Recently B-RAB (as she’s known back home) and I sat down to have
a chat between sorting out netball teams, arranging hockey gear, emailing Craig
about football stuff and coordinating an athletics meet. If you hadn’t guessed it already, Barb’s the head
of sports for St Oran’s College. She’s
travelling to China as part of the football support staff, but has been a key
part of the overall China Stars organisation.
Having already travelled to most parts of the world already,
Barb is looking forward to getting the 50+ people on this trip to march to the
beat of one drum, while we’re all coping with the obvious shock of being in
China for the first time... Lucky we’ve
got Barb to look after us and her motto of “no worries” will probably be well
used throughout our adventure. I’ve also
heard she’s a dab hand at driving the van and has volunteered to take over the
driving duties in Beijing should she be needed.
Barb is also looking forward to tasting her favourite Orange
Chicken while we’re in China but I’ve been told that authentic 陈皮鸡
is a little different there – the literal translation is “old peel chicken”. Hmmmmmm, count me out I think.
Barb’s final piece of advice for me was “live for the day” –
which is right on the money. We’ve all
got a fantastic opportunity during the 10 days we’re in Asia and we need to
make the most of every single day!
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