Locals everywhere keep saying our chinese is not bad, that we speak quite well and our pronounciation is accurate etc, but the point is they don't know we have been learning chinese since young, and current standards are actually cui compared to theirs. The yardstick they use for us is that of foreigners, comparing us to koreans etc. who only started learning chinese in China. But it's ok, behind all the thank yous and ego-boosters I think our chinese will really improve. Adopting the local slang will come naturally! And it's funny how some say we look local and some think we're from Korea.
I think our expectations are still too high. We come here expecting everything to be dirt-cheap and end up being disappointed. Seriously. Took the subway today, and saw pretty modern condo-styled high-rise buildings! China is modernizing eh? The subway is pretty much like our MRT, just faster and more stable. Wahaha. But I still want a bike!!! I'm sick of supermarkets. Days of Kroger shopping and lugging barrels of milk back to dorm in Virginia have given way to lugging all sorts of household barang home in 环保袋s. Kns. Now I know how difficult it is to set up home. Starting from scratch is so tiring! Expect me with muscles all over, and tanned back to the US days. Thank goodness for transitions, my eyes aren't dying yet. The weather here is crazy, cool in the morning, hinting at a cool day but suddenly blazing hot and glaring in the late morning up till evening. Then come nightfall it's cold all of a sudden. And hence the changing of the seasons. Autumn is here! :))
Home is directly behind!
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