Brookline High School in China

China 13: Everyone

weird food: Duck feet
days running with host mom: we haven't run since last wed. but she wants to run tomorrow :(

You should've seen our group this past Monday. We were SO colorful. Everyone had a different color on. I was wearing blue, Edna pink, Celine yellow, Isaiah green stripes, Ian reddish orange, (the others I can't remember but they were colorful.) I wish I had a picture to show you.

Something that I've been working over my mind for a long time is whether or not I should include comments or stories about the other people in this group. It's not that there's anything bad I have to say. In fact, I feel like the group has become very close, so much so that I know things that I'm not sure people would be comfortable with on the internet. But here's everyones basic situation:

Isaiah: Seems happy to be in China. The other day he was talking to Gaelen about the opportunities in Xi'an or China for work or study. He's a very independent guy, and I pretty sure he's glad to be away from Brookline High and all that work.

Edna: Edna has had a little bit of homesickness when she's alone, but when she's with the group she's always in the midst of the conversations. Here family is apparently not the greatest. They haven't even given here her own key, so she really has to rely on her evil mother to let her in late Friday nights.

Celine: Celine has picked up Chinese with incredible ease. Already, she has surpassed me. She seems to be fine in Xi'an and having a great time. Her parents and brother are coming for a visit next week, too, which even though she's not homesick is always a comfort.

Sara: Sara's doing great. In Eng Lit class she always has the best journal entries. They've been very descriptive and show that she has a optimistic view of her experience in Xi'an.

Lauren: Lauren's family is apparently very quiet, so she hasn't been doing much with them which she isn't enjoying. She's been playing a lot of basketball, but didn't get to play much in the tournement although she score half her teams points. She's become good friends with Celine since they're in the same class, and me and her have become good friends b/c we play bball together so much.

Ian: At first, I thought he wasn't having a good time, but it turns out he's just naturally a quiet kid. Me and him have been chillin' a lot. We started out playing a lot of pingpong together and have cooked dinner together and gone on some exploration missions. He's also been having a good time here.

Christina: I'm not entirely sure what exactly she's been up to, but Christina has been consistently confident and cheerful on this trip. In fact, I think she's the one who I feel most natural around in what used to be a group of strangers, at least for me.

Gaelen: As the teacher, she's been kind of separated from us. We've been trying to invite her to hang out with us more just b/c we feel like she might be a little lonely with noone to hangout with. However, whenever we see her she seems tiptop. I think she's really enjoying being back in China, and b/c she knows so much Chinese it's a lot easier to be w/o the group.




As for me. I'm having a great time in Xi'an. I feel a lot like a little kid again b/c the world has an overwhelming amount of things to be awed by still, and I can't speak a word of communicable langauge.

posted by dAVID @ 5:42 AM