Another lazy Monday topped with a spot of shopping and 9 new rows on my scarf. I like the ethereal quality of Mew and Muse and Modest Mouse in the afternoon, and organizing photos and buying new pretty things to drape around my neck. Tomorrow we're playing tourist and visiting some temples and scenic spots around West Lake so I can take some final snapshots of this beautiful city. Two weeks, my friend(s). Another expiry date to stamp onto this year of finalities. Too bad I'm happier than I've ever been; I can savour what I have because I have learned what it is to exist in transition, to always be living in the temporary.
The new iPod touch is a truly stunning piece of machinery so hopefully in a year from now when my 30gb video iPod has kicked the crApple battery bucket, I can trade it in for summa dat free WiFi. In the meantime I am going to invest 50 bucks in an ipod speaker deal like I've got here in HZ. The only thing that absolutely destroys me is the fact that I paid the equivalent of 15 bucks for my speakers here, and now I'll have to shell out a small fortune for the same thing. Argh! I have a hard enough time justifying shelling out for anything that equates $5 here, how am I supposed to go back to a $9.99 society?
Last night it snowed for the first time since I've been here. Just wet snow, the kind that sticks to your hair and coat and melts all wet and warm. The kids were so excited, scraping it off the cars and balling it in their fists, huge smiles all over their faces. It felt like the first time I'd ever seen it; I couldn't stop laughing at how happy they were, and I must have looked really stupid giggling to myself on my walk home. By this morning it had melted but the windows were fogged and the air was cold and crisp, our cheeks ruddy in the wind and our fingers bright red as we ventured out to Wulin Square.
Tonight: three classes, wok steak & salad, Roswell. I hope it snows again.
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