Day Four

Life seems to have become pretty hectic over the past two days; we went on a wild goose chase to The Rocket and back this morning and landed on The Pagoda both in a complicated mood. 

The place had been taken over by what seemed like hundreds of little people in red jumpers all sitting in little chairs in an orderly manner learning calligraphy and paper cutting. How sweet!

We had a discussion with the teacher about photographing the children and filming them for the blog, we came to the conclusion it would be okay to film their hands and not their faces or bodies. 

This was a bit difficult as so many were smiling for the camera and one little boy eagerly opened his paper cutting effort and ripped it in half, his face was a missed photo opportunity.

The English class was in the office, they said we were late and they were just finishing. They agreed to be filmed about the need for a Chinese Cultural Museum and an Oral History to help with our application to funding bodies. Richard the teacher translated for them. I like this group they really are good fun. Most were in agreement that we should do an oral history and that there should be a museum for people to learn about the importance of the Chinese in Britain.

One lady said “I’m not bothered one way or the other” I liked her honesty; she thought it was more important to have a language school so people can learn Mandarin. Although, they do teach Mandarin in the Wah Sing and probably in the Pagoda, but a language school sounds interesting.

The building closed at 2 so we edited the film footage in the afternoon in Urban Splash.