(I suppose that's good?? At least they didn't go through a repeat performance? And oh my gosh, I know what you mean, yes. I've had teachers from all over China and I know just what you mean. I have a teacher from Beijing, one from Nanjing, one from Chongqing... they all speak different Chinese!! Shanghainese just does what you said, but backwards. They both sound like si. So it's like "laosi" and such. The money thing... I totally did this several times and had to have my money counted back to me like a toddler. I SLOWLY LEARNED. Another funny thing, haha- our teacher never formally taught us 不明白 before we left for Shanghai. We had written the phrase 不听懂, but we didn't know what 不明白 meant for the longest time. Which is... pretty ironic. I bet you get this a lot: you say three words in Chinese and they get SO EXCITED and start talking a mile a minute? That happened to me a ton.)

ENGLAND DO I NEED TO SEND HONGONK OVER THERE.