January was such a busy month I’ve only just had chance to sit down and write a blog entry. It’s the last day of Spring Festival holiday today, so I’m taking some time out to relax, reorganise and reflect. I decided quite last minute to visit Beijing for Spring Festival because it made sense to use my long holiday to travel somewhere farther afield. I also arranged to meet a friend there who lives about an hour away and also works as an ESL teacher. I had been warned by some