If you are looking for news on this year's Christmas activities, you'll have to wait until next week. We do have some fun things planned. I'll share them in the next posting. This posting is about news of a different sort.
During the first week of December I was interviewed by a reporter from the Guilin Evening News. I don't know how he found me out in little DuTou. The trip from Guilin to the village of DuTou is a bit of a jaunt. In fact, one of the first things he wanted to know was how I found DuTou! He spoke to me through a translator, took some notes and some pictures(the one he used is one he asked me to pose for)and after an hour or so went back to Guilin.
The article came out in the December 12 issue of the paper. That morning Peter, the principal of DuTou, received a call from a friend in Yangshuo telling us to get a paper. So, that evening I picked up one at a Yangshuo news stand. There was the story in part 5 just as we had been told.

It took me over a week to find out what the article says. I was surprised because much of what is reported did not come from me. Perhaps Peter and Luke gave the information to the reporter, although they are not quoted so I'm not sure of this.
The article seems to be about English teachers with me as an example. It mentions my different nose and eyes, how I came to China after retiring, describes some of the methods generally used, how pronuniation is helped by having foreign English teachers and how the teachers and the students enjoy the classes. It also talks about my schedule and how VET, Owen College and the Education Department support volunteer work.
Not many village schools have foreign teachers. That must be why the paper wanted to do this story.