And that is a chair with a panda on it

Got my ticket to Yantai. 

Got my ticket to Yantai. 

Sitting here at my computer semi-paralysed by a suggestion that I hang out in Siping with someone I don’t like and someone I have the potential to like. Oh god I can’t handle people right now. It’s making me scared. 

Hi.

This is my koala. He doesn’t have a name. He was given to me by my uncle in 2009 when I went to India. Before that, he travelled with my uncle whenever he went overseas. He’s with me now in China.

You’ll notice he doesn’t have a nose. That’s because he lost it in a barfight in Ireland, according to my uncle. He’s as tough as anything, and is pretty much the only thing standing between my suburb and drop bears. 

He’s my piece of Australia, keeping me sane in China. I chat to him when I feel lonely, and when I don’t feel like talking to my skull. My koala is good company. He’s not the prettiest thing but he’s the toughest. He’ll come with me no matter where I go.