dumplings....

well after work yesterday it was literally straight to bed!! i felt awful and was so happy to get home, still not brilliant today but much better then yesterday! I was in bed for half 9!!! nothing like me usually! today has been interesting, didn't get up till about 11, then at 1 we all went to our supervisors house, she's called jasmine, she took us to the local market full of little bits and bats, some of the girls bought some bracelets but im saving my money for shanghai next weekend!! cant wait!! I bought some fruit as I think im ill due to the fact we are eat bad food most of the time, as none of us are really liking the chinese food apart from Becca that is... after the market we went back to jasmines home to make dumplings, these are like meat and vegetables mixed together and put inside pastry them boiled in water until they are cooked! I really enjoyed them, we made so many though that there was loads left, she's said there was enough for 20 each, but that was far too many, think I managed around 7, so no where near was many as I should have eaten± they were really filling! due to 3 out of the 5 of us being ill, she also kept us well supplied with wild chrysanthemum tea, its amazing stuff, i LOVE the chinese teas, they are all so different to ours, and most of them taste amazing and really refreshing! I'm planning on buying some from the tea market before I come home so I can at least enjoy it for a week more once i'm back in england! The weeks seem to go really quickly out here, It maybe because we are so busy all the time and don't have much time to think about anything, but I see this as a good thing, if it went really slow and we all hated it, it would be a nightmare, luckily we all seem to be doing ok! think a few of us have had our off days and things like that, but so far things seem to be going well!!! tomorrow I am back at the company, on friday I had to leave before I saw the manager because I was just too ill! id also been there since half 8 in the morning so id done more then the fair share of my work, plus id finished the work id been given too! Just really needed my bed! I'm hoping I feel better still tomorrow!!!! anyway toddle pip for now..... some pics from the other night I couldn't upload at the time...