my sunglasses too as they are blue tinted which makes the sky seem even more blue. Very nice. I also discovered that China is slowly, ever so slowly, turning green. One is now charged for plastic bags at the supermarket.
so let's think about how I have been spending my week.....
After our session at the internet café (where I currently am and most embarrassingly the waiter asked if I wanted my usual ) we went shopping. Izzie bought some new trainers, she tried them on without socks and I said that they were a little tight anyway, therefore she should buy the next size up but she didn't listen. They have caused her lots of pain so she went back today to buy a second pair, a size bigger. lol. We also raided number 2 storehouse (our favourite shop) and indulged in a bit of retail therapy.
Tuesday was a busy day. I got us out of bed and on a bus to Guangzhou nice and early (relatively speaking) in order to find the Vietnamese embassy. 42 pounds for a visa! phht.
We came back and met up with Aviva for some lunchtime kareoke. Yes we know. It was just the 3 of us but we had a rave singing old cheesy songs and classics. We also had a go at singing some Chinese songs, much to Aviva's delight. We somehow spent 4 hours there. How time flies when you're having fun!
We wandeed past a children's clothes shop and I found myself in there awwing over clothes and making purchases for sally's bump who berate dme for doing so. IT"S MY MONEY! lol
We returned to Guangzhou yesterday to collect our visas. We haven't really done much else. Izzie did manage to get robbed yesterday, but the only thing that was stolen was my umbrella, which she had borrowed. nothing of her own, oh no, she got robbed of MY stuff! Typical!
The students seem very happy to still have us vaguely around. I've had numerous students launch themselves at me. Ben, very small child, actually took a running jump at me. He was stood on a table at the time as well. We've taken to watching P2 practise a dance routine but we have to be careful not to distract them, otherwise instead of listening to the PE teacher they wave and shout "Seona! Isobel!"
I'm learning how to play chess too (not chinese chess... one type at a time!) I suck. the things I do to fill my time! Buuut...... Craig arrives a week tomorrow yeah!