China in Numbers

Being back the UK is nice. I've been able to spend time with friends and family, who I haven’t seen in years; and I've really enjoyed catching up with people. But although I am technically back, it doesn't feel like I am back and part of my mind is often on China.

I have been re-jigging Getting Out of the Bubble and part of that has meant looking over old posts and trying to categorize them into some semblance of order. Reading over old writing has always been something I enjoyed, I've always liked going over old diaries and laughing at how much (and sometimes so little) has changed. Over the next few weeks I'm planning on going back in time to some of the parts of my time in China that I never posted blogs about; some will be posts I started but never quite got round to finishing, some will be completely new posts to fill gaps in the journey.

For now I will just share this list I made before leaving China that documents my time in China in what I think is a satisfyingly simple way. With numbers. It is a list that quite nicely sums up my two years away from home and spans everything from travel, to friends, to work. 

So without further ado:

China in Numbers.

• 8160 Miles away from home
• 728 days
• 2 birthdays
• 2 Christmases
• 227 Photos from on Instagram
• 60 Blog posts
• 2 cities lived in
• 27 cities visited
• 14 provinces visited
• 3 housemates
• 13 foreign teachers worked with
• 3 schools worked in
• Over 1500 students taught
• 1320 approximate hours spent teaching at Aston
• 3 – 27 Ages that I have taught
• 2 dishes learnt to cook (回锅肉 and 麻辣豆腐)
• 3 visits to hospital (none for myself)