It's early afternoon here and my train out of Jilin leaves this evening. This marks the beginninng of what promises to be a long and painful few days of travelling but I'm definitely excited to be getting home.
The end of my adventure in China is definitely filled with mixed feelings. I will miss many things about my experience here but I'm also very, very ready to return to a culture I understand. A quick weekend in New York precedes a nice relaxing break with Mum and Dad in Bayfield and from there I'll have to start thinking about a new job. Blue skies ahead :)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
On marriage proposals, open manholes and superheroes
I was leaving a restaurant last night (with a beautiful young lady!) when the disastrous nearly happened. As we were walking down the street she suddenly grabbed me by the arm and yanked and said "Did you see that!?" Clearly I had not. I turned to look where she was pointing to see an open manhole inches away from where I had walked. Seriously...AN OPEN MANHOLE! Can you think of a dumber way to die?
In other news, I have 10 days left until I leave Jilin and have recently received two marriage proposals. These were delivered in jest of course, except for the fact that I think they were only quasi jesting. Maybe my instinct is bad but I definitely get the feeling that if I said yes, they would suddenly stop joking and I'd be married in a few weeks. Craziness.
Finally, and this would be creepy if it weren't a little kid but...apparently I'm a superhero. I've been informed that there's a kid that lives in my apartment complex that thinks I'm pretty cool. I'm not really sure where he got this idea and I know of about 500 former students and dozens and dozens and dozens of peers that would happily correct him, but he has been watching me for a few months and has definitely been duped somehow. Apparently he has even had superhero dreams about me. Like flying and stuff. Tomorrow we have lunch together, I'm certain to disappoint.
In other news, I have 10 days left until I leave Jilin and have recently received two marriage proposals. These were delivered in jest of course, except for the fact that I think they were only quasi jesting. Maybe my instinct is bad but I definitely get the feeling that if I said yes, they would suddenly stop joking and I'd be married in a few weeks. Craziness.
Finally, and this would be creepy if it weren't a little kid but...apparently I'm a superhero. I've been informed that there's a kid that lives in my apartment complex that thinks I'm pretty cool. I'm not really sure where he got this idea and I know of about 500 former students and dozens and dozens and dozens of peers that would happily correct him, but he has been watching me for a few months and has definitely been duped somehow. Apparently he has even had superhero dreams about me. Like flying and stuff. Tomorrow we have lunch together, I'm certain to disappoint.
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