Teacher Nik's English Teaching & Foodie World

  I cannot show you everything, but unlike Moira, I CAN show you one thing, and that is my review of : The Cheesecake Factory Beijing Opening hours:11AM - 10PM Following my brief sojourn in the UK to work at a summer school, I began my new teaching position as a University Teacher in Zhangjiakou, Northern China.  Having been here for a few months now and sampled many restaurants, my interest was piqued  when I heard a rumour that 'The Cheesecake factory' might well offer the best Western food in China.  So I gathered two local Zhangjiakou residents and headed to Beijing, taking a ghastly early morning train we arrived in Hutong early enough to grab a Peets coffee, which is now my coffee shop of choice.  Fully caffeinated and in the knowledge that The Cheesecake Factory had just opened, we began the short walk from mall to mall. I'd heard that the prices in the Cheesecake factory were a little on the pricey side, and it certainly felt we were in the right place ...

 I know, I know, longer than two weeks- but still the gap is shorter than normal! Today's blog is my entry to the NYCMIDNIGHT 100-word Microfiction challenge. I have to tell you- trying to tell a story in 100 words or less- is not easy! As always with these challenges, the genre, word, and action are already defined and you have to write your story around that, my group was: Genre: Comedy Action: Wearing a scarf Word: Lead  So, without further ado, please enjoy: ''Confidence comes but with a scarf'' by Nik Frost I wish I had your confidence, Kerry sighed. Her gay best friend was as forthright as they come, he always complained when his food wasn’t up to standard, he would send orders back- he took no prisoners. He always wore his favourite blue scarf, “follow my lead” he would say and swish the scarf extravagantly around his neck. Ripping open the wrapper- there it sparkled, she held it up admiringly, twinkling in the daylight. Bursting into the restaurant to meet...

 Life's too short to not go for brokeeee.. Sorry, I've lapsed into song! I promised a more frequent blog and thus, a blog you shall have. Bonus points if you know the song from above :) Yes, it's the return of everyone's favourite self-proclaimed IT & Food expert- NF :) Presumably I had some kind of mental breakdown, as I left my beloved Hong Kong, to head back to the mother land (Dover to be exact) and work at a summer school for July/August. This did mean I got to be more creative with my lessons however and get back to using ICT tools. (Fear not- I will be heading back to Asia very shortly- I've already had enough spuds and gravy for one year) So, Today I'm going back to the roots of this blog and looking at a useful ICT tool for TESOL teaching, none other than 'Blooket' (thanks to fellow summer school teacher Hazza for introducing me to this tool) Here is the initial page when you first go to Blooket.com Signing up is easy - simply sign up with y...