Tidbits of the day.
I am back in Michigan. We went to campus today so I could go to the credit union. Almost everybody around was Chinese, and I randomly accosted some boys who were eating in the same place that we were. I talked to them in Chinese, asked them where they were from, etc. They seemed sort of taken aback to be addressed suddenly, but I think that since Chinese people always randomly approached and talked to me in China, turnabout is fair play, and I can do it here too. Throughout the day I talked to a girl from Qingdao, a boy from Changsha, and even ran into a kid from Shenzhen!
We were able to get into the apartment a couple days early. We did not expect that, but it was good because we could just move the cat in and let her get used to the apartment before the movers came with the stuff. She’s just hung out in the bathroom because it is dark and shady in there. All my things will be delivered tomorrow.
I feel weirdly emotional. I don’t know if it was speaking Chinese for the first time since coming back, the fact that setting up house makes my move permanent, or if I am just tired.
August 17th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I must admit that I am a bit envious that you are in Michigan. The weather there was so pleasant and the blue sky is so nice. I am back in hot grey Shanghai wondering what I was thinking and how I would rather be back there.