Insanely Social

My poor roommate, 蘑菇 (Mushroom) is sick and has been carted off to the hospital by her Korean friends.  She hasn’t been sick to her stomach or vomitting — it’s probably just a sinus infection, I think.  Anyway, she’s unhappy so they’ll try and get her some more powerful medicine.  I have a tickle of a soar throat myself.
I introduced myself to three different groups of people here — all new students at the school.  See?  I’m very outgoing here in China.  Not at all the insanely shy person you know, eh?

One woman I met is studying with her two high school-age boys.  Not a common site to see foreigners under 18 here — babies sometimes and occassionally a little older.  K. had an American accent by all accounts, but said they live in Costa Rica now and have spent the last couple of summers in China.  How interesting.  She was envious that I was planning to study for a year, because they can’t seem to get visas for the boys without getting work permits themselves (they = K. and husband, I assume).  Anyway, it’s always interesting to see people living differently — it’s good.  Hard not to be jealous of those kids!
Off now to join some friends at a cafe.