My first week has been incredible. I can't imagine anything more exciting than moving to a new place and meeting new people. I had done it before, however this was different being that I am in CHINA! I find myself laughing at people...and them laughing at me. It is reshreshing, rejuvinating, and most of all fun. I have left what I knew and now I am in the land of the unfermiliar. I just taught my first class and the little pre-pubesents applauded me. The people here make all of my uncertainty and anxiety vanish.
I don't speak Chinese(which I don't even know how to say), but they treat me just the same as we treat them in America(a Chinese person will speak to me and assume that I know the language). For the first time I am beginning to understand the way the world works. I don't want to use "us" and "them"(although previously used), but "we" instead. We have more in common than we know.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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Glad to hear life is treating you well over in Shanghai and you are enjoying yourself in the Asian culture. I finally got on your blog site. You've got a great thing going here, can't wait to read more of your trials and tribulations. Take care bro!
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