And presto...

Hey noobs Pauly here,

^^^Look what I made^^^. In Australia, sure, you could easily whip up one of these for nice lil snack at lunch time. However, here in China, well I could woo any westerner with these babies. I would be considered a culinary maverick. Nice.

Featuring: Bread, Mayo, Tomato, Smoked Ham, cheese and a touch of pepper.

Please note: we ran out of margarine before this batch and I woulda made something with avocado but it costs AUD $10 for 2 avocados!

We have also been making some nice sandwiches with iceberg lettuce.

Hardest ingredients to find...ham and cheese.

ALSO:

Nationalities: Olivia (Australian), Claire (French), Brad (American), Katie (Canadian), Eugenia (Italian), Oko (Mongolian I'm pretty sure) and not in the photo - Arne (Belgian). Plus Caitlin and I of course, we are also Australian so we do not count. We were doubles in this collection.

We hosted a dinner party on Saturday night and it went really well. I cooked a sorta veggie tangine and Olivia (the girl on the left with short black/brown hair, she's from Sydney) cooked an awesome roasted capsicum and eggplant dish with coriander and lemon as a dressing. I also cooked a massive batch of mashed potato as a side and we had bread to dip as well. Along with a few beers and wine, a good night was had by all. All eaten and drunk to the soothing melodies of the Gin Club and the Decemberists. Nice. Finally, Olivia cooked up an awesome dessert that consisted of fried banana, ice cream, crushed wafers and a rum flavoured toffee sauce to top off the dessert with pure decadence. It was a really good night and I've been mackin' on the leftovers ever since. Nice.

Only 3 more weeks of teaching and then 2 weeks of exams and I'm done!

Catchyaz!

Pauly