Im going to be in Hawaii in T minus 3 weeks and oh. my. gosh. do i need to trim the fat. I feel doughy.
Lets get serious now.
were talking bikinis...
BIKINIS!
next to HAWAIIANS!
this is no laughing matter.
what is a laughing matter is this book im reading called Lost on Planet China. It is hilarious and totally accurate. J Maarten Troost is hilariously informative, if that's possible in this memoir about his time in china. I find myself laughing out loud in public by myself reading it. And i only have two chapters left, sad day. Anywho, if any of you plan on going to china any time soon i would strongly recommend reading this. A great history lesson without the history book and with alot of fun.
So...lately? hmm i rarely blog without intent but i just started typing thinking it would go somewhere, just to type. So...
Okay ive been getting A LOT better at mandarin, i mean really, i still have the vocabulary of a 4 year old but people always seem to understand me so i feel like this is an accomplishment. I may actually even be starting to teach english twice a week if things work out, so im sure that will improve my mandarin as well.
In china news...My good friend here, fi....went to Thailand, upon returning she was welcomed or rather unwelcomed back by the freeeezing rain we've had here lately(something i will not miss) and was walking through the cross walk. on a green pedestrian light...when she was clipped by a taxi's side mirror that pushed her slightly off her balance but not enough to move her out of the way and long enough for the same taxi to DRIVE OVER HER FOOT. yeah. this is what i mean, do not. under any circumstances. play chicken. with Chinese drivers. you-will-die. I mean it. She looked down at her ugg boot and f'real saw a track mark across it. Meanwhile the pedestrian world keeps on spinning, no one notices, no one stops, the taxi drives away. This in no way surprises me. The driving here is absolutely bonkers. The only place i speculate it might be worse is Mexico City. People and cars are equal here, i dont even know why they have those pedestrian lights, they aren't used at all. I mean she really could have died, and the sad and very true thing is that if she had been actually hurt by this rogue taxi, no one would have helped her, they would have stared, and done nothing. You think im kidding perhaps, exaggerating? no way, not at all. People will watch. you. die. in front of them here and do nothing.
sobering but true. J Maarten Troost actually discusses a similar situation that he was faced with when one man started a fight with him. Ill wont give away that story, you'll have to read to find out.
In other news, im more comfortable. Ive gained more control over my dietary issues, and... wait?
whats that?
i think i may have gotten back a little spring in my step.
j
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