General Update
Well time is flying by here in China and I have just under seven weeks here before I pack up and head back home to the USA. It's kind of a weird time in the experience because the end isn't quite here but there is definitely a feeling that things are starting to wind down. Exams are within a month and the teachers have been telling the students to prepare.
One of our good friends Mathias left this past Friday and left us all with the sober reality that at some point we all will leave China and we all know without discussing too much that it will be the lasts for a lot of things. It will be the last time we all see each other and the last time some of us will be here in China. You have every intention of keeping up with people but sometimes people drift in different directions. It's just the way it is.
To combat this I sit in my room crying about it all day and dreading going home, Psych! I have been trying new restaurants around town and going to new places. The end of the trip is coming but there is no need to dread, worry, or fear... just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Someone from back home recently asked me when the suffering was over and when will I be back in the U.S.A. I was confused by the remark because I haven't suffered here. The experience has been enjoyable.
One of the weirdest things about coming to China was a few weeks ago after a visit to Beijing I felt relieved about coming back to Hangzhou. It feels more and more like home here every day. It's weird but I enjoy the day to day struggle of trying to communicate and just doing simple chores like going to the store, ordering in restaurants and so on. What is it going to be like when I go back home and things are much easier?
China is crowded and I have no idea what the people are saying so I just tune out the noise. What is it going to be like when I go home and I enter a restaurant and I can understand what the people are saying? Sometimes I think it is easier to be patient with people who I don't understand than it is to be with people who I do understand.
I think that the next language I would like to give a try is German. Maybe I should improve my Spanish, especially my vocabulary and then take up a little German.
Well as I promised my friends, I would give them each a bio on the blog and describe them one by one to the entire world. This entry I think I will start with Kello.
Kello comes from Mexico and brags about being older than the rest of us in our group. His line is always that he is older than all of us and if he can stay up and party later than we should be able to. Kello is an ancient 24 years old. Known for his love for Lisa Kudro, Kello is a huge fan of the television show friends. I am pretty sure he knows all of the words to the hit song Smelly Cat. I would not doubt it if he also knows the moves to the dance sequence from Rhomie and Michelles High School reunion. Kello's catch phrase through the trip is "Jeeeeeeezus". Kello is a class act and a hell of a cook from what I hear. He also is teaching me how to offend people in Spanish. It's been fun having Kello around because he always gives an honest response to what you say.
Well time is flying by here in China and I have just under seven weeks here before I pack up and head back home to the USA. It's kind of a weird time in the experience because the end isn't quite here but there is definitely a feeling that things are starting to wind down. Exams are within a month and the teachers have been telling the students to prepare.
One of our good friends Mathias left this past Friday and left us all with the sober reality that at some point we all will leave China and we all know without discussing too much that it will be the lasts for a lot of things. It will be the last time we all see each other and the last time some of us will be here in China. You have every intention of keeping up with people but sometimes people drift in different directions. It's just the way it is.
To combat this I sit in my room crying about it all day and dreading going home, Psych! I have been trying new restaurants around town and going to new places. The end of the trip is coming but there is no need to dread, worry, or fear... just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Someone from back home recently asked me when the suffering was over and when will I be back in the U.S.A. I was confused by the remark because I haven't suffered here. The experience has been enjoyable.
One of the weirdest things about coming to China was a few weeks ago after a visit to Beijing I felt relieved about coming back to Hangzhou. It feels more and more like home here every day. It's weird but I enjoy the day to day struggle of trying to communicate and just doing simple chores like going to the store, ordering in restaurants and so on. What is it going to be like when I go back home and things are much easier?
China is crowded and I have no idea what the people are saying so I just tune out the noise. What is it going to be like when I go home and I enter a restaurant and I can understand what the people are saying? Sometimes I think it is easier to be patient with people who I don't understand than it is to be with people who I do understand.
I think that the next language I would like to give a try is German. Maybe I should improve my Spanish, especially my vocabulary and then take up a little German.
Well as I promised my friends, I would give them each a bio on the blog and describe them one by one to the entire world. This entry I think I will start with Kello.
Kello comes from Mexico and brags about being older than the rest of us in our group. His line is always that he is older than all of us and if he can stay up and party later than we should be able to. Kello is an ancient 24 years old. Known for his love for Lisa Kudro, Kello is a huge fan of the television show friends. I am pretty sure he knows all of the words to the hit song Smelly Cat. I would not doubt it if he also knows the moves to the dance sequence from Rhomie and Michelles High School reunion. Kello's catch phrase through the trip is "Jeeeeeeezus". Kello is a class act and a hell of a cook from what I hear. He also is teaching me how to offend people in Spanish. It's been fun having Kello around because he always gives an honest response to what you say.
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