Shop 'til you drop - and then push a little harder when they force you

I have become so spoiled. Not with money, of course (for I have none) but with housing, friendship and scenery. Kathy and I are working our way around the shopping districts, the bars, the boys - I have to say, staying with her family is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I feel so Chinese! I should fix my eyes to prove it.


Her friends are my friends, and I have never felt so welcome. The search for a Home of my own continues, but for now, I don't worry - one should just take it as it comes. I do like to have things planned, it's true, but I can be better. Marie always told me I need to be more spontaneous.


So I try. The Chinese girls are good at it, they are brilliant teachers. Best of all, I am not allowed any English, though Kathy is perfectly fluent. I am getting used to the Beijing accent, but some still laugh at my unconscious attempts at Taiwanese...


To be fair, I don't know what I was thinking when I said I was reluctant to go.

Chinese of the day:
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Fate (when you find someone who fits you so well and you just know what it was meant to be)