Two days in a row? Impossible!

My mother demands more blogs, so here I go trying to fulfill those demands. Today is Wednesday. Soon I'm going to go to the little cafe on campus to meet with May and listen to English songs such as Frank Sinatra. She has turned out to be a really good friend, and when she has some free time she promises to take me out with some of her friends around Hangzhou. I don't know if I mentioned this, but she is working on genetic research involved in human fertility. Pretty interesting. She is also the mother of a young son who I can tell she adores. She is simply a decent, caring, and intelligent person. I've met a lot of people like that here. I think most people who decide to come to China instead of somewhere more "cushy" must be somewhat educated about the world , and that many people here in China are some of the hardest working and most sane people I've ever met.

This may sound wrong but they seem......innocent. They don't seem marred at all by bad things in this world, but accept it in stride and continue on with their lives. This may also be partially them being kept in the dark by their government covering up the bad things. I think even if they were allowed to know things they aren't "supposed to know", the Chinese mentality would let them bounce back. Maintaining honor and keeping face is important in Chinese culture, but so is adjusting to change. Sometimes I think it's not so much that people don't realize the bad stuff, it's that they realize there are more important things. That we still have to live our day to day lives and we might as well enjoy it. So who's more insane? Those who tend to dwell on problems or those who tend to cover them up? I'm not sure. All I know is that the two are different.

This has been yet another blog where I start talking about something and go off on to some philosophical tangent. I never really know what I'll be writing about until it's done. You've read it. You can't unread it!

notes:

-listening test was pretty easy

-It's been sunny the past few days

-pac man's is delicious as usual and surprisingly doesn't get old

-I've played way too much minesweeper

-There's no such thing as too much sleep

-Eating a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios feels like home

-More soon