Happy birthday Alain + Qingdao here I come again!

Again, missed out the week days, it's hard to remember to carry my camera everywhere. But I still manage to get away whenever I like really, I'm determined to enjoy my time here and not get dragged down. So in that spirit, went out to Alain's birthday on Wednesday night after teaching, met him and the crew at KTV, I really forget how much I love KTV after I haven't been for a while. Gotta learn some Chinese songs though. Ended up getting home at 2, rode my bike there sober but tired, had a great night, so nice to be able to have the independence to do that whenever I feel like. Birthdays are pretty common here as you might expect, and where there's birthdays, there's cake! Tiramisu this time, went down a treat.

Coming soon: my trip to Qingdao! Going there this Saturday, it'll be the first time I've visited since living there for 5 months in 2009, it'll be a very special trip for me. I won't have time to visit my old school, I'll do that on a different trip soon just on my own, but going there with a bunch of friends on Saturday, going to explore a few old haunts. I'm totally pumped! :)