How I feel these days

I feel a little lonely these last days, since I only go out of my room to get some food. Tomorrow is a national holiday, so we've got three days free of school, but instead got classes on saturday and sunday. I just stayed at home to study, because the exams are so close and I have a lot of things to carry out. This period is pretty stressful. I even miss a beach camping that I really wanted to go, because I am collapsing under the amount of work :(. Still, I found some time to cut my hair to get rid of my shapeless hairstyle, haha. It's a little bit short, but I get more and more use to it :).

Here in China, I feel weird and difficult to make relationship since I know that I won't last here long, besides of being a shy person. Sometimes, I really miss my family and friends, because I don't really have close friends in Ningbo, and barely talk to my boyfriend though he is only three hours far from this city. Though, there is a lot of nice people here, and I enjoy to see them every day. I will feel a little sad when I will leave Ningbo, because I have only one month left with them. I also planned to travel a month more before going back to France. I want to visit so many places, but I have to make a choice because time is money, and money take time to be earn >_<. Japan, Korea, Hong Kong are the places I want to go for their crowded streets and intense activity. Tibet, Mongolia, Yunnan and any beautiful beach are the places were I will enjoy beautiful scenery and peaceful atmosphere.

After this week, it should be more relaxing days, so I can have some rest, and enjoy the sun and people :).

Seaside

Something changed between here and there.

Is there any way to repair ?

Do you know the reason why French perfumes are famous ?

Since already two weeks, Charles (an other French student) and I are teaching French to Chinese students, every thursday evening. This is my first real experience as a teacher, and I was a bit stressed and nervous.

The first lesson was messy and not so good. I was in front of 15 Chinese students, and I didn't really know how to start. So Charles and I decided to ask them few questions to know their level, and we went to the conclusion that we had to start from the basis. After teaching them how to count and to introduce themselves, the class was over. I was afraid that the students find the class boring, but on the contrary they were really interested in learning French. After the class, they wanted to know more about our lives in France, and they were all very nice with us. Later, some of them even invited me to KTV, but I was a little bit busy to go :(.

Next class was about Paris, and they were all curious about this "romantic" city. At the end of the class, I let them ask some questions about France, to satisfy their curiosity. A girl asked me a very strange question, she asked at what frequency I usually take a shower. I was surprise, but I answered that I take a shower every day, and asked her in return, what was the purpose of this question. She said that her French teacher, which is a Chinese woman, told in her class that French people don't like to take shower, and try to mask the bad odour with perfume, and that it's probably the reason why French perfumes are famous in the world. Of course, every student believed this rumor. I was surprise and I started to laught.

Now, when a chinese guy ask me where I come from, I can't help myself thinking "if I say France, he will think that I don't like to take shower, besides of being arrogant and stupid", and surely, I will turn red, haha.

Last week-end, I was in Shanghai, trying not to spend all my money in shoes shop, saying goodbye to friends that returned to Sweden, and hanging around with my boyfriend and my friend Patrick. I was so happy to find French pastries "macarons" in Shanghai (especially after the thievery of a "saucisson", but this is an other story). I brought some to share with people in Ningbo :). If you never tried one, you are highly recommended to have a bite in, it's one of my favourite dessert and I can die for it. I really missed them.

Tomorrow, we have an other French class, the topics will be the date, hours, and also the weather.

Time to say goodbye, and believe me or not, I am going to take a shower and go to sleep ;).

Introduction

Hello all,

For those who already know me (family members, friends, classmates, or psychopathic guy that spies on me), you already know what I am up to now.

For those who don't know me at all (hello strangers), I will introduce myself a little bit.

My name is Hélène, I will write here under the pseudo little, I'm French. I'm for the moment studying in China, in a city named Ningbo, not far from Shanghai. I've been here for 3 months already and didn't find the interest to restart a blog, as many of my classmates do it well. But from these past weeks, I've started to think about it, to share things that I find interesting and to keep you informed about how I'm doing.

I hope you will appreciate it :).

Hélène.

En français : bienvenus, je m'appelle Hélène, et je commence mon blog :).