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• Vancouver, BC
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• 2003-08-02
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• Writer; Part-Time Hero
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• James
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• Visiting eight different myO friends in person thus far
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• Winter 2001
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• Neon Genesis Evangelion, .hack//SIGN, Naruto, Bleach, Beck, Peacemaker Kurogane, Ranma 1/2 (the guilty pleasure)
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• Visit the myO friends I've missed thus far; complete a cosplay from 300
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• Writing, Gaming, Kung Fu, Movies, Acting somewhat strange in general
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• Can recognise most quotes from almost any movie/show on first listen; Can recite the entire 12 days of Christmas by memory
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
I'm totally mingling . . .
Time here: 3:58pm.
Time back at home: 12:58am.
We have a 4pm dinner tonight. Funny, huh? I think we just have a ton of stuff to do tonight, like opening ceremonies or things to watch or something. We'll see how that goes.
Oh yeah, if you guys wanna know about the internationalism of this thing, check the post under this one. From what I understand there's like 30 or more different countries here. Very neat stuff.
Umm, so let's see . . . . . the skies in China are very bleached. It's like a perpetual Silent Hill thing going on over here - might be pollution, might just be what the skies are like over here. But yeah, we're all having fun. Heh, I'm having fun especially now that there's young people who SPEAK ENGLISH around me once again! It makes life a little more enjoyable, I think.
The Chinese spoken in Zhengzhou has an interesting accent to it, especially when compared to Shanghai; it's . . . frothier, than Shanghai, if frothy can describe an accent. It's cool here, though. Nothing's been stolen yet . . . not exactly, anyway. We just came back from this open market selling martial arts stuff (I guess they're cashing in on the competition thing). My dad, being someone who CAN speak Mandarin kinda, bargained a lot of guys down . . . . so yeah, I've got myself a new sword, a couple pairs of Feiyue kung-fu shoes (the monks wear 'em, y'know), a new pair of kung-fu pants, and. . . . oh yeah, the silk kung-fu uniform! Yeah, I got a silk outfit to wear for the competition now . . . heh, it'll probably be the only time I ever wear it, but meh.
. . . . sidetrack moment: the TV in my dad's suite (where I'm typing right now) is showing badminton. I can't say I've ever seen badminton on TV before . . . interesting . . . . .
Alright, I think it's time to go down and eat dinner. I'll make the next bits brief:
-Hong Kong: fast and loud.
-Shanghai: very fast, smoggy, both old and new all at once, and crowded as hell.
-Zhengzhou: Dusty, sparse/expansive, and even more crowded than Shanghai (nowhere as new, though).
Oh yeah, one last bit: I am NEVER driving in China for as long as I live! There aren't any rules to the road here . . . it's all Pirate's Code (y'know . . . more guidelines than anything). That said, though, even with people weaving and ducking through each other all over the place, no one's crashing very much . . . at least in Shanghai. I'm not sure if this means everyone here is a really bad driver . . . or if everyone's a really GOOD driver . . . . . probably the latter.
I've picked up a cough. Probably all the dust I've been eating in the open-window taxis. I'll take care of it, I promise.
A'ight, 4pm dinner time. Later!
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