Xiao Pu is Leaving
Today is my last Beijing for a while. I am not sure how long it will be, but I would really like to come back at some point. Maybe to live, maybe to work or maybe just to travel. Whatever the reason is does not matter much to me. I would just like this time in Beijing to be my last time here.
This evening I had a blast hanging out with my classmates, friends and teachers. I was really touched that they all decided to come and see me one last time. We ate a lot of food, chatted it up, made some jokes, said goodbyes and then we left the restaurant. Afterwards MCK, Taylor, Kitty, Aaron, 婷婷 and I went to McDonalds since 婷婷 had not eaten dinner yet.
I made it home around 11:30. I decided to try and hang out with Kitty some more, but by the time I cabbed it over to BCLU I realized she was not in the dorm. I am not sure where she went to stay, but she never answered my text messages, so I went back home. I think I was just trying to find a way to avoiding packing. The process of packing puts closure on my trip and it is closure that I don't want just quite yet.
Tonight I have been slowly packing and organizing myself. I had to get all the info off my cell phone since I won't be taking it home. My classmate wanted it, so I told her she could use it and once she is done she can just send it back to me through the mail. I also needed to write some text messages to tell people to change the numbers of the cell phone since it will no longer be my number, but her's. Besides this I have pretty much packed everything up except for what I need tomorrow. The process of packing was pretty somber. It had to be done eventually and I knew it all along, but that did not make it any easier. I wish going home was as easy as coming here.
Something that did make the evening nice was reading some of my friend's blogs. Alissa recently went on a trip to Xi'an and she explains many of the nuances to traveling in China very well. I could not count all the times her story made me think about my own experiences. I recommend who wants to know about the often ignored aspects of traveling in China should read this passage.
The second blog that made me happy was the one written by 婷婷. It is not much and it is in Chinese, but it provides a brief description of me. It was interesting to see how she described me. It is nothing outrageous or scandalous, but it was simple and correct. I paid homage to her by entitling this entry with one similar to hers. If you want to read some Chinese once and for all, read 小普要走了。。。
I am going to catch my flight in about 10 hours from now. Before then I have to write some postcards, burn comes cds, have coffee with my friend Wendy and eat lunch with the usual lunchtime crowd and my landlord. I think that is enough to distract me from thinking about leaving too much. On the other hand I am really excited to see everyone back at home, especially Eric and Sandra. Interestingly enough, this was the longest time I was apart from my brother. It was not too bad actually. It might have been because I have been over here in China doing what I have wanted to do for a while and having fun. I am not too sure how he felt about it. I am sure he handled it fine and thought the time flew by.
Well I think this entry is just about done. I think it is late enough to brush my teeth now without disturbing my landlord, so I am going to go do that and the survey my situation a couple more times and then call my friend for coffee.
I also here it is snowing in Seattle, so I am excited that I get to arrive in time for the snow.
This evening I had a blast hanging out with my classmates, friends and teachers. I was really touched that they all decided to come and see me one last time. We ate a lot of food, chatted it up, made some jokes, said goodbyes and then we left the restaurant. Afterwards MCK, Taylor, Kitty, Aaron, 婷婷 and I went to McDonalds since 婷婷 had not eaten dinner yet.
I made it home around 11:30. I decided to try and hang out with Kitty some more, but by the time I cabbed it over to BCLU I realized she was not in the dorm. I am not sure where she went to stay, but she never answered my text messages, so I went back home. I think I was just trying to find a way to avoiding packing. The process of packing puts closure on my trip and it is closure that I don't want just quite yet.
Tonight I have been slowly packing and organizing myself. I had to get all the info off my cell phone since I won't be taking it home. My classmate wanted it, so I told her she could use it and once she is done she can just send it back to me through the mail. I also needed to write some text messages to tell people to change the numbers of the cell phone since it will no longer be my number, but her's. Besides this I have pretty much packed everything up except for what I need tomorrow. The process of packing was pretty somber. It had to be done eventually and I knew it all along, but that did not make it any easier. I wish going home was as easy as coming here.
Something that did make the evening nice was reading some of my friend's blogs. Alissa recently went on a trip to Xi'an and she explains many of the nuances to traveling in China very well. I could not count all the times her story made me think about my own experiences. I recommend who wants to know about the often ignored aspects of traveling in China should read this passage.
The second blog that made me happy was the one written by 婷婷. It is not much and it is in Chinese, but it provides a brief description of me. It was interesting to see how she described me. It is nothing outrageous or scandalous, but it was simple and correct. I paid homage to her by entitling this entry with one similar to hers. If you want to read some Chinese once and for all, read 小普要走了。。。
I am going to catch my flight in about 10 hours from now. Before then I have to write some postcards, burn comes cds, have coffee with my friend Wendy and eat lunch with the usual lunchtime crowd and my landlord. I think that is enough to distract me from thinking about leaving too much. On the other hand I am really excited to see everyone back at home, especially Eric and Sandra. Interestingly enough, this was the longest time I was apart from my brother. It was not too bad actually. It might have been because I have been over here in China doing what I have wanted to do for a while and having fun. I am not too sure how he felt about it. I am sure he handled it fine and thought the time flew by.
Well I think this entry is just about done. I think it is late enough to brush my teeth now without disturbing my landlord, so I am going to go do that and the survey my situation a couple more times and then call my friend for coffee.
I also here it is snowing in Seattle, so I am excited that I get to arrive in time for the snow.
posted by Jon Keto at
6:15 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home