Hi! I'm Oli. Welcome to my website. I'm currently moving some things around, so if it looks weird then come back in a couple of days (it will probably look even weirder)...
Today is the last day of my current job. I’ve been an English teacher in Shanghai for the last one and a half years, and it has been a fantastic experience. I will miss the school, my colleagues and, more than anything else, the brilliant students. I’ve loved every single day! 今天是我目前的工作的最后一天。我已经在上海做了一年半的英语老师，这是一段美妙的经历。我会想念我的学校，我的同事和比什么都重要的优秀的学生们。我爱在这里的每一天！ Remember you can [...]
The names of English pubs have always fascinated me, mainly because of their inappropriate nature. I spent 65% of my life before the age of 18 in my local pub, which was called ‘The Reindeer’. Looking back, this wasn’t perhaps a very relevant name (I certainyl never saw a Reindeer near my house, except around [...]
Most people in Shanghai believe that the economic capital of China is, in fact, the centre of the Earth. They think that leaving the city limits is like going back in time, or stepping from civilization into the countryside. 在上海的大多数人认为，中国的经济中心其实就是地球的中心。他们认为，离开这个城市的范围就像是回到过去，或从文明走向农村。 Well I can now reveal that Kunming, in Yunnan province, is ACTUALLY more advanced technologically [...]
We went out for teppanyaki the other night to celebrate…errr…I mean…commiserate the departure of BRO-nur to Turkey. It was a great meal, made even better by the variety of nations and languages represented at the table. France, China, Belgium, HK, Turkey – and of course UK! Even our chef (the guy who stands at the [...]
You may think that this looks like a perfectly normal BBQ restaurant bathroom, but danger lurks around every corner… 你可能觉得这只是很普通的一个BBQ餐厅的洗手间，可是处处都暗藏玄机… How am I meant to relax enough to pee now I have THIS terrible natural disaster on my mind?! 你说这样叫我怎么能放松地尿尿，当我的脑子里充满着这可怕的自然灾害？
There’s a big ex-pat community here, so I suppose it’s good not to forget where you came from. 这里有个很大的老外社区，让你别忘了你是从哪里来。 . . .
