Chased by a beggar....

ahhh well yesterday I was at the fashion company again! we are going shanghai next saturday for 3 nights, so as we had a day less at the school and we still needed to make up the extra day we would miss at the company we dragged our selves out of bed and into work, im also ill at this present moment, really bad sore throat Im hoping it will clear up within the next few days, if not it could be interesting... apparently here, they have doctors but only in the hospital, so you have anything wrong with you, your packed off to hospital and put onto a drip! even for something like a cold... anyway back to yesterday, I was designing 2 shirts and a jacket, we also got to look through all the samples and pick out some we would like to get for our selves! found the most amazing fabric, just fingers crossed they have it in stock! We also had a good convocation with the manager Geoffrey, asking him more about the business side of the company, it turns out that they buy samples of other big names such as Diesel, take some ideas from them then the company they bought them from buy them back at a cut cost, I don't no if this is a good way of doing things or not but it seems to work for the owner of the company, as he has a ferrari haha!!! Anyway, when I got home after my death trap of a ride home in a taxi, at one point the taxi was sandwiched between a bus and lorry, there are no rules here on the roads, the other day there was a lorry, being repaired in the middle of a junction, with loads of people stood in the middle of the road! Im convinced the population here should be less then it is, just due to people getting run over and car accidents, its so odd that it seems to actually work due to the fact all the people have the same idea and are as crazy as each other! After surviving the ride home, I got ready to go out for the evening with the others, we made our way into Ningbo centre, which in its self is the scariest thing you could imagine, then we had to negotiate the streets and roads around here by foot, now in a place like this, you are literally the centre of attention, people full on stare at you anywhere and everywhere you go, they will also insist on sitting near you on the bus, or standing s close as possible to you if your waiting for the bus! So thats the usual, the unusual, is when your walking under the subway and a beggar literally chases you up an escalator! Iv never seen Kate and Becca move so quickly, it started off with this guy just holding out a bowl, then they tried to walk away, so he then followed them, (this was what looked like a frail old man), so they walked faster, and he literally just stayed within about 10 inches of them! finally they were cornered by this old man, its a good job the australian/chinese guy was present, because Becca and Kate where close to screaming haha! eventually we arrived at the most amazing steak restaurant!!! I could eat that every day if I could order it that it! we went with the australian/chinese guy we met one evening while in the bars, he's sort of show us around and is showing us places that are good to go and see in Ningbo! It was amazing the steak was cook just right, even though they kept messing up the order it was well worth it!! back to chicken burgers tonight, don't think il be going out tonight unless I feel much better then I do just now anyway...! Maybe a good nights sleep is what I need! These pictures were what I was meant to upload yesterday, but it didn't work, so here they are....