It isn't your average, unfamiliar, wrapped up Chinese food item. During breakfast a couple of days ago, I took a bite of it, not knowing what it contained. Many who know me well can say that I am not a picky person, and even if I encounter a food that I generally don't like, I will still be able to eat it. But upon encountering a bite of this atrocity, I had to fight a gag from coming out of my throat, which is something that probably has never happened to me from eating a food. It was a moon cake stuffed with flower petals. There's a first for everything, I guess.
In other news, about 5 minutes ago, I was listening to music in the dark (because yesterday, my mom frantically informed me that our building switched to this system where we have to conserve electricity or else we will not be able to have any until this weekend) when the intro to "Team" by Lorde started playing, and I almost had a heart attack because I thought it was someone coming up from behind me and trying to scare me. Thrilling, I know.
My nose is also running more than I ever have in my life. I did end up getting sick, like I predicted. I also have a cough, but it's hasn't gotten to the degree of Lizzie's, whose coughs echo past the mountains of Mongolia. Every time I sniffle, which is about every 7 blinks, my mom asks me if I need to go to the hospital. I'm okay, really! is my response every time, but maybe she has short term memory loss. Either way, I appreciate her concern.
This Saturday, Hugh, Tim, and I went to an EDM (electric dance music, for those of you born before 1990 or so) festival. Below is a beautiful portrait of me in the front row during the first set:
It was really fun. I didn't know that many of the acts that were playing but the music was energetic and exciting. The only set I knew was Sky Blue from LMFAO, and the last set was Dirty South, who apparently has won two Grammys. There was a large crowd of people there, about half Chinese and half Caucasian. The Caucasians consisted mostly of European high school students living in China. We ended up meeting a few girls from France, Germany, and Russia. One of the Russian girls spoke good English, with a little bit of a Russian accent, but her first language was Chinese, which was impeccable! It is always really strange to me when I see a white person speaking perfect Chinese. I feel guilty that I didn't make any Chinese friends. I still need to make Chinese friends at school. Hopefully when badminton club starts I will have that opportunity.
I really have been missing out by going to large schools my whole life. During free period, I can talk to any teachers I want during the day because they have a lot of time during the day to help students. Today, I had to go to Mr Chen's office twice during free period to ask him questions about the calculus test tomorrow. It only took 15 seconds to walk from his office to the library, and he was able to quickly answer my questions because he was sitting at his desk. Last year, it would take me 2 minutes to walk to math class during lunch to ask questions, and often times I had to wait to talk to my teacher because he had other students to speak with. Once, I waited 20 minutes outside of his classroom and had a nice conversation with Kapil, Salinas High's notorious Class of 2016 designated valedictorian since freshman year, only to find that my teacher was absent that day. At SYA, it's easy to be helped as soon as possible and it seems that everyone's questions get answered immediately.
Tomorrow, we are going to go to the Tianenmen Square, which is an important place in China for those of you who aren't history buffs. Expect pictures on my blog soon. As soon as I get my package in the mail, actually. When my parents at in the US asked what I wanted in the mail I didn't even know what to ask for besides a mini USB cord. I have lost all my appetite for junk food, an anomaly that I never imagined occurring in any lifetime or parallel universe, for some unfathomable reason. But in case you want to send me gift cards or books on how to bargain at the Silk Market, here is the address:
My self-declared educational break is over and it is now time for me to memorize all of China's provinces and their capitals and surrounding countries for Chinese History. ttyl
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