I am feeling much better today, but I’m not taking any chances and am playing it safe as to what I eat and what I do for the next few days. I’m going to eat mainly bread and crackers and rest for the main part of the days.

I also returned to class today. EM3A lessons are going at a frighteningly fast pace. I fear for the worst as I’m not as mathematically gifted as everyone else, and have already missed out on quite a lot.

I’m hoping my condition keeps getting better.

(A little bit disappointed that the field trip today was postponed)

Today, diarrhoea has rendered me unable to attend classes for the whole day. It’s a pity because there was a lesson on the Chinese Education System in the morning.

Once again, I am in my room, suffering alone. I’ve run to the toilet countless times and have almost finished up the supply of toilet rolls enough for a few weeks, all on my own. I swear diarrhoea is such a troublesome thing.

When you are feeling lonely, uncertain and uncomfortable as I am, you start to think of home, and all of its luxuries; the safe and good food, the temperature that you are accustomed to, and so much more. So far, in my stay here in Wuhan, the 2 hardest things to adapt to are food and the cold weather but nothing has disrupted my stay more than this ongoing diarrhoea.

Dr Zhu suggested that I go to the campus clinic should anything get worst. I am certainly hoping for the opposite. As for now, I searching the Internet on what to do during diarrhoea and I’ve found out lots of things. Among them are, drinking lots of water to rehydrate yourself, do not starve but instead eat frequent small quantities of bread and crackers, and always keep a check on hygiene. God bless the Internet.

Let’s hope this setback end by the weekend.

I am currently sitting here, typing this entry, all alone without anyone of my mates around in their rooms. Everyone is out eating dinner, walking around, or namely just having fun, while I am stuck here with a really bad stomach ache.

It has not been the best of days for me. First of all I am down with diarrhoea. I’m not entirely sure what is the cause of it but it is still bugging me after 3 days. Luckily the feverish feeling I felt on Monday did not escalate to anything more troublesome. I guess I have not adapted to the food here well enough yet, even though the only thing I’ve been eating is Egg Fried Rice.

Egg Fried Rice itself, is another problem. I’ve been eating the same thing so many times, that I have suddenly lost my appetite. I skipped breakfast and only ate some street food for lunch. It tasted good though.

Moreover, today’s math quiz did not go well for me. While some people were able to finish it in an astonishing 10 minutes, I struggled to almost the end, and yet could not complete the paper. I guess that really sums up my day.

Although I had a good start here in China, things have suddenly changed for the worst, given what I have described above. But don’t get me wrong. As soon as I am feeling any better, I’ll be looking to get out of the hotel more and try to immerse deeper into this big Chinese community around me. Of course, much time will also be needed to practice my Maths.

As for now, I shall stay quiet in my room and wait for the chicken burger that Jonathan promised to buy for me.

As usual, I am having problems trying to grasp the Mathematical subject of Integration. I feel that the lessons are going at a very fast pace, but it has to because we have limited time to complete the module. Let’s just hope that I would be able to pass this module, even without flying colours.