Learn to live in China Lesson 984: Peace signs and smiles at Longji Rice Terraces |
Nanjing flight to Shenzhen (11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
Shenzhen bus to Hong Kong airport
Hong Kong flight to Seoul (12:45 a.m. - 5 a.m.)
Seoul flight to Chicago (11:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
Chicago flight to New York (2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
By the time I arrive on my sister's stoop, I will undoubtedly be burnt--it will be somewhere around 6:30 a.m. on my internal clock which may or may not get rewired somewhere over the North Pole.
I have had a roller coaster year that shifted my state of mind from excitement to confusion to heartbreak to disillusionment to isolation to engagement to intrigue to acceptance to complete enjoyment and back to excitement. That last excitement is for how last year ended as well as for this coming year (and for this). I have moved to Nanjing, and my first impressions are promising ones. I am hesitant to get ahead of myself (learning from my past), but I hope to continue the latter trend of this past year's states of mind(s).
Here's to reverse culture shock:
Movies, Music, Books, T.V.:Defiance, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Rango, Bobby Bland, The Carrels, Thunder from the East by Nicholas Kristoff and Cheryll WuDunn, The Wire (finished and really liked--especially season 4), Freaks and Geeks, It's Always Sunny.
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