i rang last night and sarah appears to have liked her first week at school and is looking forward to going back on monday. no crying or wanting to come home, and according to my aunt, "wanting to be good at everything." she should be very good in most things, i would think, especially science, but she is terrified of the chinese teacher, merely answering "bu zhi dao" when spoken to. i see i shall have to do something about that when i get back.ariel is cheerful even though his sister is no longer at the same school, since his kindergarten class from last year came up with him, so lots of familiar faces. but he is disgruntled because sarah doesn't have to wake up early in the morning (she's in the afternoon session) and keeps trying to get her to wake up when he does, and she would grumble "so noisy!" before going back to sleep. ariel has forgotten how to write over the december hols. all his lettering, my cousin tells me, has become laterally inverted. at this rate he could just about paint ambulances. one side of it anyhow.